Posted on 02/19/2007 5:45:02 AM PST by Zakeet
This just in:
Survey: Church-going Does Not Build Character
"Conventional wisdom holds that church-going builds character, but a new survey suggests church-goers steal more money out of the collection trays than people who don't go to church."
Of course there will be cheating in sports - there's more opportunity to cheat, because there's more competition. That doesn't therefore mean that sports, and church-going, don't build character.
You need to get out more....
All High School and Colleges sponsor a Scholar Athlete program.....
For example, here's a link to the State of Michigan's program:
http://www.mhsaa.com/recognition/sahome.htm
Sports can play to the lowest academic denominator but can also be the home of some of our brightest.......
BTW, you never addressed in my previous post the US Service Academies like Annapolis.....For acceptance, both academic and sports prowness is required...
One atomic wedgie coming your direction....
The goalie is supposed to be proteced. The other players are not supposed to hurt him. The ref was remiss for not dealing with it. So that results in what your son did.
I would have cheered, too.
The problem sports is someone HAS to win.
I was a scholarship student and football player for a tony, very liberal private school (K-12). When I went to my 30th anniversary reunion about 5 years ago, I found out they had stopped football the year after I left. (I wasn't THAT good).
I told the Alumni rep that this was the last time I would contribute to the scholarship fund. As much as I appreciate my education, I will not support the training of Euro-weeny socialist soccer players.
I don't know if Academy athletics is the best thing to bring up in this thread to support your argument...
Have been several scandals involving them, and there was the massive scandal regarding the Army team in the 1950s and academic cheating - it's clear that for those great teams they were admitting students to play football that couldn't hack it academically and the cheating was pretty institutionalized.
Liberals do not PLAY sports because they are unable to compete in any aspect of life.
The Duke rape is one of the most socially revealing pictures of America that I can think of. On one hand, the injustice is incredible. Because these boys were rich and white and because the prosecutor was a Democrat hungry for office, they were indicted for crimes that NEVER occurred. But it also reveals the character of the Duke lacrosse team. That does not make them criminals, but it only reveals that if you are looking for young people with character you are just as likely to find it among the scuffling part time work forces at McDonald's and Walmart than you are at an athletic program at a "prestigious" university. To think that they would pay so much money for a fat piece of trash like the accuser, questions their judgment as well as their character. They way I read it is that our courts are broken, our political system attempts to make the criminal the innocent victim, and our universities are absolutely toxic waste, even ones like Duke that a looks a lot better on paper than reality.
Now, you can have excellent coaches that instill those laudable qualities in their players, but nothing intrinsic to the game will do it.
Professional "sports" are not sports, they are entertainment. It is not SPN, it's ESPN.
Do not confuse those venues with the playing fields of Eton.
Albeit the occasional scandal that permeates all colleges, both academic and athletic, the academies for all their students highly recommend for admissions acceptance(but not required) a letter in a High School sport.
BTW, the Service Academy scandals pale in comparison and are far and few between when compared to the general University and College academic and athletic scandles....
Where the heck do you think those professional prima donnas come from? Places like Ohio State, U of Minn, and U of Colorado
By recruiting thugs and giving athletes a pass for complicity in murder, statutory rape, and other crimes (except, of course, uttering opinions or words disallowed by the Thought Police can get even minority athletes sometimes in trouble) seriously damages the task of building character.
"The only athletes I've ever heard of had the intelligence of baboons. What would make me think there are many exceptions?"
This is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read. At the public high school where I coach and teach the athletic teams have one the highest GPA’s of any group on campus. I sure this is true of most schools. No doubt big time college basketball is different but on the high school level, I get to work with the very best kids on campus when I’m coaching. They are the school leaders and future community leaders.
I'm not sure I would go quite that far...
What a silly comment, but then again, check out his screen name. "Gslob" doesn't strike me as a likely nickname for an athlete. He was probably the last person chosen on the playground for every sport, so he has an ax to grind.
Off the top of my head, I can think of three exceptionally bright pro athletes. Ronny Turiaf (LA Lakers...formerly of Gonzaga) can speak 6 languages fluently. From acquaintances who actually know the man, I've been told he's exceptionally bright. Dan Wilson, former catcher for the Seattle Mariners, graduated with honors with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Craig Krenzel, former quarterback of the National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes, graduated with honors and went on to Medical School.
That is bad advice, a penalty shot is more likely to go in than a shot on a breakaway.
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