Posted on 10/26/2014 9:03:23 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Elijah Burrell did what he was taught to do if he intercepted the football -- score a touchdown. But the 8-year-old's pick-six play wasn't much to celebrate after the team was fined $500 for violating the Gwinnett Football League's mercy rule...
the Lawrenceville Black Knights were winning against their opponents, 32-0, in the fourth quarter. Burrell then intercepted a pass and went through with the touchdown, failing to comply with the league's mercy rule.
That six-point score caused the Georgia-based team to surpass the 33-point rule, which earned the coach a week-long suspension and the team a $500 fine.
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This just goes to show what a nation of politically correct wimps we've become. Rather than celebrate this little boy's achievements, we punish him and his coach in the name of "fake self esteem" for the other kids.
We really have turned into the world of Harrison Bergeron, haven't we?
Liberals are morons.
PC will kill us all.
In six man football, the game stops when one team has scored 45 points over their opponent.
Pitting these two teams against each other was the basic error. Those in their league KNEW that. Blame it on the schedulers.
Now THAT sounds most reasonable.
That’s what I was thinking. Any score at that point was going to violate the mercy rule. The other coach should have called it. Seems to me he was using the mercy rule as a sword, not a shield, at that point.
Can’t take back the kid running it back, but don’t go for the PAT, don’t put it on the scoreboard or stat sheet...
What’s so stinkin’ hard about that?
This problem didn't start when we allowed ourselves to let a "PC wimp" mindset to take over our youth sports. I'd say the problem started when the whole idea of adults coaching children in organized sports began in the first place.
I saw a fascinating interview with Wayne Gretzky a few years ago. He was careful to be very diplomatic and spoke highly of youth hockey coaches in general, but he was also pretty open about his opinion that the countless hours he spent playing hockey in his own backyard were far more instrumental in his success than any "youth hockey coach" was.
This is ridiculous. Was it weight football?
When my son was in grade school, I talked my husband into being an assistant coach and it was good thing. They had a team from Canada ask for a practice game and when they showed up, they had a team full of Samoans. My husband found a scaled and weighed every single one and asked their birth dates and allowed them to be ten or fifteen pounds over, but that was it. They could barely field a team.
He should have run towards the opponent’s endzone, the back to his, then to the opponent’s, then handed off to let team mates run around some. Then put the ball on the ground and dance around it until the other team gets close to it. That would have been a lot less humiliating than just scoring on an interception.
insanity is running the world these days
It makes more sense to just declare the game over when a certain score spread takes place
Weird Al's "First World Problems"
Millions of parents around the world worry about where their child's next meal will come from instead of worrying about damaging his or her self-esteem.
Hint: If you're worried about your childrens' self-esteem being damaged, don't let them play competitive sports.
Yes, it does.
That should be done even through high school. The college and pro scouts can see what they have to see in even two quarters.
Gwinnett Co used to be a nice place to live back 15 20 years ago. Then all the liberal do-gooders invaded the area and took over with their typicle bad ideas.
Once the infestation starts you have to move...
I think there is something to be said for just letting the kids play and staying out of it.
In the end, everybody got a trophy. Thereby advancing the idea that you ALWAYS win. Then when someone like the kid in Marysville gets rejected, there is no understanding of that rejection and there will be no trophy this time. Too many of the issues today revolve around someone not being able to cope with reality, rejection or loss. What these youngsters are missing is the opportunity to learn how to deal with negative outcomes. Kind of like real life. Sometimes things just go to s**t. Yeah, it sucks but you have to understand how to move forward and learn from it.
If the NFL had a mercy rule, Oakland would never play a game.
I would not allow my son to have played in such a wimp league. To have any value in life kids need to learn early that life’s game shows no mercy.
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