Posted on 04/25/2023 3:30:08 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
Three North Carolina state senators have introduced a bill to ban participation trophies for children, but some say the move is more performative than substantive.
The bill, proposed by three Republican lawmakers, says awards should be based on "identified performance achievements" and not solely on children’s participation in sports or other activities.
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld argued the bill was a "waste of time." "I think it's a lousy statement. It's a waste of time. You know, it's obvious that… it's a thumb in the eye," he explained this week on "The Five."
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we don’t need no common sense ...
“We’re all winners here!”
Always remember that 2nd place is first loser
Any legislator willing to waste his time on this crap should resign.
No place for government
Especially at the US House, I am glad that they waste their time on this bologna. There is less time to meddle in our affairs.
You don’t even have to show up for a event to get a participation trophies just put your name in the box and they will mail it to you.
Some of that equality goin on huh Moe.
Sports is just some exercise for children now ,LOL
THAT was the Beginning of "PARTICIPATION TROPHIES"!
I remember the first purple ribbon that I got back in elementary school. I was like, “I didn’t do anything and I got this sweet ribbon.” It found the trash a few hours later.
Did you get a PRESENT when you went to a birthday party?
Nope. I had very few birthday parties myself. I was born five days before Christmas.
20 +++ YEARS too late.
Damage has been done & is still happening.
GIVE ME SOMETHING JUST FOR SHOWING UP
Ingrained in these kids who are now adults.
They will not change until they have no alternatives.
It should be up to the league whether to award trophies or not, and how many places deep if they do.
Don’t sign your kids up in a league if you don’t like the league’s policies.
If people want to do it, so be it.
Just one thing, not one damn dime of tax revenue pays for it.
kids get these trophies so they don’t feel like losers it teaches them that as they go through life that they deserve the same as the best even if they are the worst. get rid of particapation trophies, save the kids and teach them what life is about.
“Second place is just the first place loser.”
Dale Earnhardt
I also know it's stupid to pass a law against them.
People need to grow the hell up and stop whining to the government to fix everything they don't like about the world they live in.
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