Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for March 11, 2021

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    jollyjack  over 3 years ago

    Did you expect positive life lessons in a kid’s league???

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    Ravenswing  over 3 years ago

    Considerably more than you would, obviously.

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    Darsan54 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Aaaaaah ……. yes.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Cue discussion about parents interfering in youth sports.

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    Ellis97  over 3 years ago

    Participation awards. The worst.

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    grocks  over 3 years ago

    The dad here is too real to be funny – sigh

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    TexTech  over 3 years ago

    My father was an all-sports jock in his small school lettering in about 6-7 sports. I don’t know if it was something vicarious or he just wanted to introduce me to sports but I spent two miserable years in Little League baseball. He let me quit after the two years. Probably because he could see that a) I really sucked at it; and b) I really, really hated it. I am glad they did not have the mandatory minimum playing time rules back when I played. I hated being in the game because I was so bad at it.

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    karmakat01  over 3 years ago

    reading that, and the one before, I understand even more why Bill Engvall said parents SHOULDN’T BE IN YOUTH SPORTS…

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    MartinPerry1  over 3 years ago

    Coach: “I’ve seen your son. That’s the only type of glory he’s going to achieve.”

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    scaeva Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Why are we not teaching our children to deal with loss, failure, and defeat? These are inescapable parts of life. Both are a test. Most of this society, because unprepared for any of these, flunks those tests—repeatedly. Winners get trophies. Losers get determined to do better next time.

    If they are the best … with whom do they compete?"

    “Themselves.”

    This is how one becomes better. Winning teaches little. Losing can teach how to win.

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    BlueKnight1966  over 3 years ago

    If everyone gets a trophy, what’s the point? Team sports and competition are about learning, and you don’t learn if you don’t lose sometimes.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 3 years ago

    I coached LL baseball and football in the eighties, no parental problems at all, thankfully.

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    Spiny Norman Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I coached my sons baseball and basketball teams for years I also was a girls lacrosse official. I only had to toss one parent at a LAX game, other than that, no issues.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Maybe he needs to show some leadership

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