When 8-year-old Elijah Burrell intercepted a pass and scored his first touchdown for his team, the Black Knights from Lawrenceville, Ga., he inadvertently caused his team to receive a $500 fine and their coach be suspended for a week.
Why?
Because of a very leftist-minded imposition on the game called the ‘Mercy Rule’, which doesn’t permit a team to score more than 32 points over the other team.
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Participation trophies and emasculating men with no spine… unbelievable.
Stop this nonsense your not teaching these kids to win and bigger issue how to LOSE. All these protesters today never learned to win and lose. And not everyone gets a trophy GET IT
If such a rule is imposed, does it not follow when one team reaches a 32 point lead, the game is over?
Here I go…… As a coach for many years and my dad for sooooo many years….. it is up to the team on defense to stop “the madness”. With that said, at some point you put the kids who never get to play in ALOT… if they can’t stop them….. oh well… Coaches, look in the mirror. The problem is you!
This “participation” c**p is a disaster.
No child should feel happy when they come off the field with a loss… it prepares them for life…… my dad and I coached from day one….. you play to win!
I use tell the parents that on the first day of practice.
Ridiculous!
Screw that, kick their asses. Not everyone is worthy of a trophy. You see what happens to brats that don’t know how to loose, they riot and pitch fits when they don’t get thier way.
Talk about a bunch of BS can you see when our country becoming what ignorant parents on the left or training or parents-to-be .you can’t train your child to be a football player but tell him he can’t play
Stupid, when I was young and we got beat bad it made me think we’re going to have to get better if we want to win, a good lesson.
B******T!!! They should have called the game then and gave the team the win!!!
This kid needs a trophy he is a winner