further pussification of america

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tommymac

The parents are ridiculous esp in suburbia. my sister tells me these stories now since my nephew is 6 and plays hockey and baseball (hes a bit of a runt so he got his clock cleaned in football) and some of the parents are nuts.

Coaches will like me, I wont be yelling at them I will be telling the other parents to STFU, your kid sucks so that means you must suck too so sit down and shut up

What's funny is the guy was starting to get all tough so some of the other judges came over to see what was going on.

The look on the scrawny little runt's face when he was being faced down by 4-5 black belts, none of whom were below 2nd degree (and all of whom were performing some kind of weapons form later in the day and also all of whom were all warmed up for kumite), was priceless.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Wife and i had a discussion on that and how all kids get trophies. Told her if his team sucks and he doesnt do well that trophy gets tossed, none of this BS in rewarding mediocrity or worse.

We were at a dance recital and the parents could buy a trophy to give to their child. A RECITAL, not a competition... kids now have the expectation of a trophy. Made me want to punch parents in the face.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

What's funny is the guy was starting to get all tough so some of the other judges came over to see what was going on.

The look on the scrawny little runt's face when he was being faced down by 4-5 black belts, none of whom were below 2nd degree (and all of whom were performing some kind of weapons form later in the day and also all of whom were all warmed up for kumite), was priceless.

baseball or football I can see yelling at a coach/official but at a martial arts event/contest, I would say thats a bad idea.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tommymac

baseball or football I can see yelling at a coach/official but at a martial arts event/contest, I would say thats a bad idea.

baseball bat -> beehive

[caveman]

Originally Posted by derf

Admit it, you watched your share of red rover incidents as a child, there is nothing safe about it.

But the story is slightly mis leading. It has less to do with the games and more to do with overnight of summer camps, which in nyc remind me more of crack houses than anything else

Are you freakin kidding me? Please, tell me its sarcasm. has something to do with "overnight" of summer camps? hmm. ok

but this is rediculous. kids these days are turning to soft marshmallow-like spongeballs. get their asses off the couch and out on their feet runnin 'round to get fit

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

baseball bat -> beehive

Well Iused to do that as a kid, figured I could outrun the angry bees

[derf]

Originally Posted by caveman

Are you freakin kidding me? Please, tell me its sarcasm. has something to do with "overnight" of summer camps? hmm. ok

but this is rediculous. kids these days are turning to soft marshmallow-like spongeballs. get their asses off the couch and out on their feet runnin 'round to get fit

i watched kids walk away from red rover broken and beaten, its not a sport for pussies. Saw a kid break his arm playing it too, granted it was a freak accident but still.

In nyc these old ladies start summer camps in bad areas provide crappy child care and put kids in danger, not saying its a smart law, but it address a specific problem in low income neighborhoods. The real problem us that les than 6 kids isn't considered a regulatable child care. The parents don't care because it's cheapo summer child care.