One Nation, Under Padding, With Unity, and Unhurt Feelings For All (pt.1)

SOOO, what is happening with this country? I remember the good ol’ days growing up when we played with amazing toys and sometimes got hurt. Or played sports against other teams and sometimes lost. I think I even have a feint memory of my parents being in charge of me, and doing what they though was right for me, without someone else getting involved. I remember having my feelings hurt by mean kids, and yet, somehow I was able to grow up and be a well adjusted (I use the term loosely) member of society. Why all of a sudden does everything have to change? I don’t get it.

Sports-

Apparently competitive sports have changed drastically since I played them. I remember the first soccer team I ever played for. It was myself and a few friends playing in the city league. I forget how many games we played, the only thing I remember is my team never won a single game. In fact we only scored one goal in the entire season, and it was the girl on our team who scored it. We were all piled around the goal because we were too young to understand positions. It was just everyone chase the ball. The ball was bouncing around and accidentally bounced off her knee and into the goal. We all celebrated like it was Pelé scoring a goal from half field. Needless to say, we got smeared every game. Somehow, we didn’t seam to mind that. Is it because we weren’t playing professionally, and possibly losing endorsement dollars? Partly, haha, but the main reason is our parents explained to us the concept of, “You win some, you lose some, the point is you keep trying, and do your best.”

Now a days they don’t have winners and losers, everyone ties at the end because you are all special and equal. BULLSHIT. I have even heard of them penalizing teams if they score too much. What kind of message are we teaching our children? “Don’t worry kiddo, if your best isn’t good enough to win, it’s no big deal. You don’t need to try harder, because in the end it doesn’t matter, because the world is perfect, and we are all the same” Or better yet, “HEY, what are you doing?!? You think it is fair to go out and do your best,succeed, and be better than someone else? How dare you. The next time you are getting ahead of someone in life, stop what you are doing so you can both be failures.” It makes me wanna scream sometimes. Now I have no kids of my own, but I can assure you, they will know the diff between winning and losing. It is an important life lesson. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Not, “If at first you don’t succeed, it’s ok because we are gonna hold everyone back. “ Parents listen, if your kid is to delicate to handle possibly not winning at sports, then maybe they shouldn’t play them. Not everyone is an athlete. I suck at most sports. Actually, that’s not true, I am quite awesome at everything. All kidding aside, I know what sports I am good at, and which ones I am not so good at. If your kid likes a sport and is not good at it, I have an idea, bond with them and go kick or toss a ball around once in a while. Don’t change the rules of the game because your douche bag kid is not as skilled as the other kids. This is seriously gonna mess up their way of thinking when they reach the real world. I have lost at lots of things in my life. See there I lied again, because I am a winner, but I am sure if I were to lose at something, I would be ok with it because I gave it my all. My point is simply this, quit babying your damn kids so much, your screwing it up for the rest of us. Oh, and there's no crying in baseball.


To Be Continued………