James Harrison to return sons' participation trophies

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Very refreshing in this day an age when parents want to throw a parade everytime their kid makes it thru a game without cleating themselves.

Sometimes doing your best and trying hard just isnt good enough In the real world. Why not teach kids that in HS sports so the real world doesnt swallow their ass?
 
How can you guys be outraged by participation trophies when Cecil the Lion was killed.

 
I shit you not, that the new rage in parenting is overthinking how much you participated in your childs success. Try this out for size. When kids win their 3 on 3 brackets at hoopfest, I've actually seen parents ask for a championship shirt for coaching their team to the win. Conversely, i've seen a parent berating their kids because "he gave everything he could as the coach" and apparently the 3rd graders just didn't bleed for him.

fuck parents of this pussy generation.
 
It needs context. If they're six year olds in t-ball, okay, it's not a big deal. If they're fucking 13 in a competitive sport, it's FS. I got a participation trophy at that age and I knew it was bullshit.
 
I got a participation trophy award/certificate for reading 0 books in our elementary read-a-thon. I then got sent to the principles office shortly thereafter for turning it into a paper airplane and tossing it across the stage.

I still haven't figured out what I did wrong.
 
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True story.

My son, in 3rd grade played football and won the championship. The coach decided to forgo CHAMPIONSHIP trophies opting instead for the token participation trophies handed out by the league.

One by one, each kid walked up, shook hands got his trophy and sat down. My kid goes up, gets his trophy, reads it and says, "no thanks" hands it back. Kumbaya coach glares at me. Says something smart to me and my kid pops off... remember... third grade, "trophies are for winners, we won, our trophies should say so" Then one by one, the remaining four kids refuse their trophies. It was one of those proud parent moments that brought a tear to my eye (not at my desk).
 
True story.

My son, in 3rd grade played football and won the championship. The coach decided to forgo CHAMPIONSHIP trophies opting instead for the token participation trophies handed out by the league.

One by one, each kid walked up, shook hands got his trophy and sat down. My kid goes up, gets his trophy, reads it and says, "no thanks" hands it back. Kumbaya coach glares at me. Says something smart to me and my kid pops off... remember... third grade, "trophies are for winners, we won, our trophies should say so" Then one by one, the remaining four kids refuse their trophies. It was one of those proud parent moments that brought a tear to my eye (not at my desk).
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