\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/teen-volleyball-player-takes-her-dispute-to-another-kind-of-court/2015/03/31/e72fb174-c8f0-11e4-b2a1-bed1aaea2816_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAF43 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I find this disgusting. It's really pathetic and it just shows how pathetically entitled as a society we've become. News flash, your kid isn't good enough. There are bench/role players in the pros. Face it, your daughter is a bench/role player. If she was better, she'd be on the floor playing. Stop thinking your kid is so $%#@ special that they should be handed playing time they didn't earn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I find this disgusting. It's really pathetic and it just shows how pathetically entitled as a society we've become. News flash, your kid isn't good enough. There are bench/role players in the pros. Face it, your daughter is a bench/role player. If she was better, she'd be on the floor playing. Stop thinking your kid is so $%#@ special that they should be handed playing time they didn't earn. Where have you been the last 15 years or so? Everyone gets a trophy. Every kid is awesome. Every kid is special. Every kid is so special the parents even think up new ways to spell mundane names for their precious offspring. Like Cindy spelled Sindy. Or Linda spelled Lynda. You know, everyone is so special they deserve their own definitive handle. Check this out http://www.bestlittlebaby.com/alternate-name-speller.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Where have you been the last 15 years or so? Everyone gets a trophy. Every kid is awesome. Every kid is special. Every kid is so special the parents even think up new ways to spell mundane names for their precious offspring. Like Cindy spelled Sindy. Or Linda spelled Lynda. You know, everyone is so special they deserve their own definitive handle. Check this out http://www.bestlittlebaby.com/alternate-name-speller.aspx I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again. When I played little league 45 years ago we all got trophies. The difference now is that kids and parents feel entitled. I remember when I got mine I'd look at it and wonder why was I getting it? I sucked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again. When I played little league 45 years ago we all got trophies. The difference now is that kids and parents feel entitled. I remember when I got mine I'd look at it and wonder why was I getting it? I sucked! Yeah we did all get trophies for participating 50 years ago, but The best players also got recognition and big trophies, and we all accepted it. PS: I don't know how many of you are familiar with girls club volleyball, but it is very competitive, cutthroat, expensive, parent dominated entity They tried to enlist my daughters a few years back, but thankfully we didn't get involved. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Yeah we did all get trophies for participating 50 years ago, but The best players also got recognition and big trophies, and we all accepted it. PS: I don't know how many of you are familiar with girls club volleyball, but it is very competitive, cutthroat, expensive, parent dominated entity They tried to enlist my daughters a few years back, but thankfully we didn't get involved. . I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again. When I played little league 45 years ago we all got trophies. The difference now is that kids and parents feel entitled. I remember when I got mine I'd look at it and wonder why was I getting it? I sucked! I recall being angry with my second place trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again. When I played little league 45 years ago we all got trophies. The difference now is that kids and parents feel entitled. I remember when I got mine I'd look at it and wonder why was I getting it? I sucked! I remember getting mine and telling my teammates "This miniature plastic guy bats better than I do." Then I remember getting beaten up for being an 8 year old who uses "miniature" in a sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 (edited) I remember getting mine and telling my teammates "This miniature plastic guy bats better than I do." Then I remember getting beaten up for being an 8 year old who uses "miniature" in a sentence. Plastic?!?! HA! Ours was gold. Pure solid gold I tell you!! BTW I was an All-Star batting .000 I was a damn good catcher behind the plate but sucked in the batter's box. Edited April 2, 2015 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sports are incredibly beneficial to society as a whole. George Orwell, I think, saw the need for this release in his Hates where everyone would freak out at Goldstein for awhile and go back to work. Sports provide a release and they are fun and healthy. But now. more and more, they represent and end in themselves. They are the path forward. Perhaps a scholarship which is obviously extremely beneficial. . So now an amateur coach is the roadblock to a successful career in a parents eyes. Others just think they are the next Michael Jordan or something. Anyway, its putting these coaches, managers and others involved in youth sports in uncomfortable positions Its not that parents feel entitled, its that sport's place in society has changed a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sports are incredibly beneficial to society as a whole. George Orwell, I think, saw the need for this release in his Hates where everyone would freak out at Goldstein for awhile and go back to work. Sports provide a release and they are fun and healthy. But now. more and more, they represent and end in themselves. They are the path forward. Perhaps a scholarship which is obviously extremely beneficial. . So now an amateur coach is the roadblock to a successful career in a parents eyes. Others just think they are the next Michael Jordan or something. Anyway, its putting these coaches, managers and others involved in youth sports in uncomfortable positions Its not that parents feel entitled, its that sport's place in society has changed a lot Sport's place in my day to day life has been pretty much pushed to the bottom. Don't really care anymore. Bunch of overpaid whiners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sport's place in my day to day life has been pretty much pushed to the bottom. Don't really care anymore. Bunch of overpaid whiners. So you follow politics instead? lol Audrey said the lawsuit is not about money or future prospects for her. Amid AP classes and drama productions, volleyball has been a refuge since she followed her older sister onto the court in sixth grade. Goodness, how about just letting her be a kid for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Goodness, how about just letting her be a kid for awhile Because if you don't force her to grow up now, you run the risk of her never growing up and being a child for the rest of her life. And nobody wants their kid to be another gatorman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 So you follow politics instead? lol Goodness, how about just letting her be a kid for awhile Stop saying things that I agree with. It's giving me a headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Stop saying things that I agree with. It's giving me a headache. I think he's a day behind on the calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 So you follow politics instead? lol Politics affect me a lot on a daily basis and sports affect me not at all you ignorant dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Politics affect me a lot on a daily basis and sports affect me not at all you ignorant dumbass. I already know, I'm going to LOVE his response to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Stop saying things that I agree with. It's giving me a headache. You can't always be in lockstep with Tom. It's creepy. Because if you don't force her to grow up now, you run the risk of her never growing up and being a child for the rest of her life. And nobody wants their kid to be another gatorman. Yes, when they can be an internet hero like Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 You can't always be in lockstep with Tom. It's creepy. Yes, when they can be an internet hero like Tom! It truly amazes me, how utterly pitiful you are at insults. I would have thought that, after all the insults you've received here over the years, you would have learned something beyond a third grader's "I'm rubber, you're glue!" retort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 It truly amazes me, how utterly pitiful you are at insults. I would have thought that, after all the insults you've received here over the years, you would have learned something beyond a third grader's "I'm rubber, you're glue!" retort. lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 lame Don't worry, though. You still get a trophy for showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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