Bullying? Really?

I just saw this on my news thread...really?? These parents can't dedicate their time to something a little more important, or some REAL bullying that is certainly out there in their school? Yes, something maybe should have been done to help have a more even score, but this "every kid gets a trophy" type of thing and mentality is getting out of hand and making kids these days total wimps.

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This is crazy! People need to understand that Good Sportsmanship also includes NOT being a sore loser! Ugh

This bullying label is going way too far.

As a coach, and parent, I sympathize with both the losing team AND the winning team.

The great late Joe Paterno was very much against this type of play, and scoring. I have read several news postings and not one mentions the use of subs, or under-classmen by the winning team.

Also, football is a two-way street where there is an offense AND a defense. It is possible the defense lay-down and permitted the scoring. A game lasts the entirety until the final buzzer sounds. All football players should be expected to play until the end. No matter what the score is. My guess is this is exactly what happened.

So their pride is hurt. A life lesson. Makes stronger people...

The only reason this story made the news this long is because someone used the word "BULLY"

Hey, maybe, just MAYBE, the team that lost is really that bad. Maybe they need to practice a little more.
Heck, look at the Grambling players. They walked out because of program issues, not because they have lost 12 in a row, or something like that.

Football is about being a team. A true family, no matter what your record is. Once this happens and you divert your inadequacies to the other team, or refs, and the reason for losses is not on yourself, then you lose all purpose of the game.

Continued wussification of American kids

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Parent-Accuses-Football-Coaches-of-Bullying-After-91-0-Win-228712141.html

Painful to watch, perhaps. But bullying?

As long as the high-scoring team were gracious winners, there is no bullying in this. Sports is all about learning to win with grace and lose with you rhead held high because you tried your best.

I say lesson learned, not bullying. Life is not fair.

Ridiculous. Perhaps the parents should be complaining about the obviously sub-standard football training in the region that has allowed one team to so thoroughly dominate.

But no. Why get better yourself when you can just penalize someone else for working harder? Much easier.

Oh all the comments I have read here, on yahoo, etc. no one supports the bullying charge and yet it continues to make news and puts the winning team in a bad light.

Yep, because of the liberal word use and definition of "BULLY"

It's bad...we are never going to get away from it. Just wait until the Olympics.
"He/she bullied me, that's why I played bad and didn't win a medal." Yep, that comment while cynical now is not too far from the truth of what is out there.

OMG :noway: How the freak is that bullying???? That's just good football son!!!! :drinker: :laugh:

Not really. Sounds like a pretty boring game!

When I was a reporter, I had to cover a football game once for our vacationing sports guy. Our local team dominated the other team in much the same way and it was like watching paint dry. Ugh.