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Really cool story, HS BB Team refuses to play another team!
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:39 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:39 am
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awesome story. I know it isn't "Rant Material" however the rant to use a bit of reprieve ever now and then!
WPS!
awesome story. I know it isn't "Rant Material" however the rant to use a bit of reprieve ever now and then!
WPS!
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Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:46 am to Razorback Reverend
Pretty damned cool indeed.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:46 am to Razorback Reverend
Nice. Good to be reminded of true sportsmanship and see the support for those youth.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:46 am to Razorback Reverend
Great story. 
Posted on 3/21/15 at 1:18 am to Razorback Reverend
Honestly "we won't play unless fan show up and cheer for the other team" is one of the most participation trophy society things that I've heard in a while. Those two prep school nerds wouldn't even be able to make a team for gym class at a public HS
Posted on 3/21/15 at 1:18 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 3/21/15 at 1:22 am to Razorback Reverend
Two very smart and wise kids there.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 1:29 am to Razorback Reverend
The utter ruination of America. Twisted liberal pansies and feel good social engineering do not belong in competetive sports- leave that to the public schools and Obama.
Oh damn... this is the SEC rant- sorry, thought I was on the Poli Board.
Great story. We all need community. It gave these kids a brief glimpse. Sports can be that conduit for many in their situation if they are lucky enough to have the right influences.
ETA: I did not see Bowl Jackson's post before I posted... I promise
Oh damn... this is the SEC rant- sorry, thought I was on the Poli Board.
Great story. We all need community. It gave these kids a brief glimpse. Sports can be that conduit for many in their situation if they are lucky enough to have the right influences.
ETA: I did not see Bowl Jackson's post before I posted... I promise
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Posted on 3/21/15 at 1:30 am to BowlJackson
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Honestly "we won't play unless fan show up and cheer for the other team" is one of the most participation trophy society things that I've heard in a while.
I disagree. And I'm all about squelching the modern American "soccer mom" pussificationness to which you allude. They weren't attempting to lose a ballgame. They just wanted the other kids to for once enjoy some crowd noise. Totally different thing.
In fact, giving them the advantage of some crowd and then attempting to beat them anyway was taking on an unnecessary challenge. I don't see a problem here.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 2:17 am to BigAppleTiger
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ETA: I did not see Bowl Jackson's post before I posted...
Nobody should have to! He missed the point entirely.
It pisses me off to no end seeing local private schools get same or better coverage than the public schools, but this transcends that. Very classy move by that team.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 2:28 am to BowlJackson
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Honestly "we won't play unless fan show up and cheer for the other team" is one of the most participation trophy society things that I've heard in a while. Those two prep school nerds wouldn't even be able to make a team for gym class at a public HS
This
buncha fricking pussies.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 3:15 am to Razorback Reverend
OK, I'll be the dick who asks the question.....who won?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 3:23 am to greenbastard
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OK, I'll be the dick who asks the question.....who won?
The story didn't tell. Had to google. Vanguard, the prep school, won 67-33. They were up 37-15 at the half and 58-24 at the end of the third quarter. Either team scored 9 points in the 4th. (So there's you're "holding back", those of you who wanted this to be about 21st Century anti-competition bullshitology).
Vanguard's final record was 25-5. The Gainesville kids were 1-13 on the season.
I worked at one of those State Schools one summer when I was 20. Same state, different school. The story mentioned that at Gainesville boys are allowed to play on the team as a reward for good behavior. I can almost guarantee you that the team personell was markedly different week to week. I hate to say it, but those 45 year-olds who work for $9/hour at State Schools don't look the other way too much. It's more like, "Look at me cross-eyed, you little bastards, and I'll get you. Let me get in my 8 hours without making me lose my mind." Those kids are getting ramrodded 24/7 from every angle.
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Posted on 3/21/15 at 3:35 am to derSturm37
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The story didn't tell. Had to google. Vanguard, the prep school, won 67-33.
Wow. The entire situation just seems condescending to me now and a little self righteous on the part of the prep academy. There's no shot clock in Texas so there's no reason to win by more than 30 points.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 3:41 am to greenbastard
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Wow. The entire situation just seems condescending to me now and a little self righteous on the part of the prep academy. There's no shot clock in Texas so there's no reason to win by more than 30 points.
Aw, come on, man! Some of y'all are saying they pussed out and now you're saying they ran up the score! I think they just played their game. They were a playoff team. They went 25-5! They did the right thing in both regards. Like I said they held themselves back to 9 points in the 4th.
If they'd just beaten them without providing the applause factor they would have been elitist priveleged assholes.
Now they're condescending elitist assholes?
The problem we all live with, in a nutshell. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 3:47 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 7:46 am to derSturm37
How could they not have fans? Are their parents and siblings all locked up also.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 8:16 am to Razorback Reverend
Meh. I've reffed plenty of high school soccer games where one team fewer than a handful of fans.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 8:43 am to Razorback Reverend
Good story.
There is still a little compassion left in people.
Win at all costs is usually from bad parenting or bad fans.
Life lessons are learned from playing organized sports.
We can't forget these are teenagers.
Good for hope, I'm all for it.
There is still a little compassion left in people.
Win at all costs is usually from bad parenting or bad fans.
Life lessons are learned from playing organized sports.
We can't forget these are teenagers.
Good for hope, I'm all for it.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 8:56 am to BBATiger
They probably didn't have participating parents to begin with.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 9:22 am to Porter Osborne Jr
dang, i thought it was a kool story. after hitting play i thought alright, they refused to play because theyre criminals and should be bustng rocks, not playing basketball. felonies playing basketball, real kool. i'm sure theyre victims would be overjoyed.
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