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Sportsmanship starts with the pros
As I'm watching the Monday Night Football game between Dallas and Philadelphia, I notice Terrell Owens flapping his arms, immitating the Eagles' dance that he once flaunted so frequently.
Obviously, this is Owens at his finest. The sad part of it is the pros are there for everyone to see, making what guys like Owens do a direct impact the kids who watch them.
Now, don't let me have you think Owens' actions are going to make a high school senior replicate him.
A seventh- or eighth-grade football player may, though.
That's what makes the flaunting and showboating bad. Personally, I don't mind it, but seeing Owens flap his arms Monday night got me thinking about the impact it could have on that seventh grader.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association goes out of its way to promote sportsmanship, requiring public address announcers to read its message before games, and by other avenues.
That could get lost when someone flaps his arms like an eagle this week during his team's seventh-grade football game.
Obviously, this is Owens at his finest. The sad part of it is the pros are there for everyone to see, making what guys like Owens do a direct impact the kids who watch them.
Now, don't let me have you think Owens' actions are going to make a high school senior replicate him.
A seventh- or eighth-grade football player may, though.
That's what makes the flaunting and showboating bad. Personally, I don't mind it, but seeing Owens flap his arms Monday night got me thinking about the impact it could have on that seventh grader.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association goes out of its way to promote sportsmanship, requiring public address announcers to read its message before games, and by other avenues.
That could get lost when someone flaps his arms like an eagle this week during his team's seventh-grade football game.
posted by Matt Goul at
7:58 PM
4 Comments:
Here's a comment, your writing is terrible.
"Don't let me have you think..."
Ever heard of a subject and direct object? I think those were part of the exercises your first grade teacher made you do; black arrows, red circles, and other technicolor-geometrical objects (it's hyphenated because it's a compound adjective) being demonstrative of the word's intentions.
Your article had no point, was poorly written, and incredibly trite.
Maybe the problems of those kids can be attributed to poor parenting. After all, their parents are letting them stay up late and watch football on a school night as opposed to going to bed at a reasonable time and preparing for their studies the next day. There's probably a greater correlation there as opposed to your dumb theory.
Everything is always the fault of others; try looking in the mirror, you fear-mongering and ignorance-spreading jerk. You ruin intelligence.
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Wow, what a loaded comment.
First, "Don't let me have you think ..." is a conversational tone. This is a blog for opinions and conversational topics, not a full article that you'd read as an actual story.
I can tell I struck a chord, but I wonder why? I agree parenting has a lot to do with it, but that wasn't the point. The point of this entry was to bring up something Terrell Owens demonstrated during a Monday Night Football game. I wasn't trying to point the finger at Owens or anyone when it comes to kids and discipline. I simply made a point that his actions don't help.
This was not a theory that kids are bad and it's because of professional athletes. Kids aren't bad, but they are like spounges when it comes to outside influences. That gets to my observation, which is showboating doesn't help.
I want to add this: there are some quality high school coaches out there who've done wonders with implementing discipline in their programs.
I enjoyed such an enlightening message from an anonymous poster.
Wrong wrong wrong. Your level of wrongness is astounding.
Your original post had no point, thus my point was made. Your second point (thinly looped back to your initial) was to "bring up something that Owens demonstrated durning a Monday Night Football game."
Pointless. Your lack of points is impressive. You responded and, thus, diluted your original Parrot's Bay-Rum argument with further psychobabble.
You are the Joanie Loves Chachi of sports bloggers.
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