Football team forfeits because other team is too big and too good.

[Chirpy]

I can see a little of the point, but welcome to WussyAmerika. I remember a Junior High game getting stopped at 60 something to zero because we were out of running backs. The other team had injured them all.

http://www.king5.com/sports/high-sc...-to-forfeit-to-archbishop-murphy-hs/329119581

 

[Renegade]

"The biggest concern is the recruiting aspect that private schools are able to do. They can pull from a 50-mile radius from their campus and send buses to pick the kids up," said Granite Falls Head Coach Tim Dennis. "Just the level of athletes they've been able to bring in on one team, it doesn't match up with a lot of the teams in our league."

Uh yeah, but you knew that when you scheduled the game.

 

[Saltyag2010]

Everyone has lost in sports before. It's not a big deal and kids aren't scarred for life because of it.

 

[Mikewood]

These teams should not be in the same division. Question is why are they? Private schools should never play public schools because of this and other factors. Try playing a deaf school. They huddle, they set and hike without a count. Just a blind snap so many seconds after the set. It takes you half a second to respond and by that time they are all over you.

 

[texas skeeter]

By the title I thought it would have been the Cowboys!! Lol

 

[jrbfishn]

The year I played, 9th grade, I was the smallest player on the team. A whopping 105 pounds.
I put 2 of own players out for a game. Coach shouldn't have told me to hit them lower. Not my fault.
Two of our players were big. They usually practiced with the army team. We had several of our team out for the season with injuries. Quite a few of the other teams players were put out with injuries. I was out a game from a broken nose.
We were the only team that injured anyone. That's right. We hurt our own as well as others. I broke my own nose. Told you was an idgit. We wound up Army Champs, second island wide. No one else hurt our players, we were some tough little brats.
Not on purpose, just played hard. And held nothing back.
Even the fullback that normally practice with the Army team, I played defensive end, showed me no mercy in practice. Bastard hit like frieght train too.

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[TAZ]

Sounds more like an issue admin types having their heads up their butts more than anything else. There is obviously a disparity between the teams that should have been identified by league officials after the first few games. Should have been addressed by sending the dominant team to play in a different division. If that is NOT possible due to geographic constraints then the Private schools can go find its own league to play in.

The above assumes that there really is such a large disparity between the teams as the article claims. There is a reason why we have different divisions in athletic competition. We need to remember that athletics are an extra curricular activity meant to supplement academics in a safe and organized way.

 

[Coop45]

They just need wad resistant panties.

 

[Mike1234567]

If Andre' the Giant climbed into a boxing ring with me... I'd not only forfeit... I'd run like a scared little rabbit... and prolly be peeing myself all the way out of the building.

 

[ByrdMan]

If Andre' the Giant climbed into a boxing ring with me... I'd not only forfeit... I'd run like a scared little rabbit... and prolly be peeing myself all the way out of the building.

Lol, that's a little different in the sense that you'd probably be getting paid for it. Pay me enough and I'll step into the ring with anyone (Mike Tyson?) knowing I'd get my ass kicked. Might even try to get a punch in just to say I hit him. Show me the money!!

 

[Hoji]

Lol, that's a little different in the sense that you'd probably be getting paid for it. Pay me enough and I'll step into the ring with anyone (Mike Tyson?) knowing I'd get my ass kicked. Might even try to get a punch in just to say I hit him. Show me the money!!

If a professional heavyweight were to land a single solid punch on 99% of the population, it would most likely result in permanent brain damage to the recipient.

 

[Hoji]

As for the team forfeiting the game, it is just a game, and as the majority of permanent disabling injuries that result from football happen in high school games, I do not have a problem with the coaches looking out for their players in the event that they are outweighed by an average of 50 lbs or more.

 

[Younggun]

If a professional heavyweight were to land a single solid punch on 99% of the population, it would most likely result in permanent brain damage to the recipient.

Sooo, how much money are we talking about?


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[Hoji]

Sooo, how much money are we talking about?


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Not enough to drool and have to have your diaper changed for the next 40 years while the DNC registers you as one of theirs and votes for you.

 

[Younggun]

I need a cash amount.

Also, likely not going to cause that kind of trauma. Many people have taken impacts similar to that of a professional boxer (including other boxers) without sustaining such damage.

Does boxing make your brain more resilient?


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[Younggun]

Cash after taxes. I want to know how much will go in my pocket.


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[peeps]

Not enough to drool and have to have your diaper changed for the next 40 years while the DNC registers you as one of theirs and votes for you.

Haaaaaaaaaa!

 

[peeps]

Conditioning helps to accommodate, such as football players building neck muscles. There is a correlation to head injury and lack of neck muscles in the modern NFL, according to a podcast I heard. Idk how valid, but it does raise an interesting question.