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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6206953" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>While I fully support "mercy rules" for youth sports, I don't think they serve teens and young adults as well. Because, as we well know, mercy rules in the world at large are few and far betweeen. And that lesson <em>has</em> to be learned, even if its humiliating.</p><p></p><p>Speaking for myself only, I know that after a few humiliating defeats, defeats in sporting events no longer humiliated me. And knowing what humiliation in sports felt like has helped me deal with the aftereffects of massive defeats in non-sporting aspects of life.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Most definitely. Hell's Bells, look at what's been happening in Grambling's football program the past 12 months.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nah, they were a small school just like we were. He was just a gorilla. Had he been living in our area, he'd have been playing at a school in a higher division. The only reason he didn't play line- he was bigger than many of his own linemen- was that he was fast and had good hands. At least, relatively speaking. 250lbs coming out of the backfield with speed on a flare pattern against LBs and DBs who are 25% smaller* than he was is a weapon you just have to use. </p><p></p><p>You see that sometimes. There is a school around here that has a 7'+ center on their varsity BB team, and is in his proper grade. Got to be on the news with Dirk Nowitzky last year.</p><p></p><p>This ain't him, but here's another one: <a href="http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/172416/thon-maker" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/172416/thon-maker</a></p><p></p><p>Wilt Chaimberlain- held back one grade- was 6' tall in 4th grade, and almost a foot taller when he got to 8th grade. <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/photographic-proof-wilt-chamberlain-already-giant-4th-grade-105500503.html" target="_blank">http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/photographic-proof-wilt-chamberlain-already-giant-4th-grade-105500503.html</a></p><p></p><p>Consider Elijah Earnhart- 12 years old, 6'1", 297 pounds, barred from pee wee football for being too big...and too young to play in the next higher division. </p><p><a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/video/12yearold-judged-too-big-for-pee-wee-football/1789658176001" target="_blank">http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/video/12yearold-judged-too-big-for-pee-wee-football/1789658176001</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* or more- some of our DBs were only 145lbs soaking wet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6206953, member: 19675"] While I fully support "mercy rules" for youth sports, I don't think they serve teens and young adults as well. Because, as we well know, mercy rules in the world at large are few and far betweeen. And that lesson [I]has[/I] to be learned, even if its humiliating. Speaking for myself only, I know that after a few humiliating defeats, defeats in sporting events no longer humiliated me. And knowing what humiliation in sports felt like has helped me deal with the aftereffects of massive defeats in non-sporting aspects of life. Most definitely. Hell's Bells, look at what's been happening in Grambling's football program the past 12 months. Nah, they were a small school just like we were. He was just a gorilla. Had he been living in our area, he'd have been playing at a school in a higher division. The only reason he didn't play line- he was bigger than many of his own linemen- was that he was fast and had good hands. At least, relatively speaking. 250lbs coming out of the backfield with speed on a flare pattern against LBs and DBs who are 25% smaller* than he was is a weapon you just have to use. You see that sometimes. There is a school around here that has a 7'+ center on their varsity BB team, and is in his proper grade. Got to be on the news with Dirk Nowitzky last year. This ain't him, but here's another one: [url]http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/172416/thon-maker[/url] Wilt Chaimberlain- held back one grade- was 6' tall in 4th grade, and almost a foot taller when he got to 8th grade. [url]http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/photographic-proof-wilt-chamberlain-already-giant-4th-grade-105500503.html[/url] Consider Elijah Earnhart- 12 years old, 6'1", 297 pounds, barred from pee wee football for being too big...and too young to play in the next higher division. [url]http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/video/12yearold-judged-too-big-for-pee-wee-football/1789658176001[/url] * or more- some of our DBs were only 145lbs soaking wet [/QUOTE]
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