James Harrison Returns Sons' Participation Trophies

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volbeast33 said:
It wouldn't bother me as a kid....if he teaches a continuous and steady message with his kids then they will understand as they get older.
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If he teaches a continuous and steady message, the trophy is a non-issue either way and there's no reason to take it away.
 
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jjay2518 said:
If he teaches a continuous and steady message, the trophy is a non-issue either way and there's no reason to take it away.
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It's part of his message....I do a lot of things with my kids too so I understand his thought process.
 
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ajvol01 said:
Sorry to offend, but it's true.

No one has a sense of humor anymore about anything/everything - people walking around trying to find things to be offended by - pretty sad actually.

Why give out participation trophies in the first place? So some kid and/or parent doesn't get their feelings hurt? Very similar concept to overreach on political correctness.
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At an age where most of the participants barely understand why they're doing what they're told to do, winning isn't the point.

If you think the point of 6-year old sports is to win, then you're already the parent everyone hates at sporting events.
 
#208
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volbeast33 said:
I have four kids of my own.....I don't believe in participation trophies but haven't taken them away from my kids....I am much harder on my kids than other parents and typically get stares when working with my daughter on her basketball game at the park.
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take a break from teaching her and teach the Sixers
 
#209
#209
"I have to give this trophy back. Daddy says if I wanna bring home a trophy, I gotta beat your ass and take it from you."
 
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crusse10 said:
At an age where most of the participants barely understand why they're doing what they're told to do, winning isn't the point.

If you think the point of 6-year old sports is to win, then you're already the parent everyone hates at sporting events.
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Everyone? I teach my kids to win at everything they do from the time they was born. The parents that work with their kids and stress whatever values they deem are important isn't the problem. The parents I don't like as much is the ones that aren't involved with their kids and don't show that they care. Its the parent sitting in the stands playing on their phone that don't have a clue what their kid is doing on the field.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Spot on! Everyone is worried that little Johnny won't get his trophy even though he and his team may have not be worthy... It's also about the parents posting their pics on Facebook with their uniform and trophy
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100% true. My sister in law "runs" marathons and always gets a medal. She has them on display at her house. They show up on Facebook all the time and the little kids like to wear them and she calls them champions. It's pretty sad. I still think however the parent who lives vicariously through their children's achievements is the absolute worst.
 
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utvolpj said:
In the old days (for me we're talking around 1980) kids all got the same trophies when they were 5-7yo. If it didn't have an effect then, it doesn't have one now
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In the 80's we got place ribbons. I got plenty of not top three ribbons :good!: But when I played competitive sports starting around middle school trophy season dried up. I think I got like 2 trophies in six years and one t-shirt for being district champs in soccer in Knoxville. The "not being as good" as the other teams drove me to practice more and develop my talent. This has absolutely impacted my adulthood as instead of remaining stagnant in my career or , lets say doing house remodel work, I am always trying to improve. I firmly believe participation trophies kill the competitive spirit which then in turn kills motivation and drive to succeed and improve. It just sets a bad precedence in my opinion.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
In the 80's we got place ribbons. I got plenty of not top three ribbons :good!: But when I played competitive sports starting around middle school trophy season dried up. I think I got like 2 trophies in six years and one t-shirt for being district champs in soccer in Knoxville. The "not being as good" as the other teams drove me to practice more and develop my talent. This has absolutely impacted my adulthood as instead of remaining stagnant in my career or , lets say doing house remodel work, I am always trying to improve. I firmly believe participation trophies kill the competitive spirit which then in turn kills motivation and drive to succeed and improve. It just sets a bad precedence in my opinion.
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I never got a ribbon for anything besides track. Trophies were given out every season for soccer, hockey and basketball. Once I decided I wanted to concentrate on the sport I liked I didn't worry about them but they had zero effect on my athletic career.

Getting a trophy for being part of a team at 6yo will have zero effect as well. It means nothing with respect to their future.
 
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volbeast33 said:
you actually do something for a perfect attendance award.
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Yeah...you participate...as in a participation award. Actually, you don't even have to participate...you just have to BE there.

If you ain't driving (which is most of grade school), mommy and daddy are doing most, if not all, the work.
 
#220
#220
volbeast33 said:
It takes way more than that....that means you go every single day whether you want to or not....Its definitely not an easy accomplishment.
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There are days when my son doesn't want to go. Guess what...he doesn't have a choice. Maybe the parents should get the PA award.

There is NO "accomplishment" for achieving PA.
 
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volbeast33 said:
It takes way more than that....that means you go every single day whether you want to or not....Its definitely not an easy accomplishment.
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It means your parents drag you there whether you want to go or not. Come on Phil Jackson, you're trolling now right?
 
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utvolpj said:
I never got a ribbon for anything besides track. Trophies were given out every season for soccer, hockey and basketball. Once I decided I wanted to concentrate on the sport I liked I didn't worry about them but they had zero effect on my athletic career.

Getting a trophy for being part of a team at 6yo will have zero effect as well. It means nothing with respect to their future.
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And giving them back just adds to the message the dad is trying to get his kids to understand....I guarantee that the kids wont remember every single talk he has with them but they will be telling their kids how dad made them give back trophies they didn't earn.

My daughter won a rec league basketball game by ten points but missed two lay-ups....I made her drop down in the gym after the game and give me twenty push-ups for missing the two lay-ups.....she will always remember that and it makes her realize the importance of every detail.
 
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volbeast33 said:
And giving them back just adds to the message the dad is trying to get his kids to understand....I guarantee that the kids wont remember every single talk he has with them but they will be telling their kids how dad made them give back trophies they didn't earn.

My daughter won a rec league basketball game by ten points but missed two lay-ups....I made her drop down in the gym after the game and give me twenty push-ups for missing the two lay-ups.....she will always remember that and it makes her realize the importance of every detail.
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:eek:lol: this is classic! Bravo
 
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