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DEL.ICIO.USWhy risk losing when you can tie?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Why do we expect high school athletes to act like adults, yet we treat them like little kids at the biggest moments of their early lives?
In life, you win and lose everyday. Rarely, do you tie. Sometimes you get the promotion; sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you win the big game; sometimes you lose. But in this weekend’s state championship games, teams will be allowed to tie. There are no overtimes. Just four quarters of football. If the score’s tied, too bad — Let’s hear it for the co-state champions. Ten years down the road, I wonder how many co-state champions become state champions.
Would you rather risk losing to have the opportunity to win a state title outright or be a co-state championship?
Then, there is the overabundance of all-county awards. The Gwinnett Touchdown Club will hold its awards banquet Monday night. There will be a quarterback of the year, running back of the year, wide receiver of the year, tight end of the year, offensive lineman of the year, linebacker of the year, defensive back of the year, defensive lineman of the year, specialist of the year and athlete of the year. In addition, there will be a 14-man first-team offense and first-team defense, and two 14-man second teams. Not to mention 18 scholar athletes, 16 “Team First” award winners, 16 assistant coaches and 17 volunteers and a multitude of honorable mentions. They’ll even hand out awards to players that would have made All-County had they not been injured.
How big of an honor is it if everyone wins?
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By PRidgeFan
December 11, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this
I would rather loose tring to win, than be a co-statechamp