Except for when it is.
Scholarships, money, and fame are important to many people, like it or not, so winning is important. When the player in question doesn't care, they should still be able to guiltlessly support their team.
I understand sportsmanship, but kids should not feel obligated to bend over backwards at the cost of their own success.
I think the game in question resulted in a score of 77-0, or something along those lines. The offending coach should have dialed his players back, quit running up the score, and teach his players respect for their opponents and themselves. Teams in the NFL put in 2nd or 3rd string players and quit running up the score after it is obvious that victory is theirs. The recent Green Bay-Chicago game showed us this.
TL;DR Be gracious in defeat and humble in victory.
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DUDE. Did you not read the "P-E-E-W-E-E" part? It means SMALL CHILDREN.
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Small children should absolutely be taught sportsmanship, just like guest is suggesting.
NFL teams put in 2nd string players only so they don't injure their starters.
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Look, I don't know much about the mechanics of the game, and honestly I'm not that interested. I'm just voicing support for the sentiment, which is that children can and should be taught to play in a pro-social way.
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Peewee football with second and third string offense and defense?
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And if they do have second and third sting O&D, $500 DOLLARS because they didn't put them in and scored too much??
Sportsmanship ruins sports. If your team can obliterate the other team there shouldn't be any reason not to do so.
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Sounds like there should have been a mercy rule in place. It's stupid to expect one team to stop trying. The Refs should have stepped in and called an end to the game.
As a peewee mom, I would actually think this had more to do with the coach having the team do more practices than allowed, so his team could be the best. We've had problems with this here.
Every once in a while I see a coach try to not run up a score by putting in his second and even third string players and then calling running plays to use up the clock and avoid *excessive* scoring. But, because players get hurt when the half-@$$ it, they still play to the best of their ability, and still play better than the other team. There are always those who get butt hurt about that and don't see the distinction between that situation and a coach who keeps his starters in and plays all out.
This goes beyond sports. What these kinds of people are trying to do is glorify mediocrity, and tear down those who are better than them. When you teach people who have the potential to change the world that the only way to avoid punishment is to hide their skill, then mankind will cease to achieve any more of the accomplishments that future generations will admire. All of humanity shall stagnate and wither away.
Scholarships, money, and fame are important to many people, like it or not, so winning is important. When the player in question doesn't care, they should still be able to guiltlessly support their team.
I understand sportsmanship, but kids should not feel obligated to bend over backwards at the cost of their own success.
TL;DR Be gracious in defeat and humble in victory.