F...Soccer Moms

Dirtbag59

Easy there. Soccer's an awesome sport, there's a reason it's so damn popular worldwide.

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Monkeydad

F....people who don't see how soccer has been diluted into a "let's all stop keeping score and bring only healthy snacks!" joke of a game by moms in minivans.

I agree with the sentiment about making my son know how to compete and succeed or lose on his own. Losing makes you work harder and when kids are young, it's a valuable lesson to team them that can affect their work ethic for the rest of their life. Many of these kids who are getting their bottoms powdered by their soccer moms until their teenagers are the kids who are turning into the bums chatting on their cellphones at the burger place while we're standing there waiting to order...and yeah, who we'll end up supporting with tax money for their lives.

When you hand your kids everything and protect them from ever knowing what failure feels like, you're doing them a huge disservice.

If I'm not coaching and rallying up the team to kick some butt, I'm going to be that dad at my son's baseball games who announces the score throughout the game so everyone knows their kid got beat by my kid.

No wonder it costs so much to sign our kids up for sports these days, we have to buy trophies for EVERYONE!

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firstdown

It was a bit of a joke but these stupid left wing ideas that no one should win or loose do nothing to help these kids get ready for life. Maybe this is just a small part of why our kids in the US are falling behind other countries in education. Heck, we spend alot more then they but our kids are falling behind. This was probably not the thread to start that conversation.

EternalEnigma21

I don't know about these days, but when I played in high school it was brutal. We ran until we puked and then ran more, and when we played there was blood. I remember I went for a throw in just after a guy who jumped to head the ball too soon, so I took advantage and caught his mouth with my head and knocked out one of his teeth. Put a huge gouge in my scalp. I played the ball and he didn't, so he got a yellow card and we had to stop the game so he could find his tooth.

Then once I played on our rivals team, because they had a lot of guys out with illnesses, and they had to forfeit... so I and a couple of other guys went to play on their team. It was our first game and I had been playing TE in football the month before, so the first time a ball came at my face I caught it, and all of the Hardin Jefferson guys were pretty pissed, but I made up for it punishing our forwards to the point that my own coach was yelling for me to cool it. I remember cutting my friend seth for a flip with a badass slide tackle. No one on the team would speak to me after the game lol... I won anyway.

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saden1

Goddamn pansy kids.

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hooskins

LOL, well if your kid is good he/she will play higher levels of soccer with score kept track. Anyways after the age of around 7 I am sure they keep track in your region. I am pretty sure it isn't a liberal conspiracy especially since they do this for young kids all over the country, including in crazy conservative red states.

You continue to amaze me...

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Monksdown

I love the liberals. They keep preparing their kids for Utopia, and I keep preparing my 6 year old to take advantage of them. Seriously though, i wouldn't have to push my kid, he wants conquer everything.

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saden1

Let's see what The President has to say about that:



p.s. This is by far my favorite Obama clip ever. Ever ever? Yes, ever ever!

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firstdown

I like that clip too because then he was not taking over the private sector and trying to run companies.

Monksdown

His even temper is one thing. His competitiveness is really illustrated though in that clip. And it's that competitiveness that we're really talking about.

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saden1

Your original point of liberals being weak, stupid, and susceptible to being taken advantage of is not lost to me. What this video is intended to illustrate is that you're inadequately preparing your kid for the real world. Liberals can be competitive-not-so-nice-people capable of busting your kid's nose up mentally and physically.

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Monksdown

Not exactly what i meant.

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firstdown

We can just look to London at all those liberal protesters using the strong arm mob to tear up the city to know they are tough. LOL These liberals seem to love and tick off the cops until they get sprayed in the face with pepper spray. As a conservative I would stop when the cops start pulling out those spray guns and go the other way.