I Weep for the Future
By Cecilio's Scribe on Aug 06, 2009 with Comments 5
Cultivating a Generation of WussiesPhoto: Time.com
The tagline attached to this blog speaks to another era when it was OK to “throw inside, hit the quarterback and trash talk a bit.” These actions might as well be metaphors for the same trend that’s manifesting itself across our landscape. Exchange throwing inside for giving real feedback on a kid’s paper…hitting the quarterback for an ole’ fashioned spanking…trash talking for…I don’t know, but you get the point.
I’ve hemmed and hawed about all of this multiple times before, more specifically tied to the action going on between the sidelines of America’s sports. Yet, the “wussification” extends far beyond and its ripple effect can be recognized as far as say — the Little League fields of Staten Island?
Deadspin brings the latest case of shameful embarrassment to our attention this morning. Their post title captures the tragedy perfectly. Were we not bound by PG-13 rules here, I would certainly have been swapping my “w” for “p” on more than one occasion when tackling this epidemic. But back to our latest case…read the Deadspin post. The gist? Kid slides into second base during Little League game and tears up knee. Mom sues everyone for not teaching her kid right way to slide (or some such garbage). LL settles for $125,000.
Seriously? This has to be a joke, right? It’s not? OK, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth. This type of thing angers me to no end. There is no “other side of the story.” I hope her now 17-year old son gets ripped to shreds in school for this and mocked incessantly. It won’t make things right, but at least it’s something. This woman should be ashamed of herself.
What is going on in this world???!!!
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This has got to be a joke.
She should have sued the kids father…ha!
I'm shocked she even won that case..wouldn't they have to prove that coaches were intentionally teaching the kid the wrong way to slide? WTF!?
..crap she settled outside of court huh? guess little leagues can't afford good lawyers like they used to!
i'm perplexed as well. pathetic that at a LL probably strapped for cash has to pay $$ for this. sad.
There's only one acceptable injury whilst sliding… a strawberry.
If you break your ankle (like my best friend did in HS) while sliding… you're an asshole.
If you break your ankle stepping on the bag while trying to beat out an infield grounder…you're an asshole.
But if you suffer major knee damage sliding…you're a colossal reject and your mother should kick your father in the balls for not teaching you fundamentals in the backyard.
This isn't Nascar driving prep it's freaking baseball! Who the hell didn't learn to slide before they played organized baseball.
I had a parent bitch at me for his son receiving an F on a project. He rationalized it to be unfair that a portion of his son's grade was tied into that of his fellow group members. But it was HIS son that DIDN'T COMPLETE ANY WORK AT ALL thus causing the entire group's project to suffer. A nice accountability lesson taught to his son. Wonder how that'll work out in the future.
Whatever, I'm done. Nice John Hughes reference in the title.
Go Padres