Interesting post by 615Dawg/Curmudgeon on Sixpack about our NCAA Chances

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

It wasn't bait. I can't speak for C34, but I seriously loathe the sport and wish it would die in this country. It has ruined countless lives and it kickstarted the demise of good youth sports. That crap has made its way to baseball and softball. For what it has done in this country and for us to be so terrible on the international stage makes it even worse.

I'm not getting into this again, as its a pointless argument. But I'm curious what you mean by the bolded part

[curmudgeon]

I'm not getting into this again, as its a pointless argument. But I'm curious what you mean by the bolded part

There are too many youth teams. This trend started with soccer. Some kids aren't athletes, and the "there's always a place to play" combined with parents living through their kids has kids that should be doing something else playing Upward sports or super rec league crap. I'm not against giving younger kids every opportunity, but there becomes a point - maybe its 9-10 years old, where maybe its not their thing.

There used to be an Ad Council PSA that aired that had a mom trying a kid in every sport and he was a complete failure. Then he ended up being an outstanding vocalist, singing solos in the choir. That's what that kid needed to be doing. By giving kids unlimited avenues to fail, we have created a problem. Go watch a YMCA or Upward league baseball game for 12 year olds. These kids cant throw, they cant catch, they cant run, they cant hit. Its miserable. Those kids could be future engineers or talented musicians or cure cancer, but they cant hit a baseball. Stop lying to kids and telling them they can do anything.

All this started with soccer. Ruining lives.

You know what the curmudgeon did when he couldn't hit a middle school curve ball? I started running stats. I started coordinating video. I found my place. Now its if you cant be the superstar, go to another team. If you cant play sports, you're destined to be a loser. Screw that.

[preachermatt83]

There are too many youth teams. This trend started with soccer. Some kids aren't athletes, and the "there's always a place to play" combined with parents living through their kids has kids that should be doing something else playing Upward sports or super rec league crap. I'm not against giving younger kids every opportunity, but there becomes a point - maybe its 9-10 years old, where maybe its not their thing.

There used to be an Ad Council PSA that aired that had a mom trying a kid in every sport and he was a complete failure. Then he ended up being an outstanding vocalist, singing solos in the choir. That's what that kid needed to be doing. By giving kids unlimited avenues to fail, we have created a problem. Go watch a YMCA or Upward league baseball game for 12 year olds. These kids cant throw, they cant catch, they cant run, they cant hit. Its miserable. Those kids could be future engineers or talented musicians or cure cancer, but they cant hit a baseball. Stop lying to kids and telling them they can do anything.

All this started with soccer. Ruining lives.

You know what the curmudgeon did when he couldn't hit a middle school curve ball? I started running stats. I started coordinating video. I found my place. Now its if you cant be the superstar, go to another team. If you cant play sports, you're destined to be a loser. Screw that.

Ok so that throws out both LB and DK cause both could hit a curveball extremely well. I'm starting to think you are yanking me. I don't think we were ever friends or even knew each other.