(10-31-2021, 11:53 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(10-31-2021, 10:50 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I don't understand this mentality at all. I would much rather get crushed than to know my opponent had to put their "foot on the brake" as to not run up the score. I don't want any mercy. If I'm that bad, I need to know it and learn from it. Having someone hold back on you, is way more humiliating. It means I couldn't even compete with you when you weren't even trying. I want to face the best of the best, every time. If you can't give me you're all, then what's the point?

If your son was on the losing team you might have a different perspective.  For that matter, how would you feel if your son was the backup QB on the winning team?  With at 12 TD lead, he still can't get into the game because the coach cares more about running up the score than giving your kid a chance to play.  Is that how you define sportsmanship?

If I was a parent on the winning team, I would be the first to go to the other sideline after the game to apologize to the opposing parents for the coach's actions.

No, I wouldn't. I would be ticked off at my team's coach for not preparing my kid and his teammates to at least be competitive. It was embarrassing how badly they played.

Again, if my kid was the backup QB on the winning team, I wouldn't be mad at all. Football is about playing the best players and that starting QB was having a fantastic game. No need to take him out, unless you are worried about him getting injured. Football is about winning. It's not about keeping players happy. Sportsmanship is all about accepting losses, learning from them and respecting who had the better team.

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