Makes me ashamed to have been a Michigander
At Oscoda High School "our purpose is to foster academic excellence, personal growth, decision making ability and positive personal attributes for enhancing our democratic society." Evidently that doesn't include "dealing with defeat." Per Boortz, this year's Mighty Owls football team sucked so completely (NO points in the first 4 games) that the school board decided to forfeit the rest of the season. Hey, I can understand wanting to save themselves embarrassment. But if sports have a function in education, that function continues (and is perhaps enhanced) even if you aren't a winner. Certainly I wasn't a winner in PE, unless you count infamy for the 9'54" mile. The kids wanted to play. Their parents wanted them to play. But people were laughing.
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Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: September 29, 2006 04:50 PM
The write up I saw indicated the motive was not so much despairing of victory as the belief that the team was physically outclassed by everyone else, to the point of physical danger. Apparently the current roster is about as impressive a lineup as the seven dwarfs with Snow White as quarterback; and included a number of kids who ought to have been on the junior varsity team because not enough seniors went out for the team.