by gillsfan1066 » Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:13 am
Yes my daughters were involved in all sports at school, netball volleyball, athletics,swimming,tennis they were pretty good and my wife and I encouraged them in everything they did, and hopefully we instilled into them some sort of good work ethic, bit of loyalty explaining if they started something especially a team sport they had to follow it through at least till the end of that school year because team mates were relying on them to do there best and be part of a team effort.
There was never any screaming or shouting at refs etc, never any excuses if they didn't win, just a simple did you do the best you could , then thats it , the other player or team were better than you on the day, end of conversation ?
Fortunately we didn't have to go through the crap that is sweeping the schools today in the U S, THE PARTICIPATION TROPHY, where the kid that came 8th in the 100 meters receives a trophy, lol,lol, sorry kid you came 8th, you sucked, you didn't train properly or you didn't do your best, or you were just plain useless at the event,take your pick , part of growing up is coming 8th and feeling like crap you deserved to feel like crap so learn to live with it, your life is not going to be all roses and first place trophy but here is a trophy for being crap at something that will con you into thinking you did something special.
Did I encourage my daughters into playing soccer, rugby, weight lifting, no they didn't want to do it so what was the point ?
You guys crack me up, I am sure most of you probably 99.99999% have never been to a womans soccer match in your life, ( unless your kids were playing,) probably will never go to a womens soccer match in your life,and God lets be honest the games are AWFUL, better to watch Kent Cup football and I bet very few on here have seen that either but if you think it's going to be the next great money maker in the world of sport then go invest in a team because it's the "proper thing to do" everyone is on the band wagon, women should have the same chances as men, well go on then ladys fool yourselves into thinking that people really care about you playing soccer or cricket or rugby, (although I must admit the Lingerie American Football League was a bit of fun to watch after a few beers once in a while, bit like topless darts ).
Only woman worth watching participating in a "mens sport" is Ronda Rousey, now that woman would give the lovely Ms Fanny Mulligan a run for her money, lol.