Posted on 05/13/2005 11:16:27 AM PDT by fso301
And they say people throw about the term "hero" too lightly these days . . .
(eyes rolling)
I wonder how the team who will finish second to them at States will feel about this. Robbed, I'm sure.
2) However the teams that LOST but was allowed to win should also have made a good gesture of their own ....and refused to take the winning position based on the simple fact that they lost.
Exactly. In all fairness, the Penn Hills girls should refuse their offers to step aside.
Super! Everybody gets a chance to hit! Nobody makes an out! Let's go get an ice cream! Wee!
It was Norwin, the sixth place team that deserves the lion's share of the plaudits. They finished among the top 8 in sixth place. The other two teams were 9th and 10th so they would not have gone if the results stood. I credit Norwin for making the sacrifice for Penn Hills. Norwin was the catalyst.
Somewhere, somehow, someone other than the runners benefited from this.
Yes, they lost and they accepted it with broken hearts, but they never asked for special treatment. It was by the graciousness of OTHER teams that moved them into the finals. It is the type of story of selflessness that we need to see more often.
I graduated from Penn Hills, just outside of Pittsburgh. Maybe this will catch on and the hapless Pirates can get into the playoffs.
Which would be a far more valuable lesson for these children than any glory they might attain winning some stupid high sports competition.
They probably would have won. They were the favorite.
Not the same thing imo. If the team that had the girl fall was the one demanding it, I'd agree. However, as far as I can tell, three teams, without outside pressure voluntarily forfeited.
How many times have we seen Olympians (ice-skaters, track/field, etc) screw up just the same and suffer the consequences?
Countless times which is why this case is so different.
Baloney: good sportsmanship means being a good winner and a good loser. Good winners don't step aside so that the loser can "win."
Which would be a far more valuable lesson for these children than any glory they might attain winning some stupid high sports competition.
"Similar to a basketball player for a girls HS team who broke her foot and was 1 point shy of the school record and the other team let her hobble downcourt for an uncontested layup."
I think our kids are going to make despite us.
Like I said, the team that finishes second to them at the chamionships is gonna feel rightly robbed.
Agree 100%
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Inspired by the sacrifice of these young women, I'm going to start a campaign right now to encourage the Red Sox, the Yanks, the Orioles, and the Jays to step aside and allow the Devil Rays to take the AL East. After all, why not give someone else a chance to feel groovy?
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