Posted on 05/29/2014 4:51:41 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Saying he wants to change a culture in youth sports where kids are encouraged to “suck it up” after sustaining head injuries, President Barack Obama on Thursday said it was time coaches and athletes started thinking about better ways to keep kids safe on playing fields.
Obama said he could recall instances during his own days in Pop Warner leagues when a particularly hard hit left him sidelined for a spell.
“There were a couple of times where I’m sure that that ringing sensation in my head and the need to sit down for a while might have been a mild concussion, and at the time you didn’t think anything of it,” he said at an event designed to bring awareness to head injuries in youth sports.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Maybe he meant “s**k it” sports?
Gunner
When those foreigners say "football" they are really talking about soccer.
Wait, he played football?
Or did he play foots with balls?
What planet is Obama living on? Our manly, suck-it-up culture ended a long time ago. Now, we’ve got the crybaby culture of hypochondriacs and lawsuit chasers.
Oh, good God. This guy thinks we’ll believe anything that dribbles out of his mouth, doesn’t he?
Obama? FOOTBALL??
Bwah-hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa.....
Yeah. Uh-huh.
LIAR!!!
His own injuries?
What a joke
The anti christ will survive a head wound. Obama is not admitting he’s already survived several. Just saying.
Someone from his childhood told me he played Pop Warner football with obama. That should be good enough for you. /s
you missed it. from the article you posted. it’s right there:
But football was for boys and barack felt left out. Cheering from the stands wasn’t enough. he wanted, somehow, to share in the excitement and fun down on the field. So Pop Warner introduced a new activity: cheerleading. Obama loved it, and during the 1970s this new branch of Pop Warner grew rapidly.
Amazing. All the extra equipment players are forced to wear because of liberal good intentions made players reckless.
Once again, unintended consequences by the left.
Barry the Wimp, just shut up, yo.
BS!
He is worse than Clinton talking about himself all the damn time.
Yeah, it's been one thing after another. White privilege hysteria was preceded by income inequality, and before that the War on Women. All the while, the theme for AGW (global warming by carbon dioxide and cow farts) has been playing counterpoint.
Maybe I’m wrong but aren’t there more important things for the CIC to be concerned about????
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The center on his team is Harry Reid. Barry loves his behind
The only injuries he has is from a failed abortion. ..
“A Pop Warner League in Kenya? Indonesia?”
Even if it was allegedly in Hawaii, could you imagine that mom-jeans wearing dwarf going head to head with those islanders?!?! Ha ha.
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