That is the feel good story of the decade. Deserves an article quote:
A brawl on the field has forced two Valley high schools to forfeit their final football games of the season.
The beef centered around a special needs player, Vincent Stover, who is autistic and on the Mountain Ridge football team.
After a good lead Thursday night against North Canyon High School, the coach put Vincent in the game on defense.
A video clip of the game shows North Canyon hike the ball and Vincent gets tackled into his own end zone.
"The tight end pushed me so hard I fell to the ground," Vincent recalls.
One of his teammates saw the tackle and took off after the other player.
Vincent said both benches cleared after that.
"I didn't know what was going on, I looked back, and a fight happened," he said.
Vincent’s mom, Terrie Silva, said she understands young hormones can get the best of teenagers, especially if their team is losing, but she says the whole incident is unacceptable.
"There's no excuse to take it out on a player whether he has what he has or not," Silva said.
Silva said the other coaches know Vincent is a special needs player who has been on the team for three years.
The other team was not actually informed the special needs kid was playing, let alone on the field. I bet he could have been blocked less humiliatingly if the they had reached out to their opponents.
The other team was not actually informed the special needs kid was playing, let alone on the field. I bet he could have been blocked less humiliatingly if the they had reached out to their opponents.
On the other hand, why treat the kid any differently than the other kids?
Seems that they gave the retard a taste of running a real play vs patronizing him with some fake bullshit. Now that he knows what a real play is like hopefully that puts an end to his football playing fantasy. People should be applauding they gave him a real experience.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
It's not about giving the disabled an experience, it's about the people setting it up, videoing it, and showing the world what great people try are. If they really cared about the disabled kid they wouldn't seek media attention or even put it on youtube.
I've always liked the Lucky Dawg thing they do at husky stadium. It gives the kid a great experience in a way that is dignified for everyone involved.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
It's not about giving the disabled an experience, it's about the people setting it up, videoing it, and showing the world what great people try are. If they really cared about the disabled kid they wouldn't seek media attention or even put it on youtube.
I've always liked the Lucky Dawg thing they do at husky stadium. It gives the kid a great experience in a way that is dignified for everyone involved.
the only situations like these that make any sense are the make a wish types which typically involve college or pro situations. Everyone on the field know's what's going on and can easily discern who should and shouldn't be on the field.
In football especially, how is every player on every opposing team supposed to know what to do, who the special needs player is and whether or not he's supposed to him them....a la football?
He's a clue, we're not all winners. we don't all get ribbons, trophies or finish first. We don't all fuck the prom queen. Our society is being pussified by the minute.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
We had a handi at a big school I coached at. The kid was big though, 6'1" 250ish, but no one was really behind the wheel. He was a senior and on JV. I came down to the sideline after films and was watching the game and this lady grabbed me, said their son was the handi, they had a bunch of family in the stands and she'd love it if her son actually got to play in a game.
I explained to her that I'd sneak him in but the other team wouldn't care about his condition or his safety. She agreed and I snuck him into the line during a time out late in the game. He played a few plays, didn't false start amazingly, and didn't really block his man at all. Of course after the game I got a millions Thank You's by the family.
To the kid if he had the capacity to understand I bet he was more proud of actually playing football than being escorted into the end zone by 21 people who came to play a football game. I imagine it has happened but the day a kid in an electric wheel chair scores a TD then I'm losing all hope.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
We had a handi at a big school I coached at. The kid was big though, 6'1" 250ish, but no one was really behind the wheel. He was a senior and on JV. I came down to the sideline after films and was watching the game and this lady grabbed me, said their son was the handi, they had a bunch of family in the stands and she'd love it if her son actually got to play in a game.
I explained to her that I'd sneak him in but the other team wouldn't care about his condition or his safety. She agreed and I snuck him into the line during a time out late in the game. He played a few plays, didn't false start amazingly, and didn't really block his man at all. Of course after the game I got a millions Thank You's by the family.
To the kid if he had the capacity to understand I bet he was more proud of actually playing football than being escorted into the end zone by 21 people who came to play a football game. I imagine it has happened but the day a kid in an electric wheel chair scores a TD then I'm losing all hope.
Has South Park done the electric wheelchair scene yet?
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
It's not about giving the disabled an experience, it's about the people setting it up, videoing it, and showing the world what great people try are. If they really cared about the disabled kid they wouldn't seek media attention or even put it on youtube.
I've always liked the Lucky Dawg thing they do at husky stadium. It gives the kid a great experience in a way that is dignified for everyone involved.
How would you like to be the coach of the slow kid?
Constantly having to structure your practices to make sure that the kid doesn't get lit up by his teammates, making sure he doesn't get trick-fucked by any pranks in the locker room or on the bus, slow down some drills so that he can "participate" ... and oh yeah ... cater to his mommy who thinks that high school sports are some kinda' encounter group.
And then, you do all that shit ... for 3 years ... and your reward? A fight and a forfeit.
Wonderful. Maybe I'll withhold my Special Olympics donation and send it to this high school instead.
I got nothing against retards but it sounds like I'm not the only one tired of hearing feel good stories about their participation in real sporting events. Hey, maybe in grade school, or even middle school, but high school and up it's lame. Give it up already.
It's not about giving the disabled an experience, it's about the people setting it up, videoing it, and showing the world what great people try are. If they really cared about the disabled kid they wouldn't seek media attention or even put it on youtube.
I've always liked the Lucky Dawg thing they do at husky stadium. It gives the kid a great experience in a way that is dignified for everyone involved.
I've always had a major problem with Lucky Dawg
The damn kid has cancer and UW calls him "lucky"
Good point. It's like when someone lives through a bad wreck and says God was looking out for them. Yeah, what a guy. Let you get mangled in a crash. Really looking for you.
Good god. They aren't even trying. Nobody who has ever been an athlete wants charity. Good for her for playing, but this was horribly set up. Just let someone score on their own
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A brawl on the field has forced two Valley high schools to forfeit their final football games of the season.
The beef centered around a special needs player, Vincent Stover, who is autistic and on the Mountain Ridge football team.
After a good lead Thursday night against North Canyon High School, the coach put Vincent in the game on defense.
A video clip of the game shows North Canyon hike the ball and Vincent gets tackled into his own end zone.
"The tight end pushed me so hard I fell to the ground," Vincent recalls.
One of his teammates saw the tackle and took off after the other player.
Vincent said both benches cleared after that.
"I didn't know what was going on, I looked back, and a fight happened," he said.
Vincent’s mom, Terrie Silva, said she understands young hormones can get the best of teenagers, especially if their team is losing, but she says the whole incident is unacceptable.
"There's no excuse to take it out on a player whether he has what he has or not," Silva said.
Silva said the other coaches know Vincent is a special needs player who has been on the team for three years.
it's lame. Give it up already.
I've always liked the Lucky Dawg thing they do at husky stadium. It gives the kid a great experience in a way that is dignified for everyone involved.
The damn kid has cancer and UW calls him "lucky"
In football especially, how is every player on every opposing team supposed to know what to do, who the special needs player is and whether or not he's supposed to him them....a la football?
He's a clue, we're not all winners. we don't all get ribbons, trophies or finish first. We don't all fuck the prom queen. Our society is being pussified by the minute.
I explained to her that I'd sneak him in but the other team wouldn't care about his condition or his safety. She agreed and I snuck him into the line during a time out late in the game. He played a few plays, didn't false start amazingly, and didn't really block his man at all. Of course after the game I got a millions Thank You's by the family.
To the kid if he had the capacity to understand I bet he was more proud of actually playing football than being escorted into the end zone by 21 people who came to play a football game. I imagine it has happened but the day a kid in an electric wheel chair scores a TD then I'm losing all hope.
Constantly having to structure your practices to make sure that the kid doesn't get lit up by his teammates, making sure he doesn't get trick-fucked by any pranks in the locker room or on the bus, slow down some drills so that he can "participate" ... and oh yeah ... cater to his mommy who thinks that high school sports are some kinda' encounter group.
And then, you do all that shit ... for 3 years ... and your reward? A fight and a forfeit.
Wonderful. Maybe I'll withhold my Special Olympics donation and send it to this high school instead.
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