Charity at spring scrimmage.
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I vote for Kim and his giant football...
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Regarding Nebraska: I fully understand trying to do something uplifting for a boy struggling with cancer. But if something isn't earned, what is it really worth? I have mixed feelings about that whole thing. I love the idea of a cancer-stricken kid getting a chance to play catch with the QB and stuff like that, but I just don't like the symbolism of fake achievements.
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^^Why do you hate the NW championship?
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NW championship >>>> Sark's trophy casesection8 said:^^Why do you hate the NW championship?
'Nuff said
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I like the Lucky Dawg thing they do at UW. Letting a kid in a wheelchair score a touchdown,posting all over the inertnet, the celebrating the "accomplishment" while the adults that put it together pat themselves on the back is nauseating.
On a related note, if you are going to "pay it forward" at Starbucks or help someone out if they are short in the checkout line at the store, don't go on Facebook and tell even one how awesome you are. You immediately go from doing something nice to being a self serving prick/cunt. And if you buy a random unseen blond a banana and a coffee, STFU and DIAFF. #HIKIM -
But Sark won the 2012 Gameday Championship over the Rose Bowl winners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HillsboroDuck said:
NW championship >>>> Sark's trophy casesection8 said:^^Why do you hate the NW championship?
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Sark has an entire URL devoted to championships. what don't you get?
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I think beating cancer is quite the achievement....kid deserves to have some fun.DerekJohnson said:
Regarding Nebraska: I fully understand trying to do something uplifting for a boy struggling with cancer. But if something isn't earned, what is it really worth? I have mixed feelings about that whole thing. I love the idea of a cancer-stricken kid getting a chance to play catch with the QB and stuff like that, but I just don't like the symbolism of fake achievements.
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HuskyJW said:
I think beating cancer is quite the achievement....kid deserves to have some fun.
DerekJohnson said:Regarding Nebraska: I fully understand trying to do something uplifting for a boy struggling with cancer. But if something isn't earned, what is it really worth? I have mixed feelings about that whole thing. I love the idea of a cancer-stricken kid getting a chance to play catch with the QB and stuff like that, but I just don't like the symbolism of fake achievements.
That act actually damaged the kid. It reinforced the idea for him that he is "special" and deserving of things he hasn't earned. It sent the entirely wrong message. If I was his parent I would not have allowed that to happen. I would want him to return to a normal childhood as soon as possible.
It's the same thing with a little girl that survived being shot by a stray bullet a couple years ago in Seattle. She was celebrated in the news and the mother started a Facebook page documenting her every move even after as she returned to normal life. The mother was getting a high from her daughter being a "celebrity". I sent the mother an email trying to tell them that they're damaging her, let her return to a normal childhood and don't live through her vicariously like that. She didn't like that so que sera sera.
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You guys are fucking ridiculous. It was a nice gesture and a special moment for the kid and the people involved. The kid will still have to earn things in his life, like most people do. Derek, If you were his parent and watched him battle cancer and go through chemo, you wouldn't let him run for a TD for his (and your) favorite team? It's a memory the kid, his family, and some of the people associated with the Nebraska moment will have forever. It is absurd to try and analyze it as more than that.
