Charity at spring scrimmage.

HuskyJW said:

He's 7.....the only damage done is that he'll be a Nebraska fan his entire life.

The kid is special....you beat cancer you deserve special recognition.

Why?

I get doing nice things to brighten the day of a sick kid, buy why does he or anyone who beat cancer deserve special recognition from the public?

It seems these days many people who do something nice for someone, do it in such a way that they end up getting pats on the back an accolades to the point where it becomes about them, the giver, not the recipient.

Once someone stats boasting about the great and kind deed they did, they need to DIAFF.

It also reminds me of people who just had a kid, they many act like they are the only ones in history who figured out how to do this. I understand their excitement, but when the excuses start popping up on why they are late, or how tired they are, or why they missed a deadline, don't expect me to give a fuck.

RoadDawg55 said:

HuskyJW said:

He's 7.....the only damage done is that he'll be a Nebraska fan his entire life.

The kid is special....you beat cancer you deserve special recognition.

But he didn't earn it. Battling cancer and having two surgeries and 60 weeks of chemo is not enough. If he wants to run for a TD at a Spring Game, he should hit the weights and work on his speed every day. Then, maybe, just maybe, he will become good enough to one day play for Nebraska and earn his TD run.

In all seriousness, the he didn't earn it and it will make him entitled is some of the dumbest shit I have read in awhile (since I left Dawgman.)

I like it when athletes give attention to sick children. Having them out for the coin toss, maybe play catch with with a QB, hang out at practice, that's all good. Setting up a fake thing in a game where a ball is placed in their lap and they drive their electric wheelchair into the end zone while everyone cheers is bizarre to me. It's also getting over played in the media and seems to be becoming almost cliche.

And yes, it would be very inspiring if the kid did go on to workout and become good at a sport or excel at anything. There are many example of sports figures getting cancer, going through the rigors of treatment and then coming back to perform at an elite level. (Mario Lemieux comes to mind) That is something that we should celebrate.

MikeDamone said:

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

Fuuuucccckkkk.....reminds me of that classic PSU game this past year that I took the kids to since they had never been to Qwest/CenturyLink (we be broke country folk). My 9 year old son turns to me and asked why that other kid can be on the field and he can't? Ie explain that he is very sick with terminal cancer and they try and make his last days the best they can. He looks me straight in the eye and says "Guess he really isn't a Lucky Dawg, is he"?