After 91-0 Blowout, Aledo High Fends Off Bullying Charges

[TexasTowelie]

The Aledo High School Bearcats didn't want to score 91 points over Fort Worth Western Hills on Friday night, nor did they intend to hold their opponent completely scoreless. When the team glanced at the scoreboard as time expired and discovered they'd done both those things, the pangs of remorse were acute.

"I'm upset about it," head coach Tim Buchanan told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "I don't like it. I sit there the whole third and fourth quarter and try to think how I can keep us from scoring."

Alas, when your team is No. 1 in the state, and you average just south of 70 points per game, and your opponent has been blown out in almost every game they've played, telling your team not to score is like trying to rein in a thoroughbred on the home stretch of the Kentucky Derby.

The parents at Western Hills could have used Friday's lopsided loss as a teachable moment, perhaps to convey the message that their kids will spend their lives beneath the heels of the rich and powerful, perhaps as a metaphor for the dangers of capitalism unchecked by sensible regulation to level the playing field.

More at http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/10/after_91-0_blowout_aledo_high.php .

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[msongs]

1. a team with little or no skill in its sport chooses to show up. hardly bullying lol nt

[Ilsa]

2. A Mercy Rule is called for.

When the score is that unbalanced in only two quarters, its time for the referees to step in and offer the losing team a chance to concede gracefully. Then both teams can go out to dinner together and talk about homework.

[FrodosPet]

8. Screw the poor third stringer kid who might only play in one game, score one touchdown

Oh well, sux to be him. The talented and successful must be handicapped to protect the feelings of those with lesser abilities.

Imagine a world where no one has anything that others cannot. Some people are not good at sports. Therefore, to protect their self esteem, no one should be allowed to be faster or stronger than them. Some people "just don't get math". So why should other people be allowed to do something that they cannot do? Sure, that may lower the living standard of many people, but universal destitution, where EVERYONE is equally poor and sick and cold and hungry, is preferable to a world of inequality.

Lowest Common Denominator. Equal outcomes, regardless of luck or ability. It is the only true path to universal equality.

[Ilsa]

10. There's no reason why 3rd stringers

can't participate when a mercy rule is available. The rule doesn't have to be a hard number. But it would be an option for a referee to bring to both coaches to determine if the game should end or continue with 2nd and 3rd string players if that's what they want. The game is still a victory for the winning team that is ahead by 5+ (or whatever) touchdowns. There's no "Lowest Common Denominator" or loss of competition. They can still play if that's what they want.

Yes, I think mercy is a good value to teach.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. Everybody gets an A, everybody gets a trophy mentality.

THIS is what is wrong with parenting at this point in time. We are not teaching our kids how to overcome adversity and come back stronger. We are truly raising a generationof kids who are unprepared to cope with life.

Life is not fair! I hate bullying, this is NOT bullying!

[bravenak]

4. Forfeit.

They should have forfeited so as to not get beaten so badly. I would be too embarrassed to come back and play after halftime.

[Niceguy1]

5. I find their all or nothing

The teachable moment is that you win some and you loose some. That s sports, and life in general

[RussBLib]

6. sounds like a good opportunity to just DROP the football program

Football sucks far too many precious resources from ailing schools and school districts. Remember education?

[FrodosPet]

9. Adrenalectomies for all

Damn those adrenal glands. People need to be sedentary in a classroom listening and discussing, and not out running around and sweating and engaged in activities where some people win and some people lose.

People should be learning that it is important to be themselves, and not be bound by the standards of others. Just because someone cannot properly spell, capitalize, or punctuate, is that any reason they should not receive an "A" grade and get a good paying job writing instruction manuals? Just because someone cannot understand algebra, trigonometry, or calculus, is that any reason they should not be able to get a degree in electrical engineering?

[TxDemChem]

7. My daughters school played them last year.

They are indeed good. But not bullies.

[PDittie]

12. Game was last October

My brothers' children went to Aledo High (they're out of college now). They have a good football team, yes they do.