my wife just told me i am an *******

[seahawks4ever]

something the people in this thread are forgetting, this story is national news and and i'm assuming the kid can read. what will happen if it hasn't already a family member, friend, teammate, classmate or someone else will show him this story (after all he made national news) and after he reads the story and finds out how everybody was involved in what seems like a pity party so he could score a touchdown i'm sure the kid will be feeling great, right. ::facepalm:: put yourself in the kids shoes for a minute, you show up to practice work hard and you are rewarded with a opportunity to play. i'm sure he felt like he was on top of the world when he scored what appeared to be a legitimate touchdown against competitors who were trying to bring him down. after this story he's going to feel like complete piece of shat because on the surface every one pitys him (i'm not good enuff to do it on my own so my teammates and the opposition need to get together and make me look good so i can feel good). nice gesture by his teammates and the opposition, but the kid would have been better off without this story.

Bigger question then. What ******* would be such a ***** and blast him out? News articles cycle fast. I don't know how it works on yahoo but when I opened the home page, it was article 41 of 44. I had to click 10 times to find it.

 

[minors4me]

something the people in this thread are forgetting, this story is national news and and i'm assuming the kid can read. what will happen if it hasn't already a family member, friend, teammate, classmate or someone else will show him this story (after all he made national news) and after he reads the story and finds out how everybody was involved in what seems like a pity party so he could score a touchdown i'm sure the kid will be feeling great, right. ::facepalm:: put yourself in the kids shoes for a minute, you show up to practice work hard and you are rewarded with a opportunity to play. i'm sure he felt like he was on top of the world when he scored what appeared to be a legitimate touchdown against competitors who were trying to bring him down. after this story he's going to feel like complete piece of shat because on the surface every one pitys him (i'm not good enuff to do it on my own so my teammates and the opposition need to get together and make me look good so i can feel good). nice gesture by his teammates and the opposition, but the kid would have been better off without this story.

Bigger question then. What ******* would be such a ***** and blast him out? News articles cycle fast. I don't know how it works on yahoo but when I opened the home page, it was article 41 of 44. I had to click 10 times to find it.

there are a lot of ******** and pricks in this world and it only takes one. i would be shocked if this kid doesn't end up reading this story, for his sake i hope he doesn't.

 

[hofmichael]

I don't even know where to start on this one......

So much so, that I am staring at a blank screen for about 5 minutes.

First, not only do I feel incredible for the kid, I feel incredible for the 11 teenagers on the other side of the ball that helped make this kids dream a reality. Not to be too personal with this, but as the father of an autistic son, i see things a little more clearly when it comes to teen peer interaction. My son, at BEST, could be labled an "outcast". You have NO idea the pain a parent can feel for their son/daughter, when I go to pick him up at a school dance, and see him alone in the corner. Not for lack of trying, just due to the cruelty of the "typical kids". At the HS football game last week, i see hundreds of his peers, goofing around, sitting in the student section....and my son wants to hang with me because he doesn't fit in. (there is a point to all of this) Point being, for 11 kids to know this was happening, and to participate in it, and give this kid something he will NEVER forget.....well, I have hope for teens everywhere.

The OP and Rhy brought up the JMac story. This one for me hit even closer to home. But, again, just watch the REACTION of the kids in the crowd with every three that went in. They were behind a kid who was "different", and while they treated him special, he did not get special treatment. So to the OPs point (i think you tried to establish this) maybe the JMac story is a little more heartwarming because it "was real".....but to me, because of the fact there was 11 kids, 30 on the bench, and a coaching staff that made this kids year/life.....this one is even more real.

thanks for reading the ramble

Thank you.I hope your post cast some light from the other side of this story.My uncle has severe brain damage so this hits very close to home for me.
Mike

 

[hofmichael]

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These four dots must be your way of saying that you wish you hadn't let the rest of us see how ignorant you are...I get it. At least you are coming to terms with it. It's the only way to change!

no it was something that was intended for pm and really not for your concern! so feel free to take them how you will. however using name calling above and beyond agreeing with my wife seems a bit cliche and certainly puts you on a level of superiority! as far as changing you know dick about me... so until you gather a touch of information dont make assumptions.

Clint your shock post asked for the responses you are getting.I will make no claims on the type of person you are because I do not know you but out of all the **** happening in the world,this is your gripe for the day?

 

[chowell3fan]

I don't even know where to start on this one......

So much so, that I am staring at a blank screen for about 5 minutes.

First, not only do I feel incredible for the kid, I feel incredible for the 11 teenagers on the other side of the ball that helped make this kids dream a reality. Not to be too personal with this, but as the father of an autistic son, i see things a little more clearly when it comes to teen peer interaction. My son, at BEST, could be labled an "outcast". You have NO idea the pain a parent can feel for their son/daughter, when I go to pick him up at a school dance, and see him alone in the corner. Not for lack of trying, just due to the cruelty of the "typical kids". At the HS football game last week, i see hundreds of his peers, goofing around, sitting in the student section....and my son wants to hang with me because he doesn't fit in. (there is a point to all of this) Point being, for 11 kids to know this was happening, and to participate in it, and give this kid something he will NEVER forget.....well, I have hope for teens everywhere.

The OP and Rhy brought up the JMac story. This one for me hit even closer to home. But, again, just watch the REACTION of the kids in the crowd with every three that went in. They were behind a kid who was "different", and while they treated him special, he did not get special treatment. So to the OPs point (i think you tried to establish this) maybe the JMac story is a little more heartwarming because it "was real".....but to me, because of the fact there was 11 kids, 30 on the bench, and a coaching staff that made this kids year/life.....this one is even more real.

thanks for reading the ramble

Thank you.I hope your post cast some light from the other side of this story.My uncle has severe brain damage so this hits very close to home for me.
Mike

Mike,
Thanks for the thanks. I am sorry to hear about your uncle. I am becoming more and more aware, that if everyone takes a moment really thinks about their life, they are either related to, or at least know someone less fortunate than us. I am not trying to be "mr father of special needs child"....but this is the one subject I can really speak to with absolute certainty. I live it every day, and hug and kiss my soon to be 15 year old boy every day, because no matter WHAT my dreams and hopes were for my son, (you all know what I mean, playing catch in the front yard, watching their first little league game, sitting down and watching football together) i thank god every day that he gave me Preston, because I can handle it, and guide him to the best life he can have.

WOW....sorry, rambled again

 

[hofmichael]

I don't even know where to start on this one......

So much so, that I am staring at a blank screen for about 5 minutes.

First, not only do I feel incredible for the kid, I feel incredible for the 11 teenagers on the other side of the ball that helped make this kids dream a reality. Not to be too personal with this, but as the father of an autistic son, i see things a little more clearly when it comes to teen peer interaction. My son, at BEST, could be labled an "outcast". You have NO idea the pain a parent can feel for their son/daughter, when I go to pick him up at a school dance, and see him alone in the corner. Not for lack of trying, just due to the cruelty of the "typical kids". At the HS football game last week, i see hundreds of his peers, goofing around, sitting in the student section....and my son wants to hang with me because he doesn't fit in. (there is a point to all of this) Point being, for 11 kids to know this was happening, and to participate in it, and give this kid something he will NEVER forget.....well, I have hope for teens everywhere.

The OP and Rhy brought up the JMac story. This one for me hit even closer to home. But, again, just watch the REACTION of the kids in the crowd with every three that went in. They were behind a kid who was "different", and while they treated him special, he did not get special treatment. So to the OPs point (i think you tried to establish this) maybe the JMac story is a little more heartwarming because it "was real".....but to me, because of the fact there was 11 kids, 30 on the bench, and a coaching staff that made this kids year/life.....this one is even more real.

thanks for reading the ramble

Thank you.I hope your post cast some light from the other side of this story.My uncle has severe brain damage so this hits very close to home for me.
Mike

Mike,
Thanks for the thanks. I am sorry to hear about your uncle. I am becoming more and more aware, that if everyone takes a moment really thinks about their life, they are either related to, or at least know someone less fortunate than us. I am not trying to be "mr father of special needs child"....but this is the one subject I can really speak to with absolute certainty. I live it every day, and hug and kiss my soon to be 15 year old boy every day, because no matter WHAT my dreams and hopes were for my son, (you all know what I mean, playing catch in the front yard, watching their first little league game, sitting down and watching football together) i thank god every day that he gave me Preston, because I can handle it, and guide him to the best life he can have.

WOW....sorry, rambled again

I totally agree.My uncle is almost 50 and doesn't know my name.He never will either.His favorite thing to do is play his Gene Autrey "Rudolph" record on his record player.Every year my mother gets him a new copy of Rudolph and a new Fisher Price record player for Christmas.His forehead is so scarred from collapsing with seizures.I don't know where I am going with this so I will stop.Once again thank you.
Mike

 

[tenclubber]

Great story and good for him. This kid struggles more every single day than most of us do in our entire lives.

Thanks for the video link...my wife is using it in a middle school counseling lesson tomorrow about giving everybody an opportunity to be successful.

 

[ffgameman]

First off, you know as a member I like you Clint, but I gotta go with option A on the poll. I was hoping, from what little I know you as a member, that this was some kind of sarcastic joke.

I don't even know where to start on this one......

So much so, that I am staring at a blank screen for about 5 minutes.

First, not only do I feel incredible for the kid, I feel incredible for the 11 teenagers on the other side of the ball that helped make this kids dream a reality. Not to be too personal with this, but as the father of an autistic son, i see things a little more clearly when it comes to teen peer interaction. My son, at BEST, could be labled an "outcast". You have NO idea the pain a parent can feel for their son/daughter, when I go to pick him up at a school dance, and see him alone in the corner. Not for lack of trying, just due to the cruelty of the "typical kids". At the HS football game last week, i see hundreds of his peers, goofing around, sitting in the student section....and my son wants to hang with me because he doesn't fit in. (there is a point to all of this) Point being, for 11 kids to know this was happening, and to participate in it, and give this kid something he will NEVER forget.....well, I have hope for teens everywhere.

The OP and Rhy brought up the JMac story. This one for me hit even closer to home. But, again, just watch the REACTION of the kids in the crowd with every three that went in. They were behind a kid who was "different", and while they treated him special, he did not get special treatment. So to the OPs point (i think you tried to establish this) maybe the JMac story is a little more heartwarming because it "was real".....but to me, because of the fact there was 11 kids, 30 on the bench, and a coaching staff that made this kids year/life.....this one is even more real.

thanks for reading the ramble

Second, chowellfan your post brings up a good point.

Not only does this make the kid feel that he is actually a worthwhile individual, it also shows the selflessness of the young men on the other team (something that, in today's spoiled brat generation - which I myself am on the edge of at age 23 - we see too little of).

I can't believe anyone would like to see him "get lit up". I bet you would feel much differently if you - or your children or a family member - had to walk in his shoes.

 

[bigdaddyblue73]

I can see letting him score could do more harm than good for him. Letting him try, oh yeah I'm all for that. But now he might feel bad knowing the only way he would ever score a touchdown is with everyone letting him.

 

[morgoth]

I think if they asked the kid and he said it felt great then thats all the info I need to know it was the right thing to do.

 

[Gwynn545]

I talked to the coach, and he had asked for the Lake Stevens boys to only let Ike get a few yard only, maybe 5 or 10. It was the Lake Stevens players who let him go all the way (and the refs, as Ike really did step out of bounds!)

Ikes mom had this to say:
“They gave him the gift of normalcy."

Yeah...that's a bad thing.

PS...Ike has Down's Syndrome, he's not brain dead. He understands he's different, he can read, and he knows what goes on. He loves football and he scored a touchdown in a real game. He couldn't be happier!