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[mandaleigh1981]

Now THAT really hurt!!

I am like Catkai---I have chicken prints on the back of my shirts!

You know I love ya!

 

[cheek]

Ok

I don't think so. They may get some runny poo from the extra liquids.

ok thank you I was just making sure, and yes they love it.

 

[mandaleigh1981]

Morning Peeps

 

[galanie]

Morning Peeps :cd

 

[mandaleigh1981]

Sooooo I dyed my hair black. What do you guys think? DH likes it, but he doesn't really have a choice in the matter!

Look Tammy, I am sideways too! Guess you can dye your hair whatever color, and the roots will still be blonde

 

[Jungleexplorer]

Morning Peeps

LOL!

Here is my favorite.

 

[Little Wing]

Ha! Really wasn't picking on you. Just picked pretty much the only one out of your list that I disagreed with.

My DH is a first year HS football coach. We live in the itty bitty town he graduated from, so there are a lot of expectations on him because he played D1 college ball. After college he was so burned out on football that he didn't even step in a weight room for 10 yrs, but when we moved back here he got that itch - but only after he started getting to know some of the local boys and realized he could help make a difference in some of them. I agree that some coaches are only in it for the win, but just like with stupid gun owners, don't let those few jade your opinion of them all. This is our first year doing the coaching thing. We are only 2 games into pre-district, and I've already had joking comments thrown my way about how my husband is a "mother hen." (Which really cracked me up! Maybe all the chickens in the yard are rubbing off on him?) Safety is a MAJOR deal with him and that's one reason he harps on correct technique and demands the boys give 100% effort 100% of the time. When you get lazy is typically when you get hurt. And while head injuries are without question a major concern, blown knees or backs are statistically much more likely. Not something you hope happens by any means, but then again we can't force our kids to walk around in plastic bubbles all day - never to experience any pain... I personally (and I'm REALLY not arguing with you, just setting out my side) believe that the positives - learning teamwork, hard work, responsibility, leadership (for some), and just that good ol' knowledge that if you get knocked down (whether physically or proverbially) then you gotta get back up and go harder - outweigh the negatives. Not to mention that, for some, being good at this game may be the only way some of these kids can go on to college, which is a great thing for their brains.

My beef is not with HS football. My beef is with peewee ball. We have a 7 yr old who will not be allowed to put on pads until he reaches 7th grade. Yes, they're still growing in jr high, but a 7-13 yr old's body is one that absolutely needs more time to develop before you start crashing into one another. My DH didn't play peewee and he proves that you don't have to start that early to be good at the game.

Okay, I'll stop with the football talk!!!

I still didn't get an egg yesterday. I NEED the temperature to drop around here and I NEED some rain so my grass will stop dying and I NEED for my birds to stop molting. *sigh*

Statistically blown knees and backs are more prevalent because head injuries have been called "getting your bell rung", and when that happens he is set down on the sideline for a few minutes till he can think straight again and it isn't considered an injury. But it is. It does do damage to get your bell rung. The NFL just agreed to pay $765,000,000 to ex players in a concussion lawsuit.

I don't know y'alls situation and wouldn't argue with your decision to be involved with football. I had a 17 yr old son that was in a car wreck and had a traumatic brain injury from it (Brain shear). He died 10 yrs later from complications due to it. In those 10 yrs we learned a lot about brain injury. Guess that's one reason I feel the way I do. An injury to a football player is called "chronic traumatic encephalopathy" ...google that.
I sure don't want to argue either and want to give you props for caring enough to want to help kids. I just think we should listen to what is being said now and make changes accordingly, not put them in plastic bubbles but stop the old school way of thinking about getting your bell rung.
My DW is from Alto, (Her brother played for the "Mean Sting") just down the road from you and if I said something this crazy there, they would run me out of town.

 

[wlhtx]

I'm so sorry about your son. I can completely understand where you are coming from on this.

I'm not saying back or knee problems are as serious or dangerous as head injuries, but my DH was forced to stop playing ball in college because he blew out several disks in his lower back. The back thing really started after he caught a ball in a HS game (we have it on film). College was able to build his body up enough that he played through it for a couple years, but the body can only take so much. I've asked him often over the years if he could go back and NOT play in exchange for not dealing with constant back pain, would he? He always says no. He would rather have the pain and keep the memories and all the other good things playing the game brought him in life. Football paid for his college education at one of the best schools in the country. I, on the other hand, graduated in the top 4% of my class, went on to law school, and will be paying back student loans until I am well into my 50s. Heck, I kinda wish I could've been a football player.

And we know Alto. In fact, not sure when your BIL played, but my DH's senior year they were picked to win state. Had an awesomely talented team, the likes of which the school hasn't seen since. Alto beat them in the semi-finals. (Bad coaching on our sidelines and all of that...)

 

[Little Wing]

I'm so sorry about your son. I can completely understand where you are coming from on this.

I'm not saying back or knee problems are as serious or dangerous as head injuries, but my DH was forced to stop playing ball in college because he blew out several disks in his lower back. The back thing really started after he caught a ball in a HS game (we have it on film). College was able to build his body up enough that he played through it for a couple years, but the body can only take so much. I've asked him often over the years if he could go back and NOT play in exchange for not dealing with constant back pain, would he? He always says no. He would rather have the pain and keep the memories and all the other good things playing the game brought him in life. Football paid for his college education at one of the best schools in the country. I, on the other hand, graduated in the top 4% of my class, went on to law school, and will be paying back student loans until I am well into my 50s. Heck, I kinda wish I could've been a football player.

And we know Alto. In fact, not sure when your BIL played, but my DH's senior year they were picked to win state. Had an awesomely talented team, the likes of which the school hasn't seen since. Alto beat them in the semi-finals. (Bad coaching on our sidelines and all of that...)

My BIL graduated in 76 and I'm sure he feels the same way as your DH about the memories being worth the pain. Garth Brooks said it well. "I could have missed the pain, but I'd of had to miss the dance". I grew up watching football and loved it when Alto beat Groveton's butt last Friday night. (that's not where DH went to school is it

) Stayed up late last night watching the Texans come back and beat the Chargers.

I think, and hope the game is going to change because of the new studies though.

Now, back to chickens, chickens and more chickens.

 

[mandaleigh1981]