It’s Not Whether You Win, It’s What Position You Play
Another sacrifice to the Gods of Disproportion, the South County Raptors of Northern Virginia will be unable to play in their football league’s first round of playoffs. The son of the league’s commissioner was moved from defense to offense, and the coach was subsequently fired.
‘”Scott does not sit out on defense—ever,” the commissioner, Dan Hinkle, had warned the head coach, James Owens, in an e-mail sent before the season began about how he should play Hinkle’s son, 12. On defense, the father said, “he goes in and stays in. That includes all practices, scrimmages and games. This entire league exists so he can play defense on the best team in his weight class….He is my son, I own the league, and he plays every snap on defense.”‘
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The Washington Post
Hinkle has offered to hire a different coach, but the 12- to 14-year-old boys refuse to play under anyone but Owens. You go, kids. At least you understand something about loyalty and fair play.
Thankfully, the son’s classmates don’t seem to think any less of him for his father’s actions. Forget, for the moment, that a lot of boys’ hard work and hopes have been swept aside in an instant of vengeance. What strain is this going to put on the relationship between Hinkle and his son?
For a man to have done this to his son, there may not have been much of one to begin with.
(Thanks, Jason!)
November 11th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
This is a very revealing comment on parents. It’s sickening to think about all those kids, including the commissioner’s son, who now don’t get to play at all.
It just goes to show that, sometimes, the kids should be raising the parents!