Reply to "Participation trophies make kids soft"

Originally Posted by Stats4Gnats:

Unless I’m wrong, everyone on a HS team gets a trophy in the form of a letter, and there sure are a lot of them on jackets wandering around colleges.

Not in our part of the country.

In football, you have to play in a certain number of quarters in varsity matches.

In cross country, you have to meet a time standard and be a "scorer" (one of the top five finishers for the school) in a certain number of meets.

In wrestling, you you have to earn a certain number of team points (my son's senior year, he wrestled up a weight class for part of the season to allow his backup--a senior who been on the team for four years without earning a letter--a chance to earn one before he graduated).

Other sports have similar requirements that go beyond just making the team.

Letters represent not just participation but actual varsity accomplishments.

8/4/1512:17 PM

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