HS team forfeits out of fear of opponent's size

• areyoukiddingme

  http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Massachusetts-school-pulls-out-of-game-citing-si?urn=highschool-274799
  
  The team said their school is about more than athletics and cited the size of its opponent as their reason to forfeit. They were afraid of getting hurt.
  
  Wow. I'm glad the service academies don't do this when they go up against MUCH larger teams week in and week out.
  
  Football is about strategy and finding ways to use your strengths to outwit your opponents, not a sport to teach your kids, "if you don't think you can, don't."
• Tiernan

  I thought this thread was about Steubenville players getting a glimpse of Massillons' guys coming out of the showers.
• RedRider1

  

  I call this the "Genoa" effect.
• areyoukiddingme

  lol at both of your comments!
• Thinthickbigred

  Tiernan;510441 wrote:I thought this thread was about Steubenville players getting a glimpse of Massillons' guys coming out of the showers.

  
  That just makes for an easier target in the bottom of the pile . better weara cup.
• Thinthickbigred

  Frigging New England. In our state the private schools get first pickings and usually tower over publics. How do the powers that be let New England Patriots win as much as they do . Just leave them the Red Sox and hockey ,oh and Celtics but NOT FOOTBALL!
• pooter

  Reminds me of some OVAC teams not wanting to schedule CERTAIN OVAC teams because of the smack downs they'll receive...
• clickclickboom

  So the coach didn't want his team of little nerdos playin up against cows.. that makes sense. Dont want the chess club playin football do ya?
• clickclickboom

  Oh and there is noway that a coach would ok playing a game at half-speed
• Old Rider

  

  whisses
• OQB

  

  This is ridiculous, grow a pair and play them!
• Bigred1995

  

  Is it me or does their AD/Coach sound like a 13 year old girl...

  Athletic success is so secondary in a place like this.'

  Yeah, I'd like to send my kid to that school! When the competition appears to be to tough, quit!
  
  [/sarcasm]