All-Star You Get A Trophy, I Get A Trophy, We All Get A Trophy! Good Or Bad

[SL&AM]

Because the rest of us stay silent.

Not silent; just quieter and viewed as mean.

 

[Mndl]

Not silent; just quieter and viewed as mean.

So true, so true.

 

[Official OWECheer]

Not silent; just quieter and viewed as mean.

Mean because we want kids to enjoy the bittersweet coffe that is life?

How sad.

 

[AlwaysLearning]

Mean because we want kids to enjoy the bittersweet coffe that is life?

How sad.

Mean because denying Susie a trophy when she didn't win will create untold emotional damage.

 

[Official OWECheer]

Mean because denying Susie a trophy when she didn't win will create untold emotional damage.

To Susie's Mom! LOL

 

[Emma'sCheerMom]

I hate that some people think everyone "deserves" a trophy/award....I'm just going to stop there because I can go all day on this topic. Ugh.

Agreed

 

[blunchin]

i know when i was in gymnastics, at certain events, all the athletes received a "goody bag". they would have maybe a little towel, a cup, candy, or something else random. however when it came to the actual awards ceremony, only those who placed received an actual ribbon, trophy, etc. and guess what...we all survived.

 

[Miialovescheer]

I used to wrestle at a kinda high level and i got mad at the comps where i got a throphy even though i maybe not even won one match. For me its not about the throphy. Not even when i won the entire comp but about me feeling great and getting the experience i needed. (Yeah i know wrestling is nothing like cheer just wanted to say my side. I have never cheered and probably never will as most of you know.)

 

[UCFKnights07]

James Harrison returns trophies, says his sons didn't earn them - CBSSports.com via @CBSSports
Figured this was relevant to this thread

 

[Pebbles49]

James Harrison returns trophies, says his sons didn't earn them - CBSSports.com via @CBSSports
Figured this was relevant to this thread

Definitely relevant and speaks to the big money Trophy businesses are now making.

 

[CheerBank]

Non-cp's team won their division at a 2 day soccer tournament this weekend. The last game ended very strangely with the opposition forfeiting (although we were winning) because of a parent getting thrown off the field for screaming at the ref and the coach pulling them
off the field all over a call they didn't like. The kids decided they didn't even want their trophies and we all just left.

 

[AScheer]

The video in that article was perfect for this conversation. Putting here in case someone doesn't open and read the article above.