- Oct 23, 2010
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My view point is that this is a youth and team sport. No different then my boys playing hockey, baseball or lacrosse. Do you have ROLE models in those sports as well of course but that's where it stops. This is NOT a professional sport. This is a team sport where you shouldn't put yourself above others - marketing or otherwise. If you rise to the top so should those that helped you get there. My daughter wouldn't of been an amazing tumbler without my support, her coaches and those team mates that worked together to get them where they are.
Can you understand that others may not agree with your pov and do not want a set of restrictive rules forced upon them by a group? It appears you believe in equal outcomes, I believe in equal opportunity. You see, if you choose to hold your child back for whatever reason, I have no problem. If you choose to hold mine back due to your vision, I have a problem. And let me caveat that I think you are a fine person, as is your daughter, and you are good friends with my wife and she thinks a lot of you and our daughters are very friendly. I am arguing the philosophy of such attempts at imposing fairness on life. In my experience it cannot be done due to the varied God given talents and gifts of the individual. Again, I have no problem with a voluntary pledge, EPs stepping up and providing some straight forward restrictions on access. I just know that these sort of things tend to escalate in committees behind closed dooors and become restrictions and rules that impose agendas. Best to minimize them in my opinion.