Bubbles had his very first football game. He spent most of it looking like this:
That’s him in the #40 jersey. They actually have two kids wearing #40, which made trying to keep track of the right kid interesting. But apparently the coaches plan on playing the older kids more than the younger kids (the team is for fifth and sixth-graders), which I think is dumb because we didn’t pay $75 to watch our kids warm the sidelines. They work hard in practice, too, and they have as much right to play as the older kids.
Are all players equally-abled? No. Lord knows Bubbles shouldn’t have been playing receiver during the game because he left his glasses off and he can’t see (well) without them. But the final score was somewhere in the neighborhood of 28-0 and at that point, what harm would it have done to let the younger kids play? It’s not like we were going to win.
So far, I’m not impressed. I hope things change. I hope Bubbles gets to play more. I hope a lot of things, but mostly I hope that we didn’t just throw $75 down the drain.
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 
Aww, poor Bubbles! I hope he gets a lot more time on the football field!
Also…boo to coaches who don’t give an equal chance to all of their players. Not cool.
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I was reminded of Miss Tadpole’s first season playing soccer. The coaches didn’t do a very good job teaching the kids how to properly play the game, and the team suffered accordingly. At least she got to play more than a minute each game, though.
But, this being their first game, I hope this was all just a fluke and not standard practice. If not, I’m going to have a word with the coaches. Most definitely not cool – how are they supposed to learn if they don’t get to play?
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Exactly. This is not REALLY for competition. It’s a learning experience. So they should let them get a chance!
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I could not have said this better myself.
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