Right on point! Entitlement is a sickness that is growing in the US. Every time we endorse or 'allow' those who participate to gain the same recognition as those who elevate, we support just enough being good the norm. Yes, it takes hard work work to participate but that is the quality that is shared in a contest (i.e. sport) that is designed to result in a winner and loser. Those who go the extra mile to win earn the accolades they receive and should not have to share them with the ones they defeated in order to win. It is doubly insulting to minorities who often have to fight twice as hard to get a place at the table, three times as hard to win the table and then have to often defend why/how they won to then have to acknowledge their competition as anything other than than simply that. Good sport = take your lumps, lessons, wins and losses and move on.
My classmate and I were the valedictorian and salutatorian of our 8th grade mostly white class in 1971. The Principal and our teacher could not accept having 2 black girls recognized as the top students so they made a white boy CO-salutatorian with me 😑 Bidens should’ve come up with this white appeasement plan before the tourney started…
I agree with you 1000000%, this is another example of "let's all get a participation trophy." No the ladies at LSU clearly won the game and tournament and need their time at the white house for the great honor. Sorry Jill you are WAY off base with this!!
Right on point! Entitlement is a sickness that is growing in the US. Every time we endorse or 'allow' those who participate to gain the same recognition as those who elevate, we support just enough being good the norm. Yes, it takes hard work work to participate but that is the quality that is shared in a contest (i.e. sport) that is designed to result in a winner and loser. Those who go the extra mile to win earn the accolades they receive and should not have to share them with the ones they defeated in order to win. It is doubly insulting to minorities who often have to fight twice as hard to get a place at the table, three times as hard to win the table and then have to often defend why/how they won to then have to acknowledge their competition as anything other than than simply that. Good sport = take your lumps, lessons, wins and losses and move on.
My classmate and I were the valedictorian and salutatorian of our 8th grade mostly white class in 1971. The Principal and our teacher could not accept having 2 black girls recognized as the top students so they made a white boy CO-salutatorian with me 😑 Bidens should’ve come up with this white appeasement plan before the tourney started…
Crazy stupid! I thought iowa won because of all the stupid white media coverage of that one white girl.
I agree with you 1000000%, this is another example of "let's all get a participation trophy." No the ladies at LSU clearly won the game and tournament and need their time at the white house for the great honor. Sorry Jill you are WAY off base with this!!