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Offline Flipperk

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There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« on: September 28, 2010, 02:29:28 PM »
http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Down-syndrome-football-player-scores-TD-in-Washi?urn=highschool-272803


A highschool junior on the football teams scores a TD...but he has down syndrome. The two teams agreed to fake the play and let the kid score a TD to let him have his time in the spotlight to do what he loves to do most...play football.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2010, 02:34:32 PM »
 :aok Very nice show of class by both teams
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2010, 03:02:01 PM »
It just does not get any better than that.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2010, 03:10:23 PM »
hell i wish they did that to me when i was a fullback in HS :lol

very great show of sportsmanship, like shuffler said, it truely does not get better than that.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 03:16:16 PM »
Great show of sportsmanship.  :salute

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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 03:26:48 PM »
This is the sort of thing that's awesome until people talk about it.  The "sporting" people who let it happen get their name in lights and the kid potentially realizes it was a sham.

Don't get me wrong - it's great that this kid got his moment, but keep your damn mouth shut.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 05:06:01 PM »
 Very Cool!!
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2010, 05:20:05 PM »
My sister, god rest her soul, went to a school for children with major handicaps. The hearts of people are bigger than one would think, even in mainstream schools. Given the chance, I think most people would follow this example.

Thank you so much Flipperk for sharing this with us.  :salute
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2010, 08:14:29 PM »
That is cool.  Glad to see that both teams allowed the dream of a young man to come true.   :aok

I cant remember the old saying exactly, but I think it goes something to the effect of: "Even if you win the gold in the Special Olympics, you are still... ... ... ", I cant remember the last bit.  Oh well.   :headscratch:
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2010, 08:18:16 PM »
this is what happened at our high school down here in Georgetown Texas.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/education/Fairy-tale-ending-at-GHS-homecoming
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2010, 10:21:10 PM »
That's cool.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2010, 11:49:38 PM »
 :aok indeed. Goes up top with the incident in 2008: The softball players that carried the opposing player around the bases after she twisted her knee after hitting home-run.
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Re: There is hope for america...in HS football (must watch)
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2010, 10:48:35 AM »
What a class act. I am so proud of those young men.
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