This week I read the blog by Karl Fich called, Dear Denver Post, Would you be ok with us cheating on CSAP too? This blog once again proves that the Denver Post needs to get its values straight. Why is the Denver Post trying to send this message to kids and even adults?
I thought that the Denver Post would get the message the first time, but I guess I was wrong. So in baseball terms that is strike two, but with the message the Denver Post sent this time they should just fake that they got it with a pitch. The stakes are big right, so in the words of the Denver Post, they wouldn’t be guilty of cheating just bad acting. With all these conflicting ideas being told to our youth how are they supposed to know who to trust? Sure everyone say trust your mom, but when you see this world source telling you different it makes kid questions. I mean if you relied souly on your mom you would end up like “Bobby Boucher” in Water Boy. Well maybe not that extreme but you get my point. This article also said that parents should tell the kids the difference between major league and T-ball. Then it went on to say that the difference was bigger stakes. Well for different people different things mean more. I mean for a kid who is playing his last year of baseball in the finals it means a lot to him, but it is still not ok for him to cheat right? Maybe the author is saying it is just ok for pros. Well then why are the pros different from any other big game. I know they make their income off playing, and they are successful; so in the big picture, it is just a little thing they do that makes them a good role model or a Denver Post role model. One game is not that big of a deal, even if it their final game in the big picture for pros or any league for that matter.
The overall message I am trying so send here, and I am almost sure that Karl Fich would support me here, is that don’t listen to the Denver Posts ideas. But take their information and come up with you own ideas… please!
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