- 08:27 AM
- 11/23/24
When are non-religious students going to get over the fact that some people like to pray? Was the coach withholding playing time from them if they refused a little Lord's Prayer?We don't know that the students are non-religious. Central New Jersey has significant Hindu and Jewish populations; the students could have been uncomfortable praying to a god of a different faith. While I agree that people should, in general, stand up against things they disagree with, we're talking about a group of boys 15-18 playing team sports here. I don't know what kind of coaches you all had, but my coaches, to a large extent, were the sort of people that expected you to obey them without question. If I was asked to take a knee and pray, I did, because they viewed the slightest manifestation of individuality as a sign of weakness on the team. As someone who was benched for wearing inappropriate practice attire (a "Big Johnson" t-shirt), I can only imagine what would have happened if I had directly questioned the coach's god.
posted by hellx at 02:16 PM on October 12, 2005
Maybe in an effort to be more inclusive, the Nationals should start selling a beer called "He-Brew." I think that's a beer that both chrisitianists and Jews could agree on. Christianists would see the capital-H "He" and think of their god and Jews would see "Hebrew."
posted by hellx at 10:54 AM on September 22, 2005
The Yankees even get dogged in NASCAR threads. What a team! They transcend all sports.For the record, I'd like to add that Duke sucks too.
posted by hellx at 01:49 PM on September 21, 2005
Uh-oh...Minnesota is setting the stage to be out-of-this-world bad this season. Under Tice, the Vikings have started out hot and then cooled off as the season progressed. In 2003, the Vikings started 6-0 before losing 7 of their last 10 games and missing the playoffs. Last year the Vikings started 5-1 before limping to an 8-8 finish. Now they're starting off 0-2 and, if prior seasons are any indication, they'll just get worse.
posted by hellx at 05:02 PM on September 19, 2005
this duke team is for real
Dude, if Duke hadn't made that miracle half-court shot against Virginia Tech, they'd be 0-1 in ACC play right now. I'd wait a while before I handed them the national championship.