Quote Originally Posted by CoeburnCane View Post
So now, age/youth is an excuse for not making good grades in the grade level your age places you in? It's not like we're asking a 3rd grader to do Pre-Cal. I'm saying get good grades at your grade level that you're supposed to be in, which is your responsibility to do so. If a kid struggles--hold them back (redshirt them?). If they need more time, then not being on a playing field/court allows them to have more time to study and hopefully comprehend the subject matters being taught.

I simply don't see the issue in asking a (for example) 3rd grader to do well on 3rd grade level work in order to see the field/court when it comes to sports. It's like Chris Rock talking about some dumbarse guy in his neighborhood saying "I take care of my kids!"...that's what you're supposed to do! You don't get a gold star for doing stuff you're SUPPOSED to do!
What he is saying that in some cases, kids need remedial classes and such, and it doesnt get diagnosed or caught until after the elementary level.


and what about my question?

if a kid is only capable of a C, how can you punish them for not getting A's?

how are you gonna be able to differentiate? you cant, thats why its up to the parents at the younger level

until the HS level, sports should have nothing to do with monitoring a kids education, that is for the parents to do, and if they dont, their kids suffer, but you simpy cant make grades count in the little leagues and stuff because all kids are different, and a LL coach is there to teach the kids about baseball and sportsmanship.

Education is in the home at that level. To try and make a kid accountable to a LL coach for their grades at that level is just not possible IMO