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Undefeated Youth Football Team Banned From Playoffs – WDAF

Undefeated Youth Football Team Banned From Playoffs – WDAF.
This is just horrendous.

http://wdaf.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf

After going undefeated (6-0) and getting ready for the playoffs the coaches received a message from the league saying they weren’t invited to the playoffs because the other teams thought they were too good and they couldn’t compete.

This isn’t teaching the kids anything. In fact, it’s teaching them that if they are good, they can’t go forward. It’s teaching them to be mediocre.

This society needs to realize that giving everyone a medal or keeping kids out because they are too good is just wrong. People need to learn how to lose and these parents who run this league are teaching kids the wrong thing.

This kids worked their tails off during the season and should be allowed to play in the playoffs. They played by the rules and should be allowed to play. Keeping them out is just wrong.

Kudos to the other teams for inviting them to play additional games and the great attitudes of their coaches.

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The Perfect Time To Fire Josh McDaniel

This is the perfect time to remove Josh McDaniel as head coach of the Denver Broncos.
They are returning to Denver and have a bye week next week. This would allow the new person come in and start putting in their plan together before they have their game in two weeks against the Kansas City Chiefs.

This team has stopped responding to McDaniel as a coach. The only way to right the ship is to remove him now and get it back on track.

Let’s hope Pat Bowlen does the right thing.

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DU senior Jesse Martin suffers career-threatening injury, Malone should be suspended

UPDATE: DU senior Jesse Martin suffers career-threatening injury | The Denver Post — All Things Colorado Sports
For those of you who have don’t know, DU senior and assistant captain for the DU hockey team was hit head on by Brad Malone and left motionless on the ice.

Matin ended up losing consciousness and movement in his arms and legs. He did regain movement on the way to the hospital. But after examination it was determined that he has a broken neck in three places and was transferred to Minneapolis for emergency surgery.

His playing career is probably over.

Malone, a draft pick of the Avalanche, should be suspended for his hit. But knowing the hockey culture he’ll probably get off without any punishment. Right after the hit, the referees didn’t even call a penalty, but with Martin laying motionless I guess they thought they had to do something.

Until hockey players start respecting each other, people will continue to get hurt like this. Hit hard, but hit fair.

It’s time the WCHA that they won’t tolerate these hits anymore.

My thoughts and prayers are with Martin and his family. Hopefully he gets healthy soon!

Update:

Here is a video of the hit.

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Fox Soccer Channel in HD

I am getting into watching soccer and one of the things that I hate is that I have to watch the Fox Soccer Channel in standard definition despite the fact that they are broadcasting in High Definition.
I’m on Comcast and having to watching it in standard definition ruins the experience, especially if you are trying to watch the English Premier League games.

Common Comcast, please add the Fox Soccer Channel in HD.

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Rapids Win Game #1 of Playoffs

The Colorado Rapids won the first game of the first round of the Major League Soccer playoffs in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. They beat the Columbus Crew 1-0.
They will finish the series on November 6 in Columbus. It is a cumulative score format so if the Rapids win or tie in that match they will move on to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Denver needs to get behind the Rapids. They are playing quite well right now and have the chance to march deep into the playoffs. It could be a fun run.

Go Rapids!

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PGA Tour You Blew It!

To the officials of the PGA Tour, you blew it! BIG TIME!
On the 18th hole in today’s final round tournament leader Dustin Johnson hit it into the gallery. He was not thinking it was in a bunker, it was where the gallery stands.

But in your antiquated thinking, you had it as a bunker. Granted when the public plays the course, it is a bunker, but in your course set up you took it out of play to make the final hole a little tougher for the pros.

If you want it to play as a bunker, put it play. But if you allow the gallery to trample it, you lose the definition of the edges of the bunker and it plays a lot differently. Dustin Johnson should not have been penalized for your incompetence.

A course is designed to be played a specific way, don’t mess with it and the game will still be ok.

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Vote Cargo for All Star Game!

Carlos Gonzalez is in the fan vote for the final All Star position for the National League team.  We need to get Cargo to the All Star game. He is deserving of going.
Just go to MLB.com and vote for as many times as you would like. Just like you live in Chicago or New Orleans.

Cargo is currently in 4th in the balloting, so get out there and vote.

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Comcast, Get A Clue About Weather Warnings form the National Weather Service

Comcast,
Please get a clue about weather warnings!

Throughout the afternoon you have been sending out warnings on my television for a tornado warning. Which is fine, except if the warning is no where near where I live.

I live in Westminster, Colorado, while the warnings you are issuing are near Kiowa and Colorado Springs. That is about 60 miles as the crow flies.

Those warnings aren’t even close.

Not only are you stressing our family out, we are missing other things on television. The big thing was we missed the end of the Rockies game tonight.

If the technology from the National Weather Service can be there to tell us by part of a county we live in if there is severe weather, then you with addressable cable boxes should be able to determine if we live in a warning area and not send us the warnings that don’t apply to us.

Get some technology and start serving us appropriately.

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All Star Game Player Selection Reform Needed – Want Marlins Tickets? Vote 200 times for Ramirez

Want Marlins tickets? Vote 200 times for All-Stars – MLB – Yahoo! Sports.
This is quite fishy if you pardon the pun. The idea is to vote for the best players in each league to the All Star game and right now none of the Marlins seem to fit that bill.

One person who has no business being there is shortstop Hanley Ramirez and his temper tantrums about not playing.

The other surprise is another shortstop. Jimmy Rollins is in a close 2nd while he has not played most of the first-half of the season.

The All Star game is a showcase and fun, but Bud Selig has raised the stakes for the league that wins gets to have the most World Series games.

If this is to be the rule, then a better way to select team members of the respective all star teams needs to happen also.

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