Swinging Of The Pendulum

I think if we are all truthful with ourselves we know the the art of running fast, shooting the basketball and hitting the baseball when we find out our children can do it early on in life is a fast track to glory.  When ever any child or even in college steps out of line our discipline is pat them on the back and say don't do that again.

Those that make it to professional sports after all the years of never having to miss a game because their transgressions they think they can do anything they want.  Athletes who are over paid and now live a life of nobody is going to tell me no.

We have seen recently in the NFL that never telling them no has lead to child abuse, wife beating and seems forever drug usage.  Roger Goddell has for several years punished players for drug use but now those punishments are not strong enough.  You and I know if you get a DWI and call in to work and say I'm in jail be there soon your desk will be cleaned out as soon as you arrive.

The problems facing the NFL now were not started by the NFL just like concussions were not started at the NFL level, they were there back in midget the ball too.  If we are to clean up sports then we must do more than suspend a player for a game because he stands up in a student union on a table and yells obscenities.  Kick him off the team, take away his scholarship..

We all know that Ray Rice had hit his wife in the elevator but Rice can help us win so let's act like we know nothing about it.  Sounds a lot like Rocky Mount when nobody knows nothing about who fired the shots.  These are society issues that must be dealt with the very first time a player  steps out of line in the seventh grade.

We have some cleaning up to do.  Northern Nash beat Southern Vance 47-0.  I think they could have scored 70 but the running the clock rule gave mercy to everybody plus Northen called off the dogs.

Tarboro lost at Roanoke Rapids 22-20

Rocky Mount Academy beat  Community Christian 62-0 and North Edgecombe beat Weldon 32-6.