[JRutledge]

I live in an area where I can work games with teams that come from the deepest parts of the inner city to the richest of suburbs in the country. The worst acting players and coaches in my opinion are the people from the suburban areas. I am not sure why there is so much focus on kids from violent areas as if they are incapable to behave in a proper way. Usually the inner city kids are more down to earth and are very easy to get along with.

Bottom line is there are bad kids and good kids all over the place. It is not the kidÂ’s fault where they live, it is the towns and communities that largely abandon those communities and allow things to go on in one side of town that will never be allowed to take place in the other side of town. The kids do not play apart in that reality. Many times these kids are the victims of violence and they want no part of it. That is why they are on the basketball teams and try to go to college and make a better way of life for themselves and family.


Peace