The state of the game.

[Chess Ref]

It's cheating even if I don't call it. I was under the belief that high school sports was about character development, learning to work as a team, and all the other beautiful cliches that are out there. I am a cynic by nature or enviroment-the debate rages on- but my personal observations are the adults around high school sports are pretty nasty. Alot of the adults have no self-control, lack the ability to realistically see what is going on , just mouth the mantras about sportsmanship and cannot walk the talk about being role models.

I love walking out on the diamond before the game. "Hey blue how's it going?". "Nice weather today blue " "Can I get you a water blue ?" I am everybodys friend. One pitch doesn't go their way and these people turn into feral cats with all the social skills of a career criminal.

So telling a high school kid who is looking for guidance and help in developing life skills it's okay to cheat, lie and behave badly towards others is not a good thing.

Rant and Rave off.