26% of parents with high-school athletes think they're raising a pro. (NYT)

[Brozay]

that number seems WAY to high

 

[Houston911]

Its incredible how stupid the average parent is

 

[jerniebert]

Reminds me of the following George Carlin bit.

fukk the Children

Something else i'm getting tired of ... all this stupid bullshyt we have to listen to all the time about children. That's all you hear in this country: Help the children, what about the children, save the children. You know what I say? "fukk the children! fukk em". They are getting entirely too much attention. And I know what you're thinking: "Jesus! He's not going to attack children, is he?" Yes he is! He's going to attack children! I know that you single dads and soccer moms who think you are such fukking heroes are not going to like this, but some body has to tell you for your own good. Your children are over-rated and over-valued, you have turned them into little cult objects. You have child fetish. And it's not healthy.

And don't give me that weak shyt: "Well, I love my children!". fukk you! Everybody loves their children. Doesn't make you special. That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is this constant mindless yammering in the media; this neuratic fixation that says somehow everything, everything!, has to revolve around children. It's completely out of balance.

Listen, there are couple of things about kids you have to remember. First of all, they are not all cute. Yeah, in fact if you look at them closely some of them are rather unpleasant looking, and some of them dont smell good either, alright? Stay with me on this, the sooner you face it the better off you're gonna be. Second premise, not all children are smart and clever. Got that? Kids are like any other group of people, a few winners, a whole lot of losers. There are a lot of loser kids out there who simply are not gonna go anywhere. You can't save them all, you gotta let them go, you gotta cut them loose. You gotta stop over-protecting them because you are making them too soft.[\quote]

 

[big bun]

Be positive and supportive but also be realistic and make sure the kid is still focused on education

This.

 

[big bun]

My daughter is 4 and she's involved in sports already. She even shows flashes of athleticism. But, she's 4...we're just happy she doesn't want to be in the house all day and shows interest in sports, honestly.

 

[concise]

I've seen so many people get scholarships to those garbage schools and still think they can go pro.

Like a dude I know got a full ride to some D2 school in Rhode Island or some shyt, and he was still on some Im gonna make it shyt. Didnt take college seriously, now he back at his gmas working a min wage gig.

Dudes really have to take advantage of that scholarship.

And they always bring up the one or 2 guys in the league who made a roster while playing D2 or D3.
Devean George gave a lot of bums false hope in the last decade.

 

[FTBS]

that number seems WAY to high

Never underestimate the stupidity/delusion of the average person breh. Sports seems to really bring it out of people.

 

[MF budz]

lil kingpin is 6 gonna be 7 soon
if he aint dunkin by 9 he's no longer welcome in my crib

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If he doesn't have 4.4 speed by the time he's 12 gtfoh!

 

[BXKingPin82]

My 18 month old son is developing some range on his little tikes hoop

I'd be lyin my ass off if i said i wasnt daydreaming of him winning the national title at Ohio State.

my kid already one of them hard headed ass "cant tell me nothin" ass children
thinkin you can just make up the rules as you go along

if i gotta tell him theres no such thing as 50 pointers one more time ima tombstone piledrive his lil behind

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Sleepy.

Like dude said in Killa Season, they pick nikkas (just quoting) for that. You pay for all those camps, trainers, etc but if you aren't chosen then you're not going.

 

[Darealtwo1]

I've seen so many people get scholarships to those garbage schools and still think they can go pro.

Like a dude I know got a full ride to some D2 school in Rhode Island or some shyt, and he was still on some Im gonna make it shyt. Didnt take college seriously, now he back at his gmas working a min wage gig.

Dudes really have to take advantage of that scholarship.

dudes 6'8 bagging groceries talkin bout "did you find everything okay sir"

 

[Juggalo Fred]

I'm going to make juggalo Fred Jr into a pro wrassler