Youth Athletes Should Not Be Allowed In Sports

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No reward only the best! According to "Trophies For All" policy youth athletes are being awarded with participation trophies .If we are given trophies away, then we should make them actually mean something. The kids that just show up to get an award then telling the kids that they did a good job or high fiving them. It devalues the meaning of kids that are good at sports. On the other hand people that are for participation trophies should come to par they think "It was worth a few bucks to see a youth athlete smile". Youth sports shouldn’t have participation trophies. Did you know that coaches hand out participation trophies instead of making you work for them. People who hand out participant trophies shouldn't because it devalues the meaning of the kids that actually try to get the trophies, ad kids that just show up to get a trophy. Coaches don't understand …show more content…
Youth athletes should play to win and not for a participation trophy that nobody wants to have on the shelf in their room you would want a trophy that actually means something like most home runs, most tackles, etc.. Trophy's cost up to as much as 3000 dollars they need to spend money on supplies that could give a youth athlete lessons or equipment for the sport they are playing. Youth athletes need to accept the fact that your are going to lose sometimes in life, but you're going to succeed to, but you don't get a participation trophy for doing your job. James Harrison a former NFL player doesn't believe in participant trophies for all he believes if your going to get a trophy it's going to be, a trophy that means something to you and your family as states in "The Great Trophy Debate" The reason John O' Sullivan was talking about participant trophies is because he doesn't believe in trophy's for all either he believes that you play well you get a