vegeta1 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to sports@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoSix high school football players have died in recent weeks.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkSix high school football players have died in recent weeks.www.theguardian.comvegeta1 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to sports@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/29/high-school-football-deaths-public-health-crisis
minus-squareSickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoThey will literally do multiple practices per day, multiple hours per practice, no water allowed, every single day during peak summer heat. This is NOT an exaggeration. Sports coaches in the US are BROKEN Applies to wrestling too
minus-squareihaveibs [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoSports in America is mostly just a way of letting dudes blow off steam by emotionally abusing helpless children, one of our favorite pastimes. I love this clip from King of the Hill portraying it accurately
minus-squareSickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoIt should also be noted that now that some coaches have realized they have to let kids drink water or they might get sued, they’re just forcing kids into water intoxication instead, since the torture and deaths are the point
They will literally do multiple practices per day, multiple hours per practice, no water allowed, every single day during peak summer heat. This is NOT an exaggeration. Sports coaches in the US are BROKEN
Applies to wrestling too
Sports in America is mostly just a way of letting dudes blow off steam by emotionally abusing helpless children, one of our favorite pastimes.
I love this clip from King of the Hill portraying it accurately
It should also be noted that now that some coaches have realized they have to let kids drink water or they might get sued, they’re just forcing kids into water intoxication instead, since the torture and deaths are the point