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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-31-04 01:25 AM
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for those that are not understanding *'s f__up NCLB....
for those of you who have trouble grasping the concept of NCLB...here it is in sports so you can understand it


The Federal Government has announced that all High School Football teams must meet the "No Child Left Behind" legislation beginning next season.

1. No team will be declared a winner, as that will leave 50% of participants behind.

2. All high schools will be divided into districts with eight teams per district. Every team must finish at least 3rd place to be proficient.

3. All teams must score at least 21 points, but no defense can allow more than 7 points.

4. No tournaments will be held at this would result in one champion. The BCS experimented with this concept this season in college football.

5. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probabion until they are champions, and coaches will be held accountable. In a recent experiment, the University of Nebraska football program modeled this theory.

6. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions for interest in football, desire in athletics, genetic abilities or disabilities...ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.

7. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction, because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes that aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability, and whose parents don't like football.

8. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in 4th 8th and 11th grades.

9. This will created a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals. If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-31-04 01:27 AM
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1. That's Great Stuff...I Need To Plaster That Around
our local high school...wake up those goofy soccer/security moms with the yellow ribbon on their SUVs. Maybe this will drill some sense into their brainstems. LOL
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-31-04 01:37 AM
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2. And
The school will provide a tutor or pay for transportation to a school of choice to any school that is not a champion. The school has to take these funds away from the football players who are succeeding. If the school continues to fail, it will be closed.
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