12-Year-Old 'Throws' Wrestling Match So Boy With Cerebral Palsy Can Win

[Monsieur]

Cut the kid some slack. It was probably his first time wrestling, so it's normal for him to be a bit of a spaz.

[Devil]

I'm saying he can't participate in wrestling. Because he... can't participate in wrestling. At least not the part where people wrestle. He could probably watch, or maybe keep track of statistics with his wheelchair computer or something. But he'll never wrestle.

He can sit in the audience and yell "Wooooooo!!!" and hold up four fingers every time somebody lands a backhand chop.

[Cowardly Lurker]

I actually see both sides and particularly appreciate the post from zwarte piet. Bottom line for me, as a dad, is that there's a sweet spot. On the one extreme, there's crushing your child's dreams and shackling him with your own doubts and judgments about what he can and can't do. On the other extreme is sheltering and lying to him to the point that he ends up in the gag reel on the first week of American Idol. The goal is to hit the sweet spot somewhere in the middle, letting kids take risks while protecting them from irreversible damage.

In this particular case, I don't know the entire story. We're looking at a snapshot in time and drawing all sorts of conclusions from it. On the surface, it seems harmless, and I still think it took courage on the part of the kid with CP to risk ridicule.

[legomepanda]

On the surface, it seems harmless, and I still think it took courage on the part of the kid with CP to risk ridicule.

If his dad knows anything about the internet he didn't just risk, but garaunteed ridicule when he put it up for the entire planet to see.

[It is Fake]

He could probably watch, or maybe keep track of statistics with his wheelchair computer or something. But he'll never wrestle.

EXACTLY. So, he can participate in wrestling he just can't compete in matches.
Unless you are implying something different?

if he was a statistician, who learned moves during practice, you wouldn't care? A similar situation happened at my high school and the statistician was a team mate. He was disabled, but he was taught all of the plays, limited moves and was allowed in the huddle before the game. He didn't participate in the actual game.

That's what I took from your first post.

[legomepanda]

No, I was saying we should euthanize retards.

Oh, wait, no you're right, that's about the same page. Wow, that was a long fruedian slip.

[judokarl]

I think its pretty F'ed up to put either kid in that situation. Blue was put a lose lose situation and made the most of it. I am all for disabled kids participating in sports and such but that kids wouldn't have got the pin except for the fact the other kid PULLED him on to himself then put his own shoulders to the mat. If I were the kid with cp I would have been so embarrassed by the pity win.

[goodlun]

I will say this much Justin Kievit, handled the situation rather well.