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Originally Posted by Jane
I'm getting everything but this. Can you explain this part and why it threw you into a spin?
From reading it, I'm seeing it as clever marketing and a fundraiser, selling posters of the team to the students, parents, businesses in support of the team.
Jane
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This was the most disturbing thing I saw that was added. It outlined the better players standing on the rocks. They were the outstanding stars from last year's season that returned for their senior season. I thought it was overglorifying those players.
The tunnel was good, and I didn't have a direct problem with it. It was the smoke and potential fireworks that I had a problem with. The football equiptment they have is in utter dismay. The uniforms are brand new, usually each year but if you saw the bad underneath, you might have the same feeling as I do. Football is undoubtedly the biggest income for SHS but don't you think that money should go toward the safety equiptment before the fireworks, posters, and, I don't know if I mentioned this, but the endzones being painted?
Sherrard already has, probably, the most school spirit of any Quad City Area school but those things just took it a little too far. It could have something to do with the new coach because the old one was "old school" and against all of this stuff. He didn't even let the players wear numbers 1-9 because it made them stand out. He was a successful coach because he made the players into good people. People I would be proud to work alongside. I know this because he coached me for three years.
I'm proud of the way this discussion has turned out. I thought it might take a more hostile turn than what it has. I wanted to point out the "problems" that I saw at this school. Tradition is tradition, let it remain tradition. Thanks a lot for responding and keep it coming.