Are you kidding me participation awards. What ever happen to hard work and achieving what you earn. I don't get a participation raise at work I get a raise for being good at what I do. No disrespect but we are not helping are children achieve by participation awards. We are telling them it's ok to just show up. What ever happened to hard work receives reward. Not all are great at this sport but they will receive reward in life if they stick with this sport. Russ Helrickson once said at a camp I attended that his walk on's and guys who never started ,gave him more praise and probably accomplished more in life than his all Americans. They were always thankful for the opportunity to be on a great team and became great leaders. That's more important than any medal.
