when i played little league football, you got a little wooden plaque for participating.
if you made it through playoffs and placed in the division you got trophies of various sizes depending on whether or not you placed 2nd 3rd etc
if you won a bowl game, you got a t-shirt, a HUGE trophy with the names of all the team members on it, and each player on the team got a series of ribbons - each ribbon stating the position they played which came looped around the trophy.
its called incentive - a kid has to want to do better
this trophies to everyone BS raises kids to believe that no matter how poorly or how majestically they perform the level of reward will be equal.
like it or not, this BS sticks with little kids until they become adults.
its pathetic
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