Letter to the Editor: Character Counts

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2 responses to “Letter to the Editor: Character Counts”

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   Margaret White

   April 1, 2019

   Thank you Lori for this important reminder. Hoping everyone takes a step back thinks about communicating all of our differences in a respectful manner. It is OK to disagree – Listening to all sides of issues helps for good decision making. As I learned as a child and taught many children. There are 3 sides to every story… Yours, Mine and what really happened and how do we move forward. We are actually a at huge teachable moment – teaching our children how to resolve differences through facts and discussion or spiraling further into a world of hate. #kindnessmatters #berespectful #beresponsible #besafe

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   Stephen Witt

   June 20, 2020

   To the people of Mahomet;;; I had grandkids in the Mahomet Youth Football league for at least 6 years straight. We were in a league with St Joseph, Urbana, Champaign and Schlarman in Danville being the farthest drive. This league had Championships for each age group and got to play it at the U of I’s Memorial Stadium. A major deal for the kids to have a chance to play in a stadium that they may never get that chsnve in the future. This league was far more convenient for all being for the most part close together. This league also had at least one major safety rule to help cut down on possible injuries. It had weight limits in each age group for high impact player positions like running back. As far as I’m concerned this is a major factor in favor of this league. Also most teams got to play on there high schools football field. Champaign was the only one that did not. Then out of the blue for some, I say for some dumb reason. We switch to a league way up in Bloomington- Normal? At lot farther drive for one. Loss of playing on there high school fields. One field in Bloomington is so slopped its actual about a 10 degree incline going in one direction and down hill the other way. NO CHAMPIONSHIP AT ALL. AND NO WEIGHT LIMIT IN ANY AGE GROUP!! Totally unsafe. A game last year in Normal while in all age groups size made a difference but in the Varsity sge group the opponent looked like Normsls high school team. I mean there quarterback. Running back made me, 5′ 10″ and 200 lbs., look smsll. These kids were at lesst fresh.an in high school. It was so obvious in that age I left knowing we were going to get stompped. And we did. What were our organizers thinking? And after seeing this all year I’m amazed we did it again! Unbelievable! Farther away by far. No possibility of even a Championship, which in itself is enough. NO WRIGHT LIMITS!!! Major safety issue that all parents with kids in youth football should be majorly concerned about. Most important psrt is that issue. So parents, specially new to the youth football league, you should be insisting in the future to not only checking this out. And put people in chsrge that understand the obvious safety concerns. The fact of time and travel distance. No Championship possibilities. Crummuy fields for every game. I’m outraged over this I feel stupid move but after seeing it lsst year. It wasn’t switched back to the league we’d been in for years. Demand a new approach or least a serious look at going bsck to the safer, more convenient, better quality league with at Championship in a Stadium. Not just a stadium. Memorial Stsdium..But most improtant, SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY!!!!!!

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