Ethical Dilemma?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2549340
Summary: To win a little league championship (10 year olds), a coach asks his pitcher to intentionally walk the other team's best hitter and then pitch to a child who had recently been recovering from cancer (The child can play, and has recovered but must wear a helmet on his head to play at all times).
Why not to walk the best hitter: It's little league. It's supposed to be fun and build character, and not supposed to be a serious game.
Why to walk the best hitter: It is a sport. Its well within the rules. It is something that happens in games all the time.
What the problem is: The next kid up was disabled. This has drawn ire from all over. However, this kid was physically able to play and perform.
Adversity will come in all forms throughout our lives, whether we have disabilities or not. The fact that (if this was my kid) he got up there, tried, and faced the situation, speaks volumes of itself. If this was my child, he'd get an frozen coke afterwards (I always liked frozen cokes) and hopefully he'd be in the lineup next year.
Would there be this much discussion if the kid was a normal kid who's batting average was just horrible?
Summary: To win a little league championship (10 year olds), a coach asks his pitcher to intentionally walk the other team's best hitter and then pitch to a child who had recently been recovering from cancer (The child can play, and has recovered but must wear a helmet on his head to play at all times).
Why not to walk the best hitter: It's little league. It's supposed to be fun and build character, and not supposed to be a serious game.
Why to walk the best hitter: It is a sport. Its well within the rules. It is something that happens in games all the time.
What the problem is: The next kid up was disabled. This has drawn ire from all over. However, this kid was physically able to play and perform.
Adversity will come in all forms throughout our lives, whether we have disabilities or not. The fact that (if this was my kid) he got up there, tried, and faced the situation, speaks volumes of itself. If this was my child, he'd get an frozen coke afterwards (I always liked frozen cokes) and hopefully he'd be in the lineup next year.
Would there be this much discussion if the kid was a normal kid who's batting average was just horrible?