masukuma wrote:
I don't care if you think a don't know anything about sports - I have probably competed at levels of sports you have not - but that is neither here nor there. I think you miss the point... a sport which is determined to be UNDER 18 is clear... from the onset, Let me ask you.. is there an age limit for being in secondary school? saying SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE ONLY UNDER 18s competing is discriminatory since SCHOOLS don't only have under 18s in their midst. If a student repeated in primary school.... twice... why is he/she being discriminated upon? if you couldn't go to form 1 twice because you lacked fees and a well wisher showed up and sponsored you - why should your poverty be used against you? I say put the burden of proof that the student has legitimately repeated 4 times before having them play for the school. It's unlikely that a kid goes through all the motions of January to December * 4 because of sports. Just because the federation in charge has failed to curb this type of cheating does not mean that a kid who repeated in standard 5 and 7 twice should not play games in form 4! Their inefficiencies and gaps should not be used to infringe on random people.
Given your ignorance in sporting issues I am 100% certain you have not competed at any level.
The decision to limit secondary school players to under 19 was widely applauded. No one else has complained besides you. You are the only person I know of who says he would not have played if that rule was in place. If thats how you feel then feel free to boycott.
Limiting the game to players under 19 is an excellent idea. School sports are the avenue by which we develop future players. Therefore you have to give young players in their teens a chance to develop.
The ones in their 20s should be playing against people their age in the national league not in schools.
Further to that there is a risk of injury when you have
Quote:Perhaps the whole point of sports is being missed... No one complains that a school has a student coming up and registered 4 times in a row for KCSE and does them.... OVER and OVER and OVER again coz he got an A in previous years. The Olympics Spirit is "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." That is why we wait until the last marathoner comes in. That is why that Somali sprinter lady went there. That is why i applauded the fat ethiopian who finished long after the winner. That is why countries that have never won medals since the olympics started STILL COMPETE and will show up in Tokyo! That is why we remember John Stephen Akwari almost 50 years later and not the winner of that race!
You are sorely mistaken. The whole point of secondary school sports is to win ! Period ! Losing is acceptable if you gave it your best shot.
If you want to play for leisure then go play for fun hapo mitaani or go get a group of friends and play for fun.
The second point of school sports is to give players a chance to develop their skills in a competitive environment.
You claim you played in Kenya cup rugby. These are the kinds of statements that make me doubt the veracity of your claims. Virtually every player at Kenya cup level is highly competitive and most cannot stomach losing. Furthermore if you do not have the motivation to win, then you will never work hard on your fitness, your skills or hit the gym hard.
Quote:What is happening is that some melanine lacking people are starting to make Olympics a show of force and dominance over others..... That is the reason we started having doping in these games... coz some people cannot accept being last... that is the reason we are engaging in this debate coz some melanine lacking people cannot accept that they were properly beaten by people who don't fit into their boxes.
So called Melanine lacking people have always controlled the Olympics. For petes sake the modern Olympics were created by a Frenchman and the ancient one was created in Greece.
You sit there talking as if Africans dominate the Olympics. Yet Africa as whole only won 10 gold medals. Europe and North America have always dominated the Olympics.
As for doping, it started in the 1920s before Africans even participated. Its not a recent phenomenon as you are claiming.
That fat Ethiopian whom you support ought to be vilified. Firstly he only went because his father has connections. This kind of
nepotism and
joyriding should not be allowed. I am sure Ethiopia with its vast diaspora could have found 100 people who could swim faster that that chap.
Secondly if you are going to the Olympics using tax payer money then you at least owe it to tax payers to train and get into shape. Not to go to the Olympics to embarass the country