A bill is making its way through the North Carolina state legislature that would ban participation trophies in youth sports throughout the state.

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  1. SquirrelGod9000 says

    So the generation that created them wants to ban them now?

  2. jayfeather31 says

    Considering some of the other things that have come out of North Carolina lately, this isn’t all that controversial.

  3. MeykaMermaid says

    Ah, yes, a truly pressing issue.

  4. DCErik says

    So taking down the rest of their Confederate monuments?

  5. Johnsense says

    It is not the role of state government to micro-manage the activities of free, voluntary associations. De Tocqueville would be appalled.

    I guess this state senator really wants a ride on the anti-woke bandwagon.

  6. ErickaIsBored says

    “The participation trophy: On its own, it’s a harmless trinket for six-year-olds. But it’s become a caricature for the Millennial stereotype, symbolizing a generation some believe to be so coddled that merely showing up is grounds for an accolade”

    Dude woke up and choose violence against millennials 😂

  7. TwoBadThumbs says

    Can’t wait to see the cops bust that 4th place U9 soccer team and confiscate all those trophies.

  8. TheKrakIan says

    Conservatives in power really have their finger on the pulse.

  9. Dem0s says

    I’m glad they have solved all the other issues in their state that they can focus on the trivial.

  10. Civil-Dinner says

    Thank goodness. The effects of participation trophies on the day to day life of the average American was making it practically impossible to persevere. /s

  11. Ground2ChairMissile says

    The party of small government. “Kids are having too much fun, time to write some new laws.”

  12. xopranaut says

    So no more silver or bronze medals?

  13. HighOnGoofballs says

    We had participation trophies in NC in the 70s and 80s, back when people were supposedly still tough and cool. And it was nice to have a little trophy to represent the team you played on, whether you were mvp or or your team won the championship or not. Shit you spent a lot of time and effort doing it. I had a whole shelf of trophies, some were for winning and some weren’t and no one cared

  14. TwentySevenNihilists says

    Things like this make me wonder if the famously stupid laws that are still on the books in most places came from similar periods of hysterical dumbening.

    Illegal to dry your dishes by any means other than drip-drying? Can’t have immigrants using towels on their clean dishes…, etc.

  15. F7R7E7D says

    Party of small government…

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