Eleven year old Demias Jimerson from Ark. scores a touchdown almost every time he has the ball. His extreme athletic talent created such an inequality on the field the Madre Hill rule was again implented. To bet on any footballer player you love, you can trust sites such as betend.
According to Fox News, the Madre Hill rule applies to 5th and 6th grade Pee Wee players in the Wilson Intermediate Football League. The rule states if Jimerson scores three touchdowns and his team is ahead by 14 points, he is not allowed to make any more touchdowns.
Terri Bryant, principal and defacto commissioner of the Wilson Intermediate Football League, said this rule is meant to help the other players on the team develop and have a chance to play too. Such players can be bet on by searching for something such as Bookmakers Near Me.
I see it her way. Once Jimerson is in middle and high school, he will be able to compete to his full potential and will take his team to state championships. I believe sports for grades below middle school should be all about developing a love for the game and learning techniques. Playing in a game with Jimerson can leave young players feeling discouraged, frustrated and unable to hone their skills properly, and as many people come and watch these games and professionals games as well, many others also decide to bet on these games using the free NFL picks you can find online for this.
He can have his glory for half the game, then give other kids a chance to experience success too.
On the flip side, I am glad this rule does not apply to middle and high school. Life isn’t fair and telling players to sit out because they are “too good” to play isn’t real life. But at such a young age I believe all kids should have a chance to play and enjoy the game – they have their entire life to experience pain, misery, and not being as good as other people.
Here is the video from Fox News documenting the story:
I completely agree that while talent and/or hard work should be rewarded with more game time as kids get older, when they are that young, playing sports should be about having FUN!
And you probably voted for the mediocre Perez in the White House. This young man deserves to play to his fullest ability as much as others deserve the opportunity to play against him. At full throttle…..
I agree completely. Real life is all about rewarding those that excel and stand out, but its nice that as children they get to experience trying to get their moment and having fun.
This is a great rule! When I was a kid I was in baseball for a couple years but I really wasn’t very good. Because of that I always had to play left field and never even got a chance to play any other position. Lets just say that I didn’t have any fun and it sure didn’t make me want to try harder to get better.
I couldn’t agree more! Kids should be allowed to just be kids and have fun. They have their whole life ahead of them for disappointments and misery. Childhood years go by way too fast!
I couldn’t agree LESS! sorry, lol. Of course kids should have fun at every age, and enjoy the sport. But why should one kid have to be put on hold, squelch his talents because he’s great? Being part of a team is learning good and bad, fair and unfair. He’s winning for the team, and the team should be supportive. I think the whole thing is crazy. I remember when my kids were in grade school, the whole team got a trophy at the end of the year in basketball. Even when they never won a game. What are we doing to our kids? You are recognized for your achievments and it makes you work harder to achieve them!
Not only do our children need to learn to play on a team (for good or bad) they also need to know that it is SOOOOOOOOOO healthy to develop their own personal goals and do their best. It’s how they feel good about themselves, it’s how they grow up to be healthy teens. It’s how they grow confidence and self esteem.
I say let the kid play his heart out and let the whole team enjoy the fruits. Adults are making too big of a thing of this.
Thank you for sharing a wonderful point Sheila. I agree with you that kids need to learn how to take a loss and turn it into a drive to do better. I think that as young children they can develop a love for the game and then in the competitive years really learn the hard knocks of losing and doing better.
And you are also right that kids need to develop their own personal goals. That is why I think having this kid not make a touch down after his team has such a huge lead could help the other players meet their goals. Judging from how well Madre Hill did in life, I doubt this rule is going to hurt little Demias. He seems to know how good he is and I bet we will see his name on the NFL someday 🙂
Sheila – THANK YOU for showing me I’m not the only one that feels this way! I was going to comment something similar below but you beat me to it.
In my opinion, life isn’t fair, period. If a child is amazing at something, that’s great, show the world your talent and shine brightly. I also feel children should learn that you don’t win everything in life nor are you the best at everything. Each person has their own special things they are good at, some find it at 7, others 70.
You make great points, but think of it this way… by telling Demias he can’t score, you are telling the other kids on the field that they are not good enough to stop him from scoring.
That never occurred to me. That brings up the question: Is this rule teaching young kids that if an obstacle seems impossible we should just remove it to make it easier? hmmm……
Then again, this is kid’s football and I wish kid’s sports were not so competitive. Teach them to be competitive in middle and high school 🙂
Actually, I have something to add that I think is really important. Probably more important than the silly rule itself. Since the coach knows this kid is a phenom, it would be a PERFECT opportunity for him to instill some wonderful character traits in his players! I do agree that it is discouraging to run up on a team like that… I TOTALLY get it!!! My point is more of: don’t penalize the kid… teach the team. Team them about compassion, kindness, and respect for the game and other players by NOT running crazy. By not sticking it in their face and making everyone feel horrible. Teach them to be good winners and losers. Teach them to win without acting like jerks. Teach them character. (and they’ll probably have to stress this to some parents too. I’ve been at MANY A GAME when the parents are worse than the kids when they win).
So while I do not agree with the “rule” I do agree that something could be done, and everyone will get an education not only in the sport, but in character. That’s what is most important… not the win.
Sheila – I one million per cent agree with this. The coach does need to take this opportunity to teach valuable character lessons. And yes, parents are totally guilty of being worse winners than the kids.
Thank you for adding this, this is a HUGE thing that needs to be taught in every team.
Most coaches do that – It would be one thing for the principle to suggest to the coach privately that when the score is at a certain level he give other kids a chance, etc. It’s TOTALLY DIFFERENT to make a specific rule to punish a child AND take away the coaches ability to be a coach.
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Can’t the coach just call plays where some other kid gets the ball? Put this child (who is so freaking cute, BTW) in a defense position? At this age, all kids should play every position, and he should be practicing supporting his teammates too. No player should be running every TD in… when the star of the team gets hurt, the team REALLY suffers if they haven’t built up everyone’s strengths in different areas. (Speaking as an Eagles fan who is SO RELIEVED Vick’s hand isn’t broken after all.)
I say, kid gets the ball, let him run with it. It’s the coach’s job to see other kids get a chance at the ball.
VERY good points Robin! (Especially the one about building up the other player’s strengths). I think that is what this rule is doing. It is forcing the coach to put him in a different position so other players have a chance to make a TD. From what I read I don’t think he has to sit on the bench, he just has to not be the person making the touch down.
Speaking as a Cowboys fan I’m relieved Vick’s hand isn’t broken either… no excuses when we beat you later this season 😉
Ouch, Marcie! LOL, it’s ON.
I do not see any Madre Hill rule when white football players score a lot of touch downs. Nor do I see or hear of the Madre Hill rule being applied inside the class rooms or schools within the same or poorer neighborhoods where white children perform better on tests than black children. When and where will the prejudice stop?
I don’t understand what this rule has to do with academics. And I don’t think this is a case of color discrimination – I might be wrong, but I agree with ellen – I think this is a way of making sure the coach gives the other kids a chance to grow and learn the game. Ellen’s comment below has some great points.
The Rule is Racist. If there was a White Quarterback child passing for 400 yards every game, should we stop him from continuing? NO. I say, if you kid can’t step their game up, maybe they need to get out of football and play something else they can excel.
A rose by any other name is still a rose, and racism by any other name is still racism. This is 100% racism. I thought we as a nation were beyond this, but apparently not.
Even worse is to read so many comments on this board by people who should know better but are instead agreeing with this rule. If it were your child being the one discriminated against, you would have every attorney your bank account could afford ready to attack unless they immediately lift the law.
My husband agrees with your assessment 100%. If it were a little white boy with a good arm and the ability to run outside the pocket he’d have colleges talking to him already. Remember the white “prodigy” basketball player being recruited by colleges in Junior High? No one was complaining then were they? No limiting rules were being imposed from above then. At least that’s what my husband says as well. 🙂
It actually isn’t that unusual of a rule- in this case it just happens to have a name in that school district for those grades. Most school coaches at that grade level once the score reaches a certain point should be rotating their players so all of them get a chance to play . Good coaches don’t need to dominate , the kids are there to learn and to grow.
I am happy this little boy seems to understand that it is a team sport, and he depends on his team to play well. The kid has his head on right, and someone has obviously taken some time to teach him good values both on and off the field. He’s going to become a great player with that attitude and his talent.
Glen…….. just how are you applying a sports rule to a classroom and academics? And please do not tell me it is a color issue. You better think more in the lines of class because where there are poor schools there are usually poor students and not all poor schools are black nor are they white. Poor doesn’t have a color barrier. The answer to that one is improve all schools in all districts.
“Most school coaches at that grade level once the score reaches a certain point should be rotating their players so all of them get a chance to play .”
Translation – Your child needs to find another sport to excel.
“Good coaches don’t need to dominate”
Yes they do. How do you think the booster club coffers stay filled to the top. Your school monies is based on Athletics not Academics.
“I am happy this little boy seems to understand that it is a team sport, and he depends on his team to play well. The kid has his head on right, and someone has obviously taken some time to teach him good values both on and off the field.”
Translation – Be a good little boy, don’t smart mouth us, don’t talk back, we’ll make you a millionaire, better yet we will make you President.
Most coaches CHOOSE to do this. But it isn’t typically imposed by outside rules and regulations. MOST people choose to say please and thank you. But if someone wants to be a jerk we don’t make laws to force them to use their manners.
The improvement of all schools in all districts was supposed to have taken place back in 1954 with Brown vs. Board of Education. Even back then, Linda Brown, who lived only a few blocks away from a white elementary school had to travel a mile out of her neighborhood so she could attend school. My point is that when it comes to someone of color trying to excel, they are always put down, put back or have to try two and three times as hard as the lighter race to get what should have been given to them on an equal bases in the first place. And when that person is getting too good, they always find ways to make up rules to keep them “in line.” These rules are made up in sports as well as academics.
This Rule is RACIST!!!!!!!
Why limit this kid from being great just because your kids lack the skills and talent so they can get a fair shake? It sounds like Affirmative Action all over again. Some kids are great on the piano, some in math, some in science, some in BASEBALL. Do we stifle their progress so your kids can feel good about themselves? You’re not teaching your kids anything but to be spoiled brats like YOU PEOPLE.
We need to understand the facts that what applies to one race does not necessarily apply to the other. We find this in politics, courts of law, schools of lower and higher learning, and within our everyday occupations.
I think that the rule is okay in this particular instance. We are talking about pee wee football. We want to teach our youngest kids how to be good sports and this seems like a fair way to make sure everyone gets a chance to play.
Good grief… you are taking a rule one district uses to allow other children to play a bit and turn it into a race issue? It is just children playing to learn sportsmanship, experience the game and to be active it isn’t college or pro ball. It’s funny, the kid in the video ‘gets it’ and yet you don’t?
This kids time to shine will come in higher grades if he wants to play football. Didn’t you listen to him? God, grades , football……….. someday we might seeing playing pro ball, but if he decides differently later, well he will have his smarts to fall back on. He already knows he is a good player, heck he has been on a news story 🙂
And I really really hope he does get good coaches later who don’t overplay him in junior/senior high school or in college and hurt him or over extend him with the talent he has.
This isn’t about race Glenn/gullyjuice this is about one little boy on a peewee football team .
And honestly, I could match you story for story with poor children of any color. It isn’t color, it is class. The sooner people wake up to it being a class issue, the sooner things get fixed. Thats when people can work together rather than try to bring each other down. Lift each other up, it’s a bit harder but worth it. Take any of your statements and substitute the word ‘poor’ you will see it rings true.
” We find this in politics, courts of law, schools of lower and higher learning, and within our everyday occupations.”
If it is just children playing a game, why make up a rule to make up a rule to try and level the playing field? It’s just children. There must be something more going on here than what meets the eye. Children that play football in the street uderstand that when someone is good at something you choose up sides and try to get the best players on your side. The next day, the best player in the neighborhood may be on the other side tomorrow. That’s how children play fair. I think children have better rules for fair play than the grown-ups. Children don’t bench good players and don’t stop good players from playing with them.. Children, if they do anything, try to get to be good friends with that person so they could learn how to be as good as that person. When things don’t go the way a grown-up thinks it should go, they make up rules. Yet, you say, but these are just kids.
Listen to your self. “This kid’s time will come to shine in higher grades.” Who are you to make that decision? Are you playing God now by taking away this kid’s time to shine now? Suppose “this time” is all this kid has? I don’t understand when people talk in that way. What gives anyone the right to say when a person can or cannot shine? If I were that kid’s Dad I would take him out of that school and let him attend some place that would let him shine and appreciate his talent just as much as his philosophy and beliefs. What would they say if his parents were to take him out of that school? Would they say, “Oh that’s not being fair or would they be glad to see him go? I wonder.
I disagree. Im sorry you think its ok to bench a kid for being “too good”.There use to be a time when football and baseball had team try outs even in the peewee leagues, they have dont away with that so “everyone” can play. Kind of a Marxist attitude. Thats like telling a kid in art to only draw circles be cause the other children cant draw a tree and we dont want to hurt thier poor little feelings and feel inferior.SO by all means do not draw a tree and only stick to circles.Thats whats wrong in society today.Lower your standards so everyone feels ok …blah poppycock!!!
Kids should be able to play, no matter their talents, at young ages. They’re all learning. And there are so many things to learn about sports besides scoring all the touchdowns. I agree, within this age group, a good coach will allow equal playing time for all kids.
However, a rule shouldn’t be necessary, nor is it appropriate. If a child is really, really, really good, he should be allowed to be really, really, really good and he should get his equal playing time in.
Now. The race issue. No. This is not a race issue. At issue is that there is a boy who is AWESOMELY talented. I don’t know the people involved, but I can hope that this is a colorblind rule and that it was created equally for a black or white football prodigy.
Of course, we’ll never really know, right? Because, as of right now in this league, there is no one to compare with this amazing child. So we can only hope that the rule was implemented in good, colorblind conscience. Those who are calling the racist line should step back and recognize that whether or not the rule is “correct”, we have no proof that it is racist, and it’s not okay to be calling it so, without that proof.
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