A question for football fans everywhere

[Southstander]

I coached little league ball and now am on up to HS, and you take a knee when someone is hurt. Your guy, their guy...don't matter.

Take a knee. Clap when he gets up and walks off.

Well said.

[xX-Bronco-Xx]

Okay the cramping up thing is a load of crap imo. These are young kids not old men. Once you see some kid cramp up and need to be taken to the ER then yeah...

[GatorChomp]

Okay the cramping up thing is a load of crap imo. These are young kids not old men. Once you see some kid cramp up and need to be taken to the ER then yeah...

The weather in Colorado isn't that extreme during little league and HS football season. It might be a little warm in the beginning, but unless there's a freak storm later on it really isn't bad at all.

Oh, and cramps are way more common in hot weather... We aren't in Florida here. haha

[samparnell]

Cramps ...

The weather in Colorado isn't that extreme during little league and HS football season. It might be a little warm in the beginning, but unless there's a freak storm later on it really isn't bad at all.

Oh, and cramps are way more common in hot weather... We aren't in Florida here. haha

... are usually caused by not drinking enough water. When our players took a knee, we always sent the managers out with water bottles.

[GatorChomp]

... are usually caused by not drinking enough water. When our players took a knee, we always sent the managers out with water bottles.

True that!

[Rancid]

I believe it originated as an opportunity to rest during the pause of the game and became perceived as a gesture of respect towards the injured.

When I played, my team was unusual in that we squatted like little girls and chanted, 'get up Sally'.

[IABronco05]

Taking a knee is a sign of respect, yes, but so are a ton of other things. I think this is a generational disagreement. I think most of the younger folk (which includes me) don't think taking a knee should be "required" but I think the more traditional, older folks on this board think it should be. I live in Iowa, and played middle school through college football there and I don't think I remember one time where an entire team took a knee when someone got hurt. Maybe a few players did it on their own, but the coaches definitely didn't come up to us and tell us too.