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CMV: Participation Trophies are necessary in youth sports to promote prosocial sportsmanship and allow for the game to be more than about who wins. Many kids will need the encouragement too.

When I was a kid I had several trophies on my mantle. From my seven years in Baseball there were only seven participation trophies. From my two years in chess I had three for achievement. Chess didn't have participation trophies because it was less of a team sport. I was obviously better at chess than baseball but I was pushed to do the less nerdy game for longer. Plus both chess and baseball are objectively awesome.  I just wish I was better at baseball.

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For chess all I needed was my brain for baseball I needed an ultra tight leotard and a protector for my ballsack. Any sport that requires testicular protection is one you should be awarded for just participating in.

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I didn't wanna go up to bat where a third of the pitchers will hit you and it's basically dodgeball. The best I could manage was a slapshot single and fielding wasn't great either. We were in a semi-final match up 7-1 Midway through and I casually fielded a routine ground ball from 3rd and overthrew the first baseman allowing two runs to score. I was benched for the remainder of the game and really wanted to scratch my balls but the sack protector was in the way. I also had to pee. I paid little attention to the game until I started being yelled at because we lost and I couldn't field a damn grounder. 

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That was in about seventh grade when I also once missed a flyball because I was literally asleep in the outfield. Way back in my first year of youth baseball someone had decided I would wear the torture suit and have balls thrown at me. I don't think I made it past the first out before I intentionally pissed my pants to get out of the catcher's torture suit.

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If five year olds are pissing themselves and twelve year olds passing out during a game then they deserve trophies end of story.

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There were ways my nerdiness benfitted me though. I could get on base with a bunt. I could swing at a wild pitch at 0-2 because I knew the catcher would drop it and I could get on base. I also knew to exploit this when stealing bases. I should've been given trophies for imaginative zeal dang it.
If I can't have a trophy for making the game work better for me because I had no RBIs then dammit give me that participation trophy!

Go team!
gpt
I prefer the competitive aspect of sports compared to the prosocial stuff that isn't about winning. To me, trying to win IS the fun part of sports, enjoying playing the sport itself is almost secondary.

If kids are pissing themselves so they don't have to play or are falling asleep mid-game, maybe they would rather not be playing in the first place. Most sports aren't structured to be kid-friendly anyway.