placp wrote:
Allow me to introduce to you a concept called "taking a stand despite the consequences"
Possibly it's taking a stand. Possibly it's grandstanding. I despise the mask stuff but what has this guy accomplished? The kids lose their coach just as the season starts and will continue needing to wear masks.
lol@ the doofus mask brigade here. get back to cnn so they can let you know how to survive the rest of the day.
krispy kremlin._._._._. wrote:
Boston.com
New Hampshire track coach says he was fired for not enforcing ‘senseless, irrational’ mask rules
"These insane policies are robbing kids of once in a lifetime opportunities."
“I will not stand up in front of the kids and lie to them and tell them that these masks are doing anything worthwhile out in an open field with wind blowing and the sun shining,” Keyes wrote.
https://www.boston.com/sports/coronavirus/2021/04/06/pembroke-academy-track-coach-says-fired-mask-rulesI agree with this coach - no need to wear masks outside especially with a population (teenagers) that aren't effected by the Chinese virus.
Too bad he was fired; we need more people to stand up against the fascists.
Glad he got fired. Reckless behavior from the coach. Masking works. Full stop. If there is going to be a season, do it with a mask. I would still lean on side of cancelling the season until we fully have this under control. And just think, if he didn't want to enforce this regulation what other corners will he cut?! Hopefully no other school will hire him.
placp wrote:
ienjoyracing wrote:
Ok it’s also not necessary to put a seatbelt on when you are driving 2 blocks within your neighborhood going less than 20 miles an hour. But I don’t have a moral problems lying to kids and telling them they need to put a seatbelt on in that situation. Like masks, seatbelts are but the smallest inconvenience, and the law that requires them is a measure taken by the government to protect ourselves and each other, not some Orwellian power grab that you claim. The law doesn’t define certain situations where you don’t have to wear seatbelts to account for the fact that often there is no risk of a violent high speed head-on collision. No, the law simply states wear it at all times, thus covering every possible scenario, and in doing so, ensures millions of lives are saved every year. So yeah, when a law is made requiring masks to be worn in public, of course there is gonna be situations when it’s downright useless to wear a mask, yet the law requires it. This is true of virtually every law, and it doesn’t require having a big noble moment of defiance where you refuse to do it in the name of liberty.
If you wanna know how ridiculous you sound to everybody else, imagine if you heard about some coach who got pulled over for driving without a seatbelt on the way to his neighbors, and instead of grumbling about stupid seatbelt laws, he refused the ticket, argued with the officer, resisted arrested and made a big scene and got arrested and fired from his job because he refused to concede that seatbelts are necessary when going under 20mph. Yeah he’s right, but he’s also laughably stupid because he can’t understand why the law is in place.
Respond if have any contentions to any of my points, I won’t respond however if your response involves a worldwide conspiracy.
I assume you will wear a mask at all times for the rest of your life? viruses will always exist and its but a minor inconvenience...
This. The world has gone Karen crazy. I'd understand if this was a extremely deadly pandemic but it isn't. Yeah protect the elderly and infirm, everyone else should just grow some.
lol
yup. and 75% of 65+ have had at least one dose. That's probably most of who actually wants it. Time to move on.
Also, most teachers--and therefore high school coaches--have been vaccinated.
This virus is not a danger to kids. time to give it a rest. Let them live out their precious remaining moments of youth--so much of which has already been robbed from them.
Is it possible to make it a Halloween costume party instead of a race and keep your job? You could play it’s a monster mash song at the track and invite some hot strippers over
Covid Superspreader wrote:
krispy kremlin._._._._. wrote:
I agree with this coach - no need to wear masks outside especially with a population (teenagers) that aren't effected by the Chinese virus.
Too bad he was fired; we need more people to stand up against the fascists.
Glad he got fired. Reckless behavior from the coach. Masking works. Full stop. If there is going to be a season, do it with a mask. I would still lean on side of cancelling the season until we fully have this under control. And just think, if he didn't want to enforce this regulation what other corners will he cut?! Hopefully no other school will hire him.
Masks don’t work ... If you can breathe through the mask ...it won’t stop the virus. Look you fool, .. look at the mask mandated states vs the non-mandated states; the infection percentages and death percentages are nearly if not exactly the same. Keep drinking the punch; watching Rachel on msnbc you obedient sheep.
No disrespect but
They do all have one thing in common you can see just from facial features. Excess blub. 25+ bmi for sure
high school xc coach wrote:
yup. and 75% of 65+ have had at least one dose. That's probably most of who actually wants it. Time to move on.
Also, most teachers--and therefore high school coaches--have been vaccinated.
This virus is not a danger to kids. time to give it a rest. Let them live out their precious remaining moments of youth--so much of which has already been robbed from them.
There are a lot of younger folks wanting and getting a vaccine, just not in states like TX, FL, MI.
Scrotumnus the Goatman wrote:
If someone could harm themselves by racing hard with a mask on, then they could harm themselves by racing hard without the mask too. Their pace would just be a little faster without the mask. You show me some kid who can race so hard with a mask on that some sort of actual harm is caused, and I'll show you a kid who could have done the same without the mask.
Talk about not making sense. So you are saying that NASCAR cars can go just as fast with restrictor plates on as they can without them? The introduction of air plays no factor? Are you sure you follow the sport?
Watcher of The Old School wrote:
Scrotumnus the Goatman wrote:
If someone could harm themselves by racing hard with a mask on, then they could harm themselves by racing hard without the mask too. Their pace would just be a little faster without the mask. You show me some kid who can race so hard with a mask on that some sort of actual harm is caused, and I'll show you a kid who could have done the same without the mask.
Talk about not making sense. So you are saying that NASCAR cars can go just as fast with restrictor plates on as they can without them? The introduction of air plays no factor? Are you sure you follow the sport?
You're aware that we aren't cars, right? To the extent that masks make any difference, it's mostly just a heat/comfort thing.
What a putz. I may apply for that job myself. Just wear masks with lot of holes in them.
fattyatthegym wrote:
I am confused. You say seatbelts are the law but you have no moral problems with lying to kids and telling them they need to wear them?
Stopped reading after that line.
Well if it's the law then it wouldn't even be a lie to tell kids they need to wear them, but in either case: Ever heard of a white lie?
And, do you think laws and morals are the same thing?
"We're finding out that it's the team sports where kids are getting together, obviously many without masks, that are driving it, rather than in the classroom spread," Fauci told ABC's George Stephanopoulos Tuesday on "Good Morning America." "When you go back and take a look and try and track where these clusters of cases are coming from in the school, it's just that."
ienjoyracing wrote:
Ok it’s also not necessary to put a seatbelt on when you are driving 2 blocks within your neighborhood going less than 20 miles an hour. But I don’t have a moral problems lying to kids and telling them they need to put a seatbelt on in that situation. Like masks, seatbelts are but the smallest inconvenience, and the law that requires them is a measure taken by the government to protect ourselves and each other, not some Orwellian power grab that you claim. The law doesn’t define certain situations where you don’t have to wear seatbelts to account for the fact that often there is no risk of a violent high speed head-on collision. No, the law simply states wear it at all times, thus covering every possible scenario, and in doing so, ensures millions of lives are saved every year. So yeah, when a law is made requiring masks to be worn in public, of course there is gonna be situations when it’s downright useless to wear a mask, yet the law requires it. This is true of virtually every law, and it doesn’t require having a big noble moment of defiance where you refuse to do it in the name of liberty.
If you wanna know how ridiculous you sound to everybody else, imagine if you heard about some coach who got pulled over for driving without a seatbelt on the way to his neighbors, and instead of grumbling about stupid seatbelt laws, he refused the ticket, argued with the officer, resisted arrested and made a big scene and got arrested and fired from his job because he refused to concede that seatbelts are necessary when going under 20mph. Yeah he’s right, but he’s also laughably stupid because he can’t understand why the law is in place.
Respond if have any contentions to any of my points, I won’t respond however if your response involves a worldwide conspiracy.
^blowhard alert
Is NH really making people race with masks on? I find that very surprising, since over in VT we had mask-less Cross Country and our restrictions are much tighter generally speaking.
This is a really dumb rule.
This coach is also a self-aggrandizing idiot.
The difference is that seatbelts do not affect your breathing. I simply could not run in a mask period. Masks thus are not a "small ask" but an egregious government overreach. Making runners don masks is simply an abuse of government power with no benefit, unlike seatbelt rules, which I follow gladly.
"Gestapo-level mask requirements", really? So the coach and his entire family were picked up by the secret police and then transported to a prison where they were thrown into large ovens and burnt to death? Wow. I didn't even know this sort of thing was going on. The US is burning people to death because they won't wear masks. Crazy. Any photos?
Although, when you think about it - given the choice between being burned to death with their entire family, why wouldn't they just wear a mask? Do they think their god will punish them and they will spend eternity in hell if they wear a mask? So insane to hear the US is doing this to their citizens.
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Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
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Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
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