The Olivet (MI) Middle School Eagles football team totally fucking rocks!

[Snowboarder_Bo]

[

Between classes, they schemed and conspired. For weeks, the football players at Olivet Middle School in Olivet, Mich., secretly planned their remarkable play.

“Everyone was in on it,” says Nick Jungel.

“But the coaches didn’t know anything about it,” Parker Smith says. “We were, like, going behind their back.”

](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57609427/mich-middle-school-football-team-conspires-for-touching-touchdown/)
I highly recommend watching the 3 minute video; the text is just a transcript and doesn’t quite measure up to the video.

GO EAGLES!

[Telemark]

You practically hid the link in your post.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57609427/mich-middle-school-football-team-conspires-for-touching-touchdown/

Cute story.

[Grrr]

As a parent of a child with autism, I find this story very touching.
Thanks for sharing.

[Capt_Kirk]

Thanks for sharing. Proof that we as humans can be decent and kind.

Now I gotta get the dust flake out of my eye.

The Reaver(Capt)

[etv78]

Since it seems this was a legit TD, I can agree it’s cool.

[Eonwe]

@etv78

Since it seems this was a legit TD, I can agree it’s cool.

This is not meant as an insult, so I hope it doesn’t come across as one:

I would much rather live in a world where people express love and caring towards one another, even in competitive (recreational) sport, than one where the goodness of this or any similar display of giving is called into question.

What need is there to make qualifying statements about your approval of this event?

retreats back into hippy cave

[Fiveroptic]

Indeed. “Legit TD” or not it let a young boy be part of a group in a special way he’d otherwise never experience. These kids already have made him a part of their team; this is how they took it a step further. It makes me feel hopeful again

[OldGuy]

I disagree the fact that it was a legit TD (that the other team wasn’t in on it and let them score) is maybe not crucial but makes it better. If the other team had been in on it and had let the boy score, and he found out about it, it might well have made him feel bad about himself – that he needed that help or that his teammates had done something secret behind his back.

[Eonwe]

@OldGuy

I disagree the fact that it was a legit TD (that the other team wasn’t in on it and let them score) is maybe not crucial but makes it better. If the other team had been in on it and had let the boy score, and he found out about it, it might well have made him feel bad about himself – that he needed that help or that his teammates had done something secret behind his back.

Sure. But why think up that hypothetical, and the couch your approval of this in a conditional “since it seems this was legit, I can agree.”?

I mean, there are all sorts of other stories that this could have been, that might not have been as great. So what? What good does bringing up those “didn’t happen” events other than to make some point that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand?

[gardentraveler]

Sounds like these kids have learned about the power of real teamwork and kindness. Nice story.

[Fubaya]

There was a similar basketball story a few months ago: youtube link

[etv78]

@OldGuy

I disagree the fact that it was a legit TD (that the other team wasn’t in on it and let them score) is maybe not crucial but makes it better. If the other team had been in on it and had let the boy score, and he found out about it, it might well have made him feel bad about himself – that he needed that help or that his teammates had done something secret behind his back.

Precisely! FTR, I’m in a wheelchair, so I speak from experience. (I assume people who disagreed with me do not)

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@Fubaya

There was a similar basketball story a few months ago: youtube link

That’s also freaking awesome! Thanks for sharing that!