Class and Character on Gameday

Class and character are hard things to learn. They are mostly caught and rarely taught. The thing about both of them is that you can tell when they're absent easier than when they are present.

This past week at my son's football game he was taught class and character by his coaches. His team's coach in the face of adversity taught the boys character by not allowing them to make excuses. They were getting bad call after bad call. He could have lost his mind (as many of us parents were) but this 19 year old young man kept his cool.

During halftime of the 8th grade football game, Ethan was taught class. The 8th grade team was winning 33-0 and the head coach informed the starters that their day was done. He told them that if they ran up the score neither he nor they would be able to live with themselves.

These two coaches exemplified class and character for my son. Two qualities that will last him well beyond the field of play.