Ricky Bobby once said, “If you ain’t first, your last.” One North Carolina senator is taking that philosophy to heart and is proposing a bill that would ban anyone but winners from getting trophies in his state.
Republican state senator Timothy Moffit’s Senate Bill 430 would ban participation trophies from being awarded at state-sponsored athletic events (the bill is appropriately named the “Eliminate Participation Trophies Act”). The bill doesn’t specify what age range the potential ban would apply to, but it is clear you won’t be rewarded for simply showing up.
“Youth sports or other youth recreation activities operated under the authority of a local government shall not include awards for participants based solely on their participation in the sport or other activity,” the proposed law states. “Awards provided in connection with the activity, if any, shall be based on identified performance achievements.”
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Republican Senators Bobby Hanig and Eddie Settle co-sponsored the bill.
While participation trophies are not handed out to most age groups beyond the kindergarten level, Moffit and his colleague clearly thought it was a big enough issue to create a bill. Time will tell if the rest of the Tar Heel State senate and house agree with this issue.
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