Would you let your child participate in this?

[BloodEclipse]

Mich. school practices football 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.


Fordson High School team in Dearborn, Mich., school practicing at night for Ramadan - ESPN

 

[NordicHeathenVinlander]

Nope

1). Against Multiculturalism/ practicing diversity

2). Would not trust Public School to flush my toilet.

 

[Que]

I'm not letting my child stay out that late for any reason.

 

[Cru]

no

 

[Bill of Rights]

I'm thinking I'd be giving the coach his choice of two answers:

1. No.
2. Hell F***ING no

I can relate to the idea of practicing out of the heat of the day, however the argument of "diversity" does not give cause for my kid to be up from ~2100 to ~1630 to allow for practice, then school. School-age kids aren't allowed to work at a job after a certain hour on school nights; why would I allow participation in an extracurricular activity during those hours? At least at a job, they're possibly learning a life skill.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[jd4320t]

Considering most of the team is Muslim I wouldn't have a problem with it. I'm sure any non Muslim players on the team don't care.

We never had a night practice but I can tell you right now I think it would be fun. It's a great feeling to play under the lights.

It sounds like they have a pretty successful program.

 

[$mooth]

We had Muslim players on our HS teams. They just sucked it up for those practices/games. sometimes they wouldn't get to eat until close to midnight, but that was a sacrifice they wanted to make.

I doubt we'd not have any baseball games during lent so that Christians can fast.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Nope, that is way too late to be out and still be able to pay attention in class the next day.

Class 1st

 

[jd4320t]

Nope, that is way too late to be out and still be able to pay attention in class the next day.

Class 1st

It says preseason practices so I'm assuming school hadn't started yet.

 

[ATOMonkey]

In that case, I don't have too much issue with it.

I would have rather practiced at night myself back in the day. I always did the 6 AM workouts when we were given the option.

 

[jd4320t]

In that case, I don't have too much issue with it.

I would have rather practiced at night myself back in the day. I always did the 6 AM workouts when we were given the option.

We didn't have a choice. I could sure use a couple weeks of "two-a-days" and a team of coaches yelling at me to get me in shape!

 

[23mar03]

I would say no.
If it is their religon, then they need to practice the sacrifice that it calls for to appreciate it.

 

[BloodEclipse]

It says preseason practices so I'm assuming school hadn't started yet.

Ramadan is 30 days long, so I'm sure if they are not in school yet they will be soon.

 

[jd4320t]

Ramadan is 30 days long, so I'm sure if they are not in school yet they will be soon.

I googled it right before reading your post

 

[jd4320t]

I would say no.
If it is their religon, then they need to practice the sacrifice that it calls for to appreciate it.

What do you mean?

 

[level.eleven]

The team is almost entirely Muslim. I wonder if their coach is as well. Its also Dearborn, MI, the largest Muslim community in the United States. If the team is cool with it, who really cares?

These guys don't practice during some holiday and Walter doesn't roll on Shabbos.

 

[ATOMonkey]

I would say no.
If it is their religon, then they need to practice the sacrifice that it calls for to appreciate it.

LOL!! Absolutely. This is just their way of skirting the law.

During Ramadan they sleep all day, then get up and party until dawn, then sleep all day again for a month. It's a hell of a good time.

My Dad was in the UAE working on a sheik's boat during Ramadan. He said it was a great time.

 

[ATOMonkey]

The team is almost entirely Muslim. I wonder if their coach is as well. Its also Dearborn, MI, the largest Muslim community in the United States. If the team is cool with it, who really cares?

These guys don't practice during some holiday and Walter doesn't roll on Shabbos.

 

[23mar03]

What do you mean?

I mean, that if it their religon and they "believe" that they are suppose to follow its structure, then they need to live their lives as such and not look for the world to offer them concessions or backdoors.

 

[dross]

Shut the **** up, Donnie.