Trophies- Have We Gone Too Far?

       The lesson that the football camp is trying to teach by giving the children participation trophies is that if they participate then they will learn to get better and they will work harder to get more trophies.James Harrison is trying to teach his children how and why they need to earn their trophies. He did this by sending their trophies back. In my opinion, James Harrison's lesson was more important."...believing that everything in life should be earned..." If you don't earn a trophy and you get one anyway then you get the idea that everything is that easy. If you get that mindset then you will have a harder time doing sports or work. Also it won't push you to try harder than your best. You need to earn the trophy before you get it.