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# | Blacksburg Bash Helps Four Prominent 2017ers Make Up Their Minds, Join the Hokies absolutely... IMO you learn a lot more about the school, academics and gamedays on unofficial visits. The official visit is more of a sleep over to see if you can see yourself at said school.
The main difference is who pays for the athlete on the trip. If school pays its an official, if you pay its unofficial. Parents do not normally take official visits, however if they want to come and stay nearby said school is not allowed to pay for that visit at all.
You can take as many unofficial visits starting from your freshmen year in HS as you want but only 5 official visits and those can only start during your senior yer.
I have NO problem if you want to bring kids. But babies are a whole other thing. I like lists so:
1. Lane is and should always be too loud for a baby. It should be our PERSONAL goal to make every home game a terribly loud place that could damage a baby's hearing
2. Fans should have the opportunity to jump up and down. If I accidentally jump on another adult fan's foot, I can always say: "I'm so sorry, have some whiskey". If I accidentally jump on a 5 year old kid's foot, I can always say: "I'm so sorry, have some whiskey". If I jump on a baby, I just killed it. NOT OK.
3. Language (coming from a guy who doesn't swear much): If you want to bring your kid to a college campus, then it's your job to educate your kid on whats appropriate to say, and whats not. If you don't want them exposed to foul language, don't go to a college campus during the school year. And if you chose to, its YOUR job to educate your kid.
4. I have no problem with Lane making it inconvenient to bring a baby to a football game when making rules that are consistent with other stadium experiences. Having said that, I think every kid should have the memorable Lane Stadium experience they deserve (and have no problem toning down my language to do so). I just don't think that applies to children that can't use a normal bathroom.
"excuse me everybody, I brought my child(ren) in here, please keep your voices down, and no cursing, thanks!"
I'm a DeAngelo fan. He's a gifted athlete, and I hope he has continued success.
When all your friends are VT fans and you don't have relatives even in the same state, a sitter isn't practical.
I know there is no way I'd be able to get a sitter for 6 home games. Without bringin kids to the game, I don't get season tickets. I also know that lots of people think their preferred entertainment is for people their own age, not others.
I know that's not true. These things, fall Saturdays at Lane stadium, are the kinds of things my kids will remember fondly for the rest of their lives.
My kids go to all the home games since the youngest one was 4 years old. I only ask for a bare modicum of decorum and for seat stealers to stand in front of me, not my kids, and to not give me dirty looks because I want my family for a VT game.
I don't sit in the student sections so, That is not too much to ask.
Oh, if only... Another 'faithful fan base'. Been one of them for a long time.
Kids under 5 shouldn't be at football games. And babies that spend the whole game screaming and crying are a lot more annoying than people who cuss every once in a while. But it's a free country and if you don't like people cussing around you you can do as I do when there is a crying baby around me, ignore it.
USA Women's Gymnastics is the reason the rules keep changing. Their dominance is the reason the current team size is 5 and is moving to 4 for the next Olympics. They could take their top 10 gymnasts, put them on 2 teams, and probably go Gold and Silver in the Olympics. I expect the US to take home at least 5 Gold medals and probably 9 total in gymnastics.
I think his bad rap comes from his days in ATL and OAK. In ATL, he got in many verbal spouts with TO and Chad Johnson, and was outwardly supportive of MV7 during his court/sentencing. These were frowned upon by the fans and the NFL. In OAK, he signed for $70M, and was cut after 8 games because he never bought into Tom Cable's defense. He was labeled "MeAngelo Hall" for his time there. So, I think the ATL and OAK organizations and their fans really dislike Hall, but like you said, he was really only ultra-competitive and supportive of his longtime friend and teaammate. In OAK, that was just a clusterF of a mess, so I am not sure how much blame we can put on Hall for being selfish.
He's been really good ambassador in DC, for both the Skins and Hokies.
What's that they say..."no one knows the law better than a criminal"?
I'm never going to agree with this. Sorry. Swearing in public is just something I don't do and look down on. It's a free country, but I don't have to like public swearing. Nothing personal! I know some folks think its appropriate, and that's fine.
I would never say that they shouldn't be allowed and if that was how I came across I apologize. Sometimes I just don't understand the struggle of trying to keep a kid entertained for 4 hours when someone could just get a sitter. I also know that sometimes that isn't an option for everyone. I know that sometimes my ass pocket gets the best of me and that I need to be told to shut the hell up. Usually, Mrs. APFOW takes care of that before anyone else has to. But no one should raked over the coals for expressing their emotions from time to time, and I appreciate parents like you that realize that.
NFL doesn't mind switching college CB's to Safety as long as that player demonstrates the mental ability to handle covering the back end and can bring the physicality in the run game. Alexander has the potential to be another Jimmy Williams type All-American at CB, which will only boost his draft stock. And as much as the NFL loves fast CB's, they also love tall CB's who can play physical against some of the bigger receivers in the league.
There's a time and a place for everything, and if you're upset someone is cursing around your kid at a football game, the issue isn't with the person who is cursing.
You don't bring a poodle into a gator pen and get upset when it gets eaten.
Can't wait for Frank to be in a video segment complaining that he's been bringing his bag here for years.
Like the parents who freak out when they hear cursing around their children.... at the bar
Some of us have wives who also want to go to the game. It's a football game, not an Ozzy concert.
No one here or anywhere has the right to say who does and doesn't belong at a Hokie football game.
Everyone here should remember that some of us here are in the "people we are saying don't belong at our football game" group. I'll be bringing my four-year-old this year who understands that sometimes people get too excited and can't control their language, but you bet I'd be irate if someone was cursing up a storm. I don't bring my younger kids because they're too much to handle for a few hours in a stadium, but I understand people who bring their kids.
Bitter reported last night or this morning that Stroman will get the start in place of Alexander for the Liberty game.
Alexander is definitely considered 1st string
I nominate APFOW to be TKP official Minister of Information on Lane Stadium carry-in policies. It just fits.
I understand that argument as well. My views stated above do not mean that I don't believe they should be allowed. They do alter how I enjoy the game at times.
For one I'm glad we have an athletic dept that isn't afraid to piss people off. You can't please everyone, and if they think they can be more secure and/or create a better environment for the largest group of people, have at it.
An Amway sponsored poll is a great idea. It starts with the one Amway guy, and then he convinces his friends to sponsor the poll, and then those friends convince their friends to sponsor the poll, and then before you know it, the poll is living in a 25 room mansion and driving a Lamborghini.
Yep. I'm pretty good about knowing my surroundings and keeping myself in line, but sometimes it can't be helped. I'm hoping that we get a good offense going under Fuente and the need/desire to curse subsides. But we'll still have to deal with Ron Cherry.
agreed, those are the worst
Say a curse/bad word..... "HEY MY LITTLE KID IS HERE, WATCH YOUR MOUTH!!!"
.... yuck
I disagree.
Why are football games a no-kid environment?
Does this include those that have mental disabilities that give them mental ages under 5 or are we just talking actual physical ages? This is rhetorical, of course, and submitted in the Socratic method type of question.