If Democrats need an issue, a wedge issue for whatever reason, think High School Football. Would I lie to you? Never.
President Obama has a big program to investigate the brain. Where would be a better place to talk to voters than High School Sports, especially football. High School parents are going nuts over the head injury prone sports.
Know it. Talk about it. Don't be afraid to give an opinion. Let parents know Democrats are in the forefront of leading on these issues so important to parents. It is a natural place for Democrats to be.
High school football recruiting out of control (click here)
by Bob Padecky
April 6, 2013
Paul Cronin just sat there, quietly, listening, dumbfounded. Shocking news always leaves people like that. It was last fall and the football recruiter from Arizona State was talking and the more he talked, the more Cardinal Newman’s head football coach thought it might be a joke. But it was no joke.
“He told me blue-chip high school kids now have agents,” Cronin said.
Here’s how it works: The parents of a blue-chipper hire an uncle or a friend, someone who has convinced the parents he can get their kid numerous college football scholarship offers. For every college offer the kid receives as a result of his hustle, the parents pay him, like $1,000.
“He said single moms are particularly vulnerable,” Cronin said....
