According to Yahoo News a school in Rhode Island forfeited to a school due to the size of the players. St George in Rhode Island is the school that forfeited it was for the safety of the players. They do not want to chance getting them hurt in such a game as this one against a power house. Now if the game was later down the road and was the playoffs or state championship they would play against Lawrence academy. Three of the Lawrence academy offensive lineman are pretty big guys weighing in at 300,335 and 350 pounds. Those kids are clearly division one college recruits.
Do you think this was a bad decision or a smart one? I agree with what they did they would rather save their guys for the rest of the season they have to play. I think it’s is actually smart because if ST George can win the rest of their season they still have a good chance to make the playoffs with healthy players.
Would you want to go against these guys? You have to look at it from their prospective they have a smaller team than most their lineman weighing in at all around 180 pounds or so. So it is clear that there is a big size difference in the boys. They still have a chance of actually playing if they both make it to the playoffs.
Did ST George stand a chance? I think they could have hung in there with the Lawrence academy boy’s size doesn’t always mean everything. When I was in high school we were the big team and got taken down by a school full of smaller kids a lot of Asians in the state championship. What can I say they were fast!
I think they made a responsible decision, not only for the continuation of their season, but for the general safety of their players. As a parent, I would not want to chance my child getting tossed around by someone the size of a large full grown man.
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