# Not all of america's youth is going to shit **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893 "2007-10-12T11:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Afrank45](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afrank45/32/5021_2.png) [@Afrank45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Afrank45)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/1 "2007-10-12T11:20:52Z")
> **[High school teammates honor gravely ill classmate](http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3059155)** > > Eli Florence, a 15-year-old sophomore at Lake Fenton (Mich.) High, is dying of leukemia. To honor their friend, four Lake Fenton football players and a golf team member arranged for Eli to be named homecoming king. The gesture touched Eli and his... đź‘Ź ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/2 "2007-10-12T11:29:10Z")
:tup: Sad story though. ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/3 "2007-10-12T11:30:55Z")
:tup: for those guys doing the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/4 "2007-10-12T11:44:53Z")
nicely done… respect ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/5 "2007-10-12T11:58:33Z")
clifs? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/6 "2007-10-12T11:58:38Z")
Sad, but good to read. Nice to know there are still good people out there. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/7 "2007-10-12T12:00:25Z")
[quote=“somedude,post:5,topic:36893"”] clifs? [/quote] It’s worth reading, but in a nutshell that doesn’t really do the story justice: All the kids nominated for home coming king decided to surprise a kid dying of leukemia by giving him the crown. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/8 "2007-10-12T12:01:24Z")
Well done, that’s very classy, but still a sad sory. All the best for him. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/9 "2007-10-12T12:05:21Z")
đź‘Ź ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/10 "2007-10-12T12:55:46Z")
I like stories like these, the one a few years ago with the autistic basketball kid was one of my favorite sports stories of all time. Did he get to bone the jail bait? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/11 "2007-10-12T13:24:03Z")
[quote=“newman,post:9,topic:36893"”] 👏 [/quote] What? No absurdly offensive comment too over the top for any reasonable person to think is sincere, intending to get a rouse out of those too clueless to understand the lack of sincerity, for the double purpose of attention and entertainment? ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/12 "2007-10-12T13:30:50Z")
that was fucking outstanding :tup: to everyone involved ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/13 "2007-10-12T13:43:07Z")
[quote=“RobHimself,post:10,topic:36893"”] I like stories like these, the one a few years ago with the autistic basketball kid was one of my favorite sports stories of all time. [/quote] +1 JMac. That was such a great story. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/5/45e00238f11eab13c4ce38144a93ae609db4ff6f.jpeg "Jason McElwain Autistic Basketball Player") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fw1CcxCUgg) > **[Drehs: Meaningful minutes for autism](https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2352763)** > > Jason McElwain's 20-point scoring explosion for Greece Athena High School is making meaningful waves in the autism community. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/14 "2007-10-12T13:43:53Z")
Nice that they got him to be king, but why did they lose the game on purpose? That made no sense… ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-all-of-americas-youth-is-going-to-shit/36893/15 "2007-10-12T13:49:53Z")
[quote=“ryanmcell,post:14,topic:36893"”] Nice that they got him to be king, but why did they lose the game on purpose? That made no sense… [/quote] I re-read it the only thing i could think of is if it was a punishment for fixing the game…