OTL Debate: Is MMA Too Viloent For Children To Participate? - ESPN Video

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  I love the sport of MMA but this is "Child Abuse". 

  It as sick as a dog fight. And I wonder why we protect dogs better than we protect children from ignorant parents that wish to live vicariously through their kids. So much for a kinder gentler nation. Martial Art is so health for a child. MMA is like the deformed Evil twin. Age cap Please or make the parents fight it out.

  Posted 8/20/2008 [reply] [flag]

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ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” Feature On MMA For Kids (video)
Published 7/20/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” television show just recently put together a feature on children’s MMA and the morality of it all. Featured in the piece is “Ultimate” Drake Dudley, a 14 year old phenom who has been called the “Tiger Woods of MMA.” The piece is good and takes a look at the good and the bad of children’s MMA. After the jump is a follow-up piece with Frank Shamrock debating Dan Doyle on whether or not MMA is too violent for children.

Whole Lotta BS
Published 7/20/2008 by Jere (noreply@blogger.com) at A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
There should be a book about all the cheap ways the Yanks have found to win games over the years. (Or a pamphlet on the games they've legitimately won in the last 30 years.) They've outdone themselves yet again today, winning on a weird play where Abreu loses a ball in the sun, drops it, but still tries to force the runner out at second. He overthrows the bag, but A-Rod gets ball and throws to second, and somehow they still get the guy out. Before the next batter has a chance to hit, the guy on first gets caught stealing. To end the game. Yanks win by 1. I can't wait till they tear that stadium down so none of these visiting teams will shit their pants at the site ...

Dan Doyle and Frank Shamrock debate the issue -"Is MMA Too Viloent For Children To Participate?" ...
Published 7/21/2008 by Nick Thomas at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
Dan Doyle and Frank Shamrock debate the issue -"Is MMA Too Viloent For Children To Participate?" on Outside The Lines.

ESPN Outside the Lines: MMA For Kids
Published 7/23/2008 by themmapost.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Ultimate MMA Video Blog
Frank Shamrock Debates the Subject with Some High School Basketball Coach Ultimate MMA videos for your viewing pleasure. Also news and comments from the world of mma. ...

ESPN’s Look at MMA for Kids
Published 7/23/2008 by bfowlkes at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
I used to be a huge fan of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”. Then they started doing it too often and exhausting a lot of the good subject matter. There’s just not as much as you think happening outside those lines. This look at children’s MMA, though, is interesting to say the least. There are some good points raised, but there’s also a lot of selective thinking going on here, like the pediatrician at the 8:30 mark who claims that children don’t naturally fight one another. Either he was never actually a child himself or he didn’t grow up on planet ...

Frank Shamrock Debates MMA For Kids
Published 7/24/2008 by Bruno at MMA TKO
Frank Shamrock Debates MMA For Kids on outside the lines.

Frank Shamrock needs to work on his debating skills
Published 7/24/2008 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com
Frank Shamrock needs to work on his debating skills July 24, 2008 – 1:38 pm by fightlinker Frank Shamrock was on ESPN trying to defend kid’s MMA, which seems to be the next hot topic that people are using to try and demonize mixed martial arts. And he gets his ass kicked pretty bad by some stuffy old dude who manages to call it ‘heinous’ and the parents involved ‘lacking critical thinking skills’. The dude continues that putting your kids into this is going to fuck them up on an emotional level. Frank didn’t do too good of a job countering that argument, which I think was the most damaging one of the bunch. Frank missed the opportunity to explain that ...

Frank Shamrock Debates Children’s MMA on ESPN - Video
Published 7/27/2008 by admin at MMA Fight Girls Wallpaper
Frank Shamrock went on ESPN earlier in the week for an ESPN special highlighting children’s MMA. Frank participated in a children’s MMA debate with a college basketball coach / author of a sports parenting book, Dan Doyle. Right out the gate, Dan states that any parent who’s involved in children’s MMA or is thinking about children’s MMA needs help. As an MMA teacher this sets Frank off from the start. I additionally feel that there is a disconnect among Frank’s interpretation of the term MMA and Dan’s, which only fuels the debate. He responds by talking about how Martial Arts is an art form, a personal experience ...

Huge Debate: Is MMA too Violent for Children to Particpate?
Published 7/29/2008 by InfiniteX at MMA Chump - MMA News, Fight Cards, Rankings, Forums and more!
Huge Debate: Is MMA too Violent for Children to Particpate? Outside the Lines ran this story last weekend, and the video was published on the 20th. If you haven’t heard about it yet, its very interesting to see. Having an 7 week old in my house and being a fan, its certainly crossed my mind about what her desires will be growing up around friends and family that love sports and MMA. I am interested to hear your comments though. Watch and Comment . Last 3 posts by InfiniteX Similar Posts [image] BallHype: hype it up!