Need some help from the MGoBlog Community
Okay, so the last 8 years have been the same .... Michigan football every Saturday .... without a hitch. It's been ... like a ritual you know. Well, my son has been involved in soccer the last few years, and since he was so young his games were the early games 8 and 9 am, home by 10:30 or 11.. Now he's turning 8, and his age division plays double headers between noon and 4 pm .... game times vary ... and yes, it's every Saturday. The issue I have is that he's not very good at soccer, and really could care less if he plays or not. But, his mother ... my wife ... is pretty adamant about me not missing any of his games.
This is kind of leaving a sick feeling in my stomach .... on one hand I feel bad, as I shouldn't miss my son's games, but on the other hand ... he doesn't even care about the sport he is playing.
I have to assume many other die hards run into the same dilemma, especially those who have kids that play rocket football on Saturday afternoons.
What do you do in these situations?? Miss every game? That would frickin blow ... What do I do, and how do I get out of going to all of his games without being killed by my wife?
Please help .... a fan in need.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:33 AM ^
Holy ellipsis.
It's simple. You go to your sons games, no question. TIVO is a great option, the smartbox or whatever app for the phone is a good one to. But you go to the games. 10 years from now your still gna be die hard blue, but your going to look back on the youth years of your son.
... and im young, 22, so maybe i can't relate....but that doesnt mean i dont think im right.
Go watch the movie "Click" wth Adam Sandler tomorrow. Not the same story, but it has the answer your looking for. "Family comes first."
August 8th, 2011 at 12:31 AM ^
Talk to the wife, and enroll her that if the son is ok with it, would she be ok with it.
Have a direct conversation with him. Get his permission not to go to his game.
Offer to make it up some other way, and then goto the game.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:32 AM ^
You have two options.........
1. Get TIVO
or
2. Tell your wife to eat shit, as Michigan football is your favorite thing in the entire world.
Personally, I'd choose option 2. Your kid will eventually forgive you.
You have a third option you could get banned from attending your kids soccer games, here are some ideas:
- Arguing with the coach
- Going after the referees
- Yelling at the opposing team
- Swearing in general
- wear a pair of assless chaps to the game and yell out, "you are all such sexy Jethros" when the little boys run by.
- instead of orange slices at halftime, gather them in a circle and smoke some peyote.
- take a nice dump in the center circle.
-wear a red, white and blue leisure suit and hold a banner that reads: Eat A Dick, America.
Embrace your inner child and get banned. Also, I'm sure someone will reply to me with some more great ideas.
All chaps by definition are ass less.
- Go into the nearest porta-john and refuse to come out until they release all the political prisoners.
- Insist on singing "The Name Game", but with names that would create profane statements under the formula of the song.
- Start looking for something at a random point in the game, with increasing intensity, and then at some point exclaim, "OK, WHO STOLE MY BLOW?"
I'm going to have a hard time not using the phrase "you are all such sexy Jethros" today. I may need someone to lend me some bail money as a result.
I've read on here in a long time.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:32 AM ^
Your kid is more important than anything else. Don't tell him UM football is more important than him.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:34 AM ^
Pretty much this. It's just a football game, you can watch it on the DVR later.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
Winning post! Made me laugh out loud.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
There will always be more football games. I remember my parents being at every single thing I did, love or hate the activity. It will be a thing your child will remember forever, I do.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:33 AM ^
As a son and a Michigan fan, I would hope that you could find some middle ground where you can go to some games on both sides.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
I wouldn't force my kid to play soccer if he didn't want to play it. Not to say that's what you're doing, but I'm left to wonder why he's doing it if he doesn't care.
I'd like to think I'd stand up to the wife. But I don't know for sure because I've never faced your situation.
I'd choose my son's sports over college football.
FWIW.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
August 8th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
There's an App for that.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
August 8th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
I'd say you do the following. DVR the games, and watch them when you get home. Don't listen to the radio on the way home, obv. Ensure that wife/kid know that that is your "football time" and should consequently provide a sammich / watch with you. I know your kid says he doesn't care about soccer, but I'm sure it's important to him that you're there. Gotta do what you gotta do for your kids, man.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
I assume you're talking about missing watching the Michigan games on tv and not at the stadium. If that's the case, I strongly suggest finding some way of watching the game on a mobile device. Either through getting a slingplayer, or using some other means such as Sprint TV if the games are on ESPN. The initial cost will be well worth it.
A helpful answer. More than I have. Technology in this day and age shouldn't be ignored.
At least I think that's what it's called. It's the new thing the BTN is doing this year. Download tha app on your phone. If you have Sprint, Sprint TV has abc streaming live and espn has games sometimes. Or get a tablet with 4g connectivity and watch it online through a less legal site.
Edit: You could also download a radio app to your phone, so then you can listen to any radio station anywhere that is carrying the game. Or you could just get a radio, if they even make them anymore.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
DVR is magical for just this situation... unless you really don't want to go to your son's soccer games. In that case, consider getting him involved in a sport that doesn't play on every Saturday in the fall. Personally, I can't think of any except something that doesn't make him run like bowling; you're on your own at this point.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
Why should he care if his father doesn't? Really, this shouldn't be an issue. Stay off the internet for a few hours and watch the game later. How late in the season does soccer run anyway?
the beginning of november depending on the league.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
August 8th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that your kid is probably more important than football. Tape/DVR is your friend.
You, sir, need to get your priorities straight.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
goto ur kid's soccer games and dvr the football, simple answer.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
goto ur kid's soccer games and dvr the football, simple answer.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
goto ur kid's soccer games and dvr the football, simple answer.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
goto ur kid's soccer games and dvr the football, simple answer.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:43 AM ^
Outstanding use of the quad post good sir.
August 8th, 2011 at 10:28 AM ^
If it's that simple, how come you had to tell us 4 times?
August 8th, 2011 at 12:47 AM ^
You said your kid is still young?...if he isn't too enthused about playing soccer, get him hooked on Michigan football. Seriously, have random conversations with him about the team and players and while playing catch in the backyard. Great chance he becomes just as hooked as you are.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:52 AM ^
Not a single bit of interest in football. He liked soccer alot, but that's starting to fade. If he had his way he'd play video games all day, but I told him he has to do some kind of organized activity ... don't care what it is. Now I guess I have to pay for that by missing some of the Michigan games.
I didn't get hooked on football/UM athletics until my sophomore year of high school. I would bet that will change as he gets older assuming he knows how much you like Michigan football.
Have you tried taking him to some games? I'm sure he'd be more interested if he's actually there rather than watching on tv. I dunno about this year but maybe next year you could try a different soccer league?
I got hooked on Michigan football because it was something that my dad and I did together regularly. We moved to Ann Arbor when I was 7 so he wasn't even a big Michigan fan. I'm the one who has provided him with information recently, especially since he moved to Florida. If you live close enough, maybe you take him to a couple of games early on in the season and teach him the chants.
My only other suggestion would be to enroll him in another sport that plays in the mornings or on Sundays. If you can't do that, then you have to go to the games.
August 8th, 2011 at 10:37 AM ^
If he's going to play video games you might as well get him NCAA 12. Teach him about dreadlocks, and speed.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:49 AM ^
and then not listening to the radio, but the problem is others will be listenng and announcing the score the whole time. Especially the damn Sparty fans ... they will run their jaws like crazy if Michigan is losing. It's just not the same watching a game when you know the outcome.
But, you're right my kids are the most important thing. I gotta get him in some shit that doesn't hold all of their events on Saturdays in the fall.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:51 AM ^
You spelled wrestler wrong.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
years ago on yahoo, and the wrestler120 was already used. So, I dropped the t, and never had a problem getting the name ever again.
If the problem is that people are talking about the football scores at the soccer games, why not bring an ipod and some earphones so you don't overhear them?
As others have pointed out it really seems like the only problem is the noon games. For 3:30 games or later even if you accidentally catch the scores before getting home, it'll only be the first quarter or so.
Just bring a pop-up chair and sit away from the other parents. LIke on the other sideline or the end of the field.
DVR the game and turn off all forms of communication. That way its like watching it live.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
Tell your son and wife that are greater things in the world than a soccer game. The most important of those things are the University of Michigan and its football games.