ALL IN THE NAME

**** WOW , I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE A YEAR & THEY ARE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE TOWN . NO MORE OLIVE BRANCH . FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THE PLACE WILL BE KNOWN AS ORANGE BRANCH .

THE OBHS SCHOOL ZONE WILL ALSO BE CHANGED . THE NEW DISTRICT WILL EXTEND ONE MILE ON EACH SIDE OF LAMAR RUNNING FROM GOODMAN ROAD TO AIRWAYS . THIS NEW DISTRICT COULD BE CALLED OLIVE MOUND .

HOPEFULLY , THIS WILL PUT AN END TO THE SILLY WAR OVER WHERE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GO TO SCHOOL . THIS ISSUE IS PROVOKING ADULTS IN OM TO CUSS & SAY HATEFUL THINGS . THE FOLKS IN OB HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PROCLAIM IDEALS THAT GOMER PYLE WOULD CALL STUPID .

OBHS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY " THOSE PLAYERS ARE COMING HERE FOR THE ACADEMICS " . PLEASE ! JUST LIKE THOSE PLAYERS IN THE 80'S CAME TO GERMANTOWN FOR THE ACADEMICS .

THEY CAME TO PLAY ON A CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM PERIOD . TO CLAIM ANYTHING ELSE IS AN INSULT TO ONE'S INTELLIGENCE . LIKE PEEING ON MY FOOT & TELLING ME IT IS RAINING .

PEOPLE WILL DO INSANE THINGS IN ORDER FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY SPORTS . REMEMBER THE CASE WHERE 5 COUPLES FILED FOR DIVORCE SO THEIR BOYS COULD PLAY BASEBALL AT GERMANTOWN .
IF PARENTS CAN PUT THEIR KIDS IN A BETTER SITUATION , THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT . MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF IT IS OBHS , MELROSE OR WHERE EVER .

AS LONG AS FOOTBALL PARENTS BELIEVE OBHS OFFERS A BETTER PROGRAM PLAYERS WILL KEEP COMING . JUST LIKE THEY DID AT G - TOWN IN THE 80'S & 90'S & AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS TODAY .

IF A SCHOOL WANTS TO SELL IT 'S SOUL TO FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO . OUTSIDE FORCES CAN NOT STOP THEM . ONLY WHEN PRIORITIES CHANGE FROM WITHIN WILL THINGS CHANGE .

I CAN NAME YOU A DOZEN PLACES WERE SPORTS HAVE DIMINISHED . THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP SIGNS & BANNERS HAVE FADED . PEOPLE MOVE ON & NO LONGER LIVE IN YESTERDAY . THIS WILL PASS AT OLIVE BRANCH JUST LIKE ALL THE REST . G - TOWN & SWEETWATER , THE GLORY DAYS ARE BEHIND THEM NOW .

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HAVE A 4 YEAR WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY . LET THE KIDS PLAY WHERE THEY WILL BE HAPPY . WHATEVER A COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO . GO FOR IT .

BUT BE HONEST & CALL IT WHAT IT IS . I DIDN'T INHALE . I ONLY READ THE ARTICLES , & THEY COME FOR THE ACADEMICS . SUCH SHINOLA !

**** WHAT ABOUT THE CUSSING RANTING COACHES ? I DON'T KNOW . IT IS DANGEROUS TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR TELLING WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE TRUE .

IT IS VERY SAD THAT PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY . I AM FEARFUL THAT MANY PEOPLE SHARE THESE FEELINGS . ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET .

HATE ,ANGER , & FRUSTRATION FLOW BOTH WAYS . WHEN YOU FEEL REJECTED YOU ARE PRONE TO LASH OUT . IN TODAY,S WORLD THINGS ARE MADE PUBLIC WHICH WOULD HAVE REMAINED HIDDEN YEARS AGO .

YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS ON VIDEO & AUDIO REVIEW . REMEMBER THE LADY POLITICIAN WHO TOOK A MOMENT TO PICK HER NOSE BEFORE GOING TO THE PODIUM . MILLIONS SAW HER DIG FOR THAT LAST ONE BEFORE CLIMBING THE STEPS .

FATHER GEORGE & HONEST ABE DID NOT DEAL WITH THIS LEVEL OF SCRUTINY .

WHAT THE MELROSE COACHES SAID IS BAD , BUT IT IS EVEN WORSE THAT THE FEELINGS ARE STILL WIDESPREAD IN OUR COMMUNITIES .

SPORTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AN ESCAPE FOR LIFE , NOT ANOTHER SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION .

THANK YOU FOR READING . !!!!!!