Did you know that sports corporations spend $2,000-$3,000 on precipitation trophies each year? Participation trophies are being awarded to youth athletes for simply showing up to practice and games. These awards loose their meaning when given to everyone. Trophies are used for extrinsic motivation. Awards given to youth athletes, when they don’t earn it, don’t prepare them for the real world. The "Trophies for All" policy makes it where all youth athletes receive participation trophies just for signing up to be on the team. Participation awards loose their meaning. In Scope magazine's, "Should Everyone Get A Trophy?", Lauren Tarshis states, in he section The Wrong Message, that trophies loose their meaning when given to everyone. A trophy should be given if the earn it, but when everyone receives the same award, they mean nothing. If we are going to give out awards, let's make them mean something. Instead of all players getting the same award, lets give awards like most improved, top player, best sport. This will show that they were the best in some form, and they feel special to the youth athletes receiving them. …show more content…
In the section Rewarding Proper Efforts in the article, "Pros And Cons: A Look At Participation Trophies For Youth Athletes," Travis Armideo highlights how these awards do not prepare these athletes for the actual skills it takes to make it in the real world successfully. Students do not simply receive an A for just showing up, nor does an employee receive a promotion or raise just for arriving at work. Just showing up to practice and games does not entitled to an award. Do we need to teach these children that they are entitled to something they don’t