RAYMO’S RAMBLINGS -PLAYER OF THE GAME T SHIRTS

 

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PLAYER OF THE GAME T SHIRTS

One of my favorite moments in broadcasting high school sports is handing an athlete, the player of the game t shirt from Neon Needles and Subway Value meal coupon to the player that I decided was the player of the game.

 Neon Needles in Dawson and Subway of Appleton, Dawson and Clara City have for a number of years been very kind in giving out t-shirts and a free coupon for a Subway sandwich.

It’s been a real blessing to me over the years to see how this simple act of giving a t shirt/coupon to a high school athlete has been a blessing to them and even their families and school. How much it means to them. Over the years I have seen these t-shirt’s make mothers cry, grandmothers very proud of their grandchildren, when they take the shirts and make a quilt out of them. Just this past week I saw someone that has been out of high school for a couple of years now, wearing the shirt hunting.

Sometime it is very difficult for me to name a player of the game. I am glad when I have a broadcasting partner with me to help me decide that. Sometimes I will visit with a coach before the postgame show to help me with my decision. Sometimes I can’t decide on just one, so I name two. And sometimes the next day, I have questioned myself and feel bad that I should have named him or her player of the game instead. It is a big deal to people.

I remember a volleyball match in Montevideo once, and I named a Maccray girl the player of the game. I met her when I was coming out of the press box and introduced myself and handed her the t shirt and Subway coupon. She was so surprised and thanked me over and over with tears in her eyes. Her mother was standing next to us crying. Then it was picture time!

When you have a super star on your team, you can name them player of the game just about every time, and over the years this volleyball player had many shirts. After a volleyball match one night, she came up to me and said. “Paul, you can name someone else player of the game if you want.” I thought that was an amazing thing to do. I found out later her mother had been wearing some of them as a night shirt.

So when you’re at Neon Needles in Dawson, or Subway in Appleton, Dawson and Clara City, give them a big thank you for what they are doing. It creates memory’s for kids and families and makes people smile.

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