Lv-Bills Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Barrow Alaska. Furthest most northern town in America. Drugs, and all kinds of crime hit the town and their kids. So, their high school principal created a football team to give some of the kids some kind of positive activity. They have to fly every team in to Barrow to play. I think they said the closest team they are able to play is about 350 miles away. Budget to have the team is 200,000. Some in the town love it. The kids love it. Some also hate that they are spending that much money on it. The ground is frozen year round. They play on a field that is all mud with a lot of rocks. They played 6 games. They won one. After the win, they jumped in the Arctic Ocean. lol Pretty neat story. 44 kids joined the team. Good piece by Tom Rinaldi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven in MD Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Barrow Alaska. Furthest most northern town in America. Drugs, and all kinds of crime hit the town and their kids. So, their high school principal created a football team to give some of the kids some kind of positive activity. They have to fly every team in to Barrow to play. I think they said the closest team they are able to play is about 350 miles away. Budget to have the team is 200,000. Some in the town love it. The kids love it. Some also hate that they are spending that much money on it. The ground is frozen year round. They play on a field that is all mud with a lot of rocks. They played 6 games. They won one. After the win, they jumped in the Arctic Ocean. lol Pretty neat story. 44 kids joined the team. Good piece by Tom Rinaldi. 861048[/snapback] It is a truly inspiring story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 You would think the NFL could come up with some assistance for them like they do for inner city programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBilliever Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Alaska doesn't breed Joey Porter's and Terrell Owens', so why would the NFL want that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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