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This Selfless Moment Will Bring You to Tears — See What Happens When Mentally Challenged Player Is Put in the Game

Feb. 27, 2013 4:58pm Liz Klimas

Just in case you missed this story on TheBlaze blog Tuesday.

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Mitchell Marcus is a student and the men’s basketball team manager at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas. According to Marcus’ mother he’s had a love of the game since a young age, but because he has a mental disability he doesn’t officially play for the team.

Player From Opposite Team Passes Opponent With Mental Disability Ball So He Can Score Shot

Mitchell Marcus cheers for his team on the bench as the team manager. (Image: CBS screenshot)

That was until last week when Coach Peter Morales told Marcus to put on his Thunderbirds uniform for the last game of regular season play.

CBS On the Road was there to capture Marcus’ game. CBS reported Morales saying ”for his moment in time, yes,” he was willing to lose the game when he put Marcus in with a minute-and-a-half left and only a 10 point lead.

Marcus in the game. (Image: CBS screenshot)

There’s more than just putting Marcus in the game that caused his mother to say “I think I’ll cry about it for the rest of my life,” but we won’t spoil it for you (Note: spoiler after the video):

Marcus was unable to make the shots when he was passed the ball several times by his teammates.

“I was just hoping that he was happy to be put in the game,” Morales said.

But what happened next, Morales told CBS, he could not have dreamed it up.

In a shocking move that wasn’t asked of him, a member of the opposite team called Marcus’ name and passed him the ball so he could score — and this time he did.

Here’s the turnover. (Image: CBS screenshot)

Marcus now had two points on the board to his name.

(Image: CBS screenshot)

Franklin High School senior Jonathon Montanez, the opposing player who passed Marcus the ball, told CBS he was “raised to treat others how you want to be treated.”

“I just thought Mitchell deserved his chance, deserved his opportunity,” Montanez continued.

And as CBS’ On the Road rightly put it, it is quite possibly one of the most memorable turnovers of all time.

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Jaxco
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:49pm
ridiculous

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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:02pm
  I’m not sure what you meant by your comment.
  I would weigh this life lesson, against any victory moment in the sport.
  God bless that young man from the other team, that threw him the ball.
  I hope you know what I’m talking about ,if you do not please seek help.
  
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- pitboss711
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:57pm
  Jaxco, Schexbp and the other liberal trolls – Thank you for proving to us how despicable human filth like you can be. Now crawl back into your holes.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:05pm
  @SCHEXBP
  The only one making a socio-political statement here is you. Character and compassion are far more important traits for a person to have than being a jock who only cares about winning a game. And i say that as someone who wrestled in high school, college, competed in freestyle and greco-roman during the off season, and was recognized nationally for my amateur credentials.
  This is not an “everyone gets a trophy” moment. This is about doing the right thing. If you put winning a game above doing the right thing, then your priorities are screwed up.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:16pm
  WOW! that is awesome!
  
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- HI_Don
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:22pm
  This is a MOST amazing example of SPORTSMANSHIP and it was never intended to be a great example of sports prowess. For you trolls – get a life. This is HIGH SCHOOL sports, not the Olympics. If I had two nickles left that Obama didn’t want to steal, I would absolutely love to donate a full ride scholarship to the opposing player who tossed in the ball. That is a MAN who has some great priorities in life and will go very far. A investment in a person like that (frankly I don’t give a dang about basketball) would pay off big. That is also a great coach who is teaching his players much more than any narcissistic adult focused only on a winning record. Face it, most high school players will never go on to play college ball, most college athletes will never play again outside of a neighborhood pickup game. High School sports pay more dividends in character building than athletic marvels. So, here a coach did some real coaching of a TEAM and players that will actually last past the buzzer.
  
  Great inspirational story, from both sides of the floor. Without it, no one would have remembered the score of the game for long. With it, few involved will forget.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:41pm
  @hi don
  Spoken with true genius.
  @jax*ss
  You are a lost cause.
  This is a community high school game & everybody knows everybody. They don’t hate the competition they are probably related to the competition. They all recognized this young man’s love of the sport which they found common ground on. Our politicians in DC could learn a lot about how to treat others from this & maybe who really loves america & who does not. I say this is a real teaching moment.
  
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- jmjone
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:04pm
  Jaxco + SCHEXBP
  
  Both of you must have personally known the NEWTOWN shooter.
  That’s how twisted your comments are.
  You make us all sick,
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:10pm
  Ridiculously awesome! Great sportsmanship by both teams.
  
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- rc30
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:40pm
  I’m 42 years old and this made me cry. It gives hope in a time where everthing looks hopeless.
  
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- DeVain
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:17am
  yes Jaxco…you are ridiculous.
  
  If you were a true objectivist you would know the on boy gave of his free will to the other. He received benefit from that choice from happiness of the decision. His benefit was the happiness (or potential for), the other was happiness from a successful shot.
  
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- scotchpker
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:34am
  I am sorry but passing the ball off to the opposing team is not sportsmanlike conduct, I don’t care if the kid is retarded, black, muslim, or the biggest minority discriminated against, straight conservative males.
  
  You idiots sit there and praise a kid for doing “The right thing”? what is right about this?????
  I don’t care if you agree or not, you are pathetic if you genuinely think that this is some act of honorable mention. The only people who would cry about how great this is, is those who took the whole bottle of estrogen pills prescribed by obama care.
  
  You make me sick, that is why I left.
  Where did all the warriors go?
  God have mercy on your panzy asses, I am sick of your hallmark generation.
  
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- KyleD
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 5:06am
  Personally I just think people who can’t play competitively shouldn’t be in competitive sports leagues. If the kid loves basketball there are plenty of ways he can play that doesn’t hinder the progress of others. Sounds harsh after watching this wonderful story but you can get stories just as precious in more private situations. It’s all about context.
  
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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:55am
  scotchpker
  Please stay wherever you went, one less heartless idiot.
  
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- 123456beatriz
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 8:22am
  @jaXco you are a miserable pooh! evil. So
  
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- TANK3584
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:14am
  that’s call passion.. But you see you Mindless spineless trolls …. but to me ridiculous is taking your sorry azz slam dunking it head first in the basket
  
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- Daniel
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:24pm
  @Jaxco: For being a progressive liberal, you sure showed your true colors. Thank you for proving that progressive liberals only talk-the-talk about embracing everyone, but when the opportunity arises, that is all you can do, is talk. In fact when confronted with respect and responsiblity, instead of embracing these traits, you only sling nonsense. Progressive liberals are incapable of respect, and common sense. You have proven that progressive liberals are wolves in sheep’s clothing, and all your screaming about bigotry and racism, is only a scam to redirect the blame away from you. That way you don’t have to confront your dispicable behaviors.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:50pm
  For most of the kids on both teams graduating from high school will end their competitive basketball. They will end up playing pick up games with friends or intermural in college. Of course every player wants to win or they shouldn’t be playing. BUT sometimes is is just for the joy of the game. This is one of those moments.
  
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- sdrider
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:53pm
  You are a prime example of the self-centered liberal that we all know and despise.
  
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- jimmc1952
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 3:52pm
  Yes, Yes I believe you are.
  
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- rinosrus
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:55pm
  You are the liberal! No, you are the liberal!
  
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- ASE
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 5:07pm
  Look, the other team still won, it was no skin off their nose to give the guy a shot. Are you totally devoid of any humanity?
  
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- FreedbyTruth
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 7:30pm
  @Kyled
  He was not on the team. He was an assistant because he liked basketball (and I am pretty sure realized he could not compete). The coach (and the team I am guessing by the way they voluntarilly gave up the opportunity to score) let him know how much they appreciated him by putting him before winning.
  No you do not lie to the handicapped by making them believe they can do what they cannot. What you can do is help them realize that there are more ways to be a part of society than by being physically or mentally superior. You can let them know they are appreciated for their commitment and their giving. You can let them know that by putting those attributes on a pedistle if even for just the last five minutes of the last game of the season.
  The team made a statement here. They put the game on the line to recognize this kid for what he had done. They gave him a shot to score just one point in one game. I doubt he will remember that he was a great player and that he won the game for them. He will remember that he was accepted, that he mattered for what he could and did do, and that it had value.
  
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- okiebull
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:41am
  It seems each time I am about to give up,all hope for humanity a selfless act as this again refreshes me with hope once again.
  
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:39pm
Oh crap! I could barely see the video because I teared up so much.

Man, that is SPORTSMANSHIP!

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- SCHEXbp
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:41pm
  Actually just the OPPOSITE of SPORTSMANSHIP (look up the definition, it has to do with playing FAIRLY, not with harming your team to make some social statement). Throwing away points & such has NO place in the field of competitive sports. This has filtered in from girls’ sports who once helped a player “score” & set a record that was just out of her reach because of a season-ending injury. CARRYING a player down the court to make a lay-up (for some asterisked record IMO) is something I have NEVER seen in the NBA or Men’s NCAA Basketball. Thanks a lot.
  (Indeed to the extent this was imported from another culture, it is also something that is not needed.)
- Procomkc
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:02pm
  Schexbp, you must be one bad ass sob to be as tough as you sound… What a tool.
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:20pm
  Schex:
  
  Definition of SPORTSMANSHIP
  
  : conduct (as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport
  
  My contention is that this is an example of RESPECT for one’s opponent (in this case, a mentally challenged player. Graciousness in winning or losing…. I think the opposing team was VERY gracious.
  
  Now go crawl back in your hole…vermin.
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:29pm
  Schex, I would also like to add that the coach of the mentally challenged player was being FAIR AND GRACIOUS in letting this young man play in the game.
  
  That my young friend, is SPORTSMANSHIP.
  
  Team sports are not just about winning, it is about teaching young men & women RESPECT, FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, and PLAYING AS A TEAM. Valuable lessons which each of these young people will be able to capitalize on later in life inside as well as outside of sports.
  
  Now you can crawl back into your hole.
  
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- ruckamuck
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:29pm
  @ SCHEXBP – i was watching this video, encouraged, thinking “wow, it’s wonderful that people like this exist in the world”. I then read your comment and was depressed because people like you exist in it also.
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:37pm
  @Ruck….
  
  My guess is Schex is one of those ex-high school jocks who bullied the “geeks”, probably has been out of high school for years, but still thinks the highlight of his life was when he wore a letter for his school.
  
  In otherwords, a loser. But I could be wrong, and Schex will probably come back and say he’s a CEO for a Fortune 500 company….as he types it in the basement of his parents house.
  
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- bondroid
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:54pm
  SCHEXBP…. Shut up!
  
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- Aging Hipster
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:39pm
  Dear SCHEXBP,
  
  No this is not the NBA. This is high school sports and kids trying to be nice to a mentally retarded boy who has participated at his level all season long. It was the last game of the season and not a significant game. In Chicago and Detroit the kids are shooting each other over drugs and Nike’s and here we have a nice story about kids being nice to a disadvantaged soul. What the hell is wrong with that? Try taking a break sometimes from being an ass.
  
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scwillard
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:34pm
Why do people move to Texas? Because of men and women of character like this.

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- SCHEXbp
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:41pm
  No – JUST THE OPPOSITE.
- ehayes2006
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:57pm
  Schexbp and Jax are just Obama cyberwarrior trolls that plague conservative websites. All part of the DHS initiative that recruited over 3000 of them. They’re just trying to make us look bad on social media websites and forums. Backlash them every chance you get, because they are part of the impending communist invasion. It all starts with AGITPROP.
  
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- USNVET66-70
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 1:58pm
  There is HOPE!!!!!
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:13pm
  What Schex-dolt does not understand is that the other team had already lost the game….there were just a few seconds left and they were down by 13…no chance to win…so this young man…something that you will never be.. a Man…decided to be “gracious in defeat”….the definition of Sportsmanship as you have already been shown…
  he might play next year for his team…he might play in college…odds are Mitchell never will get another chance to suit up and play for any team other than a park league with his buddies…
  
  my kids play sports and i HATE the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality but i also HATE the “win at all costs or you are a pathetic loser” mentality….the one that you have expressed over and over again on here…i teach my kids that sometimes you will win, sometimes you will lose…never brag and never get conceited and never whine and pout…..it is all part of the game…do your best and play your hardest and if you win great, if you lose it might suck but you lose with HONOR..
  
  you speak of that word but have NO idea what it really means…your life must either be a complete lie you use online to make a buck from your Progressive masters or you are a truly pathetic human being that lives in loneliness and anger because you can never understand why you are miserable… sad…truly sad….we all pity people like you….
  
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Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:24pm
Why is this necessary? They could have just told the kid to go out for some other sport like running. Even dogs can run races. He’s got to be smarter than a dog.
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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:33pm
  XY…..You must have a soul full of darkness. We are all human beings and I the “man” that gave the ball up will be surely blessed.
  
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- woodenputter
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:35pm
  ….always one in every crowd….
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:40pm
  XY, as we used to say in the Navy: You are lower then whale crap.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:06pm
  XYLLIAB….
  
  You are playing far too much World of Warcraft.
  It has made you callous.
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:34pm
  What an idiot.
  
  Why do people feel the need to remark negatively on a story like this.
  
  It’s not even like a Republican / Democrat, Theist / Non theist, capitalist / socialist “feel good” story where despite the awesomeness of the video, you still maybe had ill-will towards the other group.
  
  This is someone who had a great moment in their life. Why the need to put it down? Unless you’re anti- mentally handicapped people or something?
  
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- NATION_ICLON
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:52am
  I thought it this pretty good. I play basketball were we have a mentally challenge individual who plays with us every game if he shows up to them, and their the funnest games I’ve played
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:57am
  ModerationIsBest
  I have nothing against people with mental disabilities. I want the best fro them. You say this guy had a great moment in his life. I say that if he joined a track team and entered a race and didn’t come in last, if he beat one other kid, that would be an infinitely greater moment because it would be real. There wouldn’t be a viral video. Nobody would cry tears of joy over the kid who came in second to last. It might not even make anybody happy, even him. People might get angry say he shouldn’t even have been allowed to do it. But he would have really done something, and that would make it a far greater moment than this. It would suck to be the kid he beat, though. That loser might as well change his name and move to another town.
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:44pm
  @XYLLIAB_OF_THE_ZNARGHH
  
  Does the video say the kid loved track?
  
  Did it say he grew up everyday wanting to run track?
  
  Did it say that every year he got track shoes, or equipment for running track?
  
  No, it said he loved basketball.
  
  That he grew up wanting to play basketball and that he wanted basketballs for a gift.
  
  Obvious troll is obvious.
  
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- WataugaFrost
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:53pm
  “That loser might as well change his name and move to another town.”
  
  To what? XYLLIZB_OF_THE_ZNARGHH?
  
  Hmmmm…. now we know the rest of the story…….
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 4:27pm
  So he loved basketball, so what? Lots of people love things they can’t do. If you love music and can’t play should people have to listen to you? If you love cuisine and can’t cook should people pretend your slop tastes good? Wouldn’t you be better off if you found something you could actually do, even if it might not be your first choice if it were true that you can be anything you want? This guy is in a regular high school with normal kids because we now understand that treating him like a normal kid is what’s best for him. Treating him like a normal kid means treating him the kids who love basketball, and play it, and try out of the team and don’t make it because there were enough other guys who were a little bit better than them. They might make the team if somebody else drops out. They might get put into a game if the result is already decided, and they might make a basket or they might not, but nobody will stop playing and help them and tell them they did something. They would know that they were being lied to. If you think it’s okay in this case just because this kid doesn’t know he’s being lied to, then all of you are the sick, mean bums, not me.
  
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MinnesotaMARINE
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:10pm
Stupid dust got in my eyes…… I gotta wipe it out so I can see again.

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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:42pm
  could be allergies…..maybe a cold?
  
  I know, Brother, it bugs the heck out me when I get emotional at stories like this.
  
  From this Squid to a Jarhead…..SEMPER FI!
  
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- tnman65
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:31pm
  It must be a Service thing. This Army Guy had to rub his eyes also and I’m in Tennessee.
  
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momrules
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:03pm
A great story about good and decent people doing a good and decent thing. God bless them all.

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- momrules
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 8:57pm
  SCHEXBP…………..It was the right time and the right place to feed the human soul with goodness. These are young men of great character as is the Coach. It is unfortunate that you cannot see that.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:51pm
  @mom
  Amen. All I have to say.
  
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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:57pm
The seeds of greatness are firmly implanted in this young man, and he is someone to be looked up to. All of those who put their hearts ahead of winning are superior human beings. In spite of everthing, we are still turning out people like the coach, and the players on these teams. It gives me hope for the future of America.

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TiocFaidhArLa
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:46pm
I hate these vids they are so stupid. Why not play the game correctly just to make it heartwarming? Who are we helping by doing this? I bet the kid would rather play the game for real than have someone hand it to them

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- dissentnow
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:04pm
  You obviously have no experience with a mentally challenged child. This is not the kind of story that you should be making some socio-political statement on. You are a very cold-hearted person. Shame on you.
  
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- edotddot
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:18pm
  This isn’t one of those “everyone gets a trophy” moments. This is a beautiful and special moment in this young mans life that he will never forget and no one in attendance is likely to forget it either.
  
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- Whiskey_Tango
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:19pm
  Hey TacoFartHardly, **** off you liberal troll.
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:33pm
  It’s touching, it’s heartwarming, it’s all that.
  That being said, what we are experiencing and have been for 30 years is called the Calibration of Mediocrity.
  I am not heartless, or hard, or any of that crap. I give to the needy and help my fellow man. However, why is a “Special Needs” child playing a game he can’t play? Thats right, because we are Celebrating Mediocrity.
  They have the Special Olympics for retarded children, but no; thats not good enough because he deserves to be on a real Basketball team, with normal players so he won’t feel his disability.
  It is called a disability because he is disabled from doing it.
  Ok, bring it on, but at least bring lucid arguments, not just a bunch of name calling.
  
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- nesmond
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:50pm
  TIOCFAIDHARLA: Yer an a**hole.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:50pm
  macpappy – I understand your position, but don’t you think having him play with normal guys would only make the difference more obvious to him. I imagine he just enjoyed being part of the team. What happened was a show of human comapssion, it didn’t really affect the game at all. An important part of being a great athlete is the capacity for charity. I don’t believe in trophies for everyone. We all have different gifts so if you aren’t good at sports, you could be a wiz at the computer, or at building homes or repairing cars. We are blessed with different talents. I pray we always retain charity.
  
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- Juniemoon
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:56pm
  It’s people like you, the haters, the one’s that have no compassion for others that makes this a good story. The kid loved basketball, the other kid was taught to treat others the way he wants to be treated. They win any day of the week, you, well, you’ll remain a loser the rest of your life, since you didn’t even get the point. Sad.
  
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- omgfolks
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 6:58pm
  Dark hearted people suck! This was a GREAT THING coming from children, in the world we live in today I am happy to see the integrity of this young mans effort being enjoyed by so many. I am renewed for another day.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:35pm
  @macpappy
  
  You are way off base. This story has nothing to do with mediocrity, nor is this an “everybody gets a trophy” moment. This kid is the team “manager” because he can’t play with the, as you call them, “normal” players. His dream was to play; to have his moment in the sun and the coach, his teammates, the fans in the stands, and even the opposing team gave him that moment. This is not a socio-political statement. This was an act of kindness, plain and simple, and it hurt no one. It was not institutionalized, nor was it governmental. It was not forced in any way. It was pure human compassion and i can’t, for the life of me, understand why you want to politicize this moment.
  Your argument is also invalid. Its like telling a kid with terminal cancer that he shouldn’t get a “make-a-wish” trip to Disneyland because his parents should have to pay for the trip like everybody else.
  I’m sorry, but your comment is cold-hearted.
  
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- beeboop
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:41pm
  What gets me is the disabled tell us that they don’t want our help, yet here we are asked to help one who has not the IQ to understand the help he is given.
  
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- SCHEXbp
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:45pm
  Tio is right & the kids participating know it. The adults writing in do not grasp the essential message of competitive sports (always trying your hardest).
  
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- mewnani
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:46pm
  You obviously don’t know how to be human. They weren’t forced to let him play. They did it out of kindness. Same reason the kid from the opposite team passed the ball to him. They wanted to be kind to him. To make him happy. Not caused they were forced to, but because they wanted to. You need to take a good long look at yourself sir. :|
  
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- Xanderson
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:05pm
  @MacPappy– no hate at all coming from me. You, just like everyone else, are fully entitled to your opinion. I just wanted to add that a team manager is very much a part of his team and this young man seems to be loved by his whole team/ school/ community. I thought this was an amazing moment for everyone in that gym. (And his participation did not change the outcome of the game)
  
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- TiocFaidhArLa
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:31am
  Lol so many “good people” who thought this was heart warming cussed at me for having an opinion, so many good feelings crowd called to violence! Typical liberals, everyone wins!!
  
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- luxlife
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 2:36pm
  MacPappy is correct.
  
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redonred
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:41pm
That is true teamwork of the human kind.

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runwithscissors
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:40pm
It’s amazing how good some kids are.

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woodyee
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:35pm
Kids like that Montanez fellow are great, and all too few, good examples for their peers.

Dang Liz, you finally got me.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:35pm
Fine Business!

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demsrtraitors
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:33pm
Finally , some good news. God bless this young man.

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BlasberryStrat
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:33pm
Awesome move on all parts. Coach, Team, Player, and the crowd running out to hoist him even though they didn’t win.

And I better not see one bad comment post from KEATONC666.

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BurntHills
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:32pm
beautiful.

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spirited
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:32pm
Oh, but we need a Federal “Peacebuilding Department” ~>?

>Again, there is not only hope in Americans -young and old, there is geuine goodness.

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BoJacksonFive
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:28pm
Big deal! My nephew did this IN FOOTBALL in 2010!

James is now at Eastern Michigan University in a special program they have developed!

Go James! Go EMU Eagles!

http://www.annarbor.com/sports/high-school/ypsilanti-football-team-manager-rewarded-for-his-dedication-and-more-friday-night-notes/

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- lbesq
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 7:30pm
  BoJacksonFive, Yes it is a Big Deal! SO Sorry your nephew didn’t happen to get his “write up” But You Know what? I’ll bet he was Just as happy to be able to play. You So need to take others Joy down because you/yours didn’t get their 15 seconds of Fame? Grow up!
  
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- BoJacksonFive
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:52am
  LBGT….you need to cool your jets.
  
  This wasn’t a rant against the young man or the coach, but against “The Blaze” for posting this incident as if it were some rare event. Acts of kindness like this go on every day of the week. To single out one act and claim it is unique is extremely poor journalism.
  
  There was no attempt to diss the kid, although it may have come off that way to those who cannot read between the lines….
  
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Budrow
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:23pm
Yup, you guys are tops. YOU know what it’s all about. THANK YOU.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:22pm
Now that is what America is all about…not selfishness but full of helpfulness. God bless Marcus, his team and not least to the “man” that passed the ball to him.

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Stevsea
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:22pm
Outstanding.

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braddock66
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:21pm
Great story

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Just_Us2
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:17pm
Class act…period.

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nesmond
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:15pm
Okay Blaze, I’m crying. You happy?

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- Xanderson
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:27pm
  Yeah. Me too :)
  
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- Navyguy62
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:37pm
  Navy men do not cry… I think a wave splashed in my face!
  
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Exidor
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:14pm
Well done.

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MCON29
Posted on February 27, 2013 at 5:10pm
awesome

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