he did break the school dress code, and I understand why he was sent home, but damn the kid has a set of balls, at a boy

But his is just too much. Still a little touchy-feely after that superbowl loss aren’t you Seattle?

i like his moxy. steeler nation is pround of ya.

My kid would be getting sent home too!

But the school district says Grendon and all other students were warned on Thursday that anyone who didn’t want to wear Seahawks colors should wear their normal school uniform, which is limited to certain styles and colors of clothing.

Seahawk fascism at its best. Totalitarian football allegiance exemplified.

Thank you Mr Goodell.

when you realize the school did have a dress code. But i don’t think its fair to say they have to wear Seattle stuff or what they always wear.

Too bad it’s also infected with tons of Crysquawks fans. Hopefully by the time I retire there everyone will have forgotten about that game! :-D

It is not highly probable, but what I really, really want is a re-match in 2011.

Washington wine is good, but Seahawk Super Bowl whining is fun.

And Michael, I think we ought to head out to the Tacoma Mall (and then to the Hooters Steeler bar down the street) and hand out Steeler garb to young impressionable students. :-D

Seattle deserves the Seahawks.

found out about this little man and intends to send him an autograph (my guess is it will be something autographed by the team!)

I love illiteration.

Grendon, It’s great to hear that the younger generation is producing Steeler Nation members like you. You did a little boo boo, but for a good cause.

To assist you and your family with the “robbery discussion”, I refer you to the professional analysis of all the calls from SB XL – it was ruled on, after the fact, on the show “Inside the NFL” HBO 2/9/2006. I don’t know if it is available anywhere on the net or in the HBO archives, but I have a copy.

Basically, the pros on the show said the Steelers won fair and square, and the calls against the SS were just as fair as the calls against the Steelers… and actually, one INT call (in favor of the Steelers) had resulted in the Steelers moving the ball about 30 yards in favor of the hawks (the Steelers & refs did the hawks a favor).

Tell the Seattle woosies to get a life or a team… and just like “there’s no crying in baseball”, someone tell Pete Carroll that “there’s no Heismann’s in the NFL”.

We can’t let this kid hang for having the conviction to be true to his and our team. Who cares that they have a dress code. The Steelers were going against dress codes back in the 70s with the yellow shoes. Who was it, Dwight White, right? Someone needs to find an email address for the principal and a mailing address too. I’ll drop a 47 cent stamp on some hate mail.

When a child was sent home for wearing a Colts jersey in New Orleans. This is really immature of people. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF FUCKING AMERICA!!
If a child wants to wear a Steelers jersey in Seattle, fucking let him. I wouldn’t ban anybody for wearing a Ravens shirt or whatever in Pittsburgh (although I might throw something at him Lol!)

Here’s an idea, Mr. Superintendent, sir, don’t worry about promoting support for your useless local sports team, and either have the kids wear whatever jersey they want, or wear the uniform. Don’t try to be the good guy by picking and choosing when you want to enforce your own rules.

Wait, are you related to Roger Goodell?

Grendon, good for you, I’m happy to hear of all the free Steelers stuff you’re going to get because of this. Enjoy it, you deserve it. Plus, you got to leave school for a while, AND you get the opportunity to remind your classmates who won the only game of significance in Seahawks history! It’s a double-win!

with Troy.

Think about it. It would go viral.

But the kid did break a rule. But man this kid has some balloons. 3 Cheers for the kid

     Don’t believe it for a minute. I love my country, but this particular incident is nothing new. A brief internet search found many similar stories. Several high schoolers were sent home for wearing American flag tees on cinco de mayo. A young boy was told to remove an american flag from his bicycle that he had placed there in support of Veterans on Veterans Day. A second grader was sent home and told he could not return until after he had a complete psychological evaluation after he drew a picture of Christ on a cross.
     They are coming for your guns. They are coming for your free speech. They are coming for your children, spank your kid in a supermarket and see if some mindless drone doesn’t call the cops on you. Anyone ever dealt with CPS? They have all the power and you have no recourse but to spend your life savings on an attorney with no guarantee you will ever get your parental rights back.
      Religion is no longer the opiate of the masses, it has been replaced by sports and entertainment. Support your local team, do it rigorously, but take a little time to get involved in those things that really matter. Or one day you just might wake up and find that the country you are living in is complete unrecognizable as the one you grew up in.
      Never for a minute think that what has happened in places like Germany, Italy or Russia can not happen here. It’s a guarantee, the snowball is rolling down the hill, wake up sports fans and channel some of that emotion into keeping America free or one day they won’t just be coming for your money and your speech and your guns, they will be coming for YOU!!!

Ten years was too much. Like previous posts, the most beautiful scenery you’ll ever see. Heck even the wife and I honeymooned in Victoria just prior to SB XL. All the Seattleites were in force talking about how they would take out the Steelers. Please. Holmgren came in the late 90’s and it was like they found a cure for cancer. That was as close as he got. Remember he brought Hasselbeck from Green Bay when he made the transition. That place is full of clean air and ultra liberals. Pretty good coffee, but other than UW (which has been a shadow of its former self) football and Brian Bosworth they have nothing to talk about on the gridiron. I like the kid…

Absolutely. We are GB Packer fans, and my kids wore green shirts to school today (non-Seahawks logo but also non-Packers logo, just neutral green). However, our principal, who is a Yankees fan, wore his Patriots jersey. I also saw a 7th grader with a Bears jersey, and I don’t believe he was kicked out of school today. It’s all good and should be all fun, and I think that the Tacoma school district and the majority of the Seahawks fans posting here need to lighten up. Root for your team, but don’t make me (or this kid) root for your team if we don’t choose to. This is still America.

Proof positive the kid was targeted for being a Steelers fan.

Yup, that’s my home.

I love the Northwest in almost every way (grew up in WA, now going to school in OR) but the tears of Seahawks fans still bitter over XL rain harder than the perpetually cloudy skies do some days.

Stuff like this doesn’t surprise me. Nor does it concern me really; the school had a strict dress code and the kid knew ahead of time there might be consequences for breaking it.

It’s still a bummer the school decided to be a hardass about the whole ordeal, but really, if you’re the kind of school that buys into the idea that uniforms are good because they put everyone on a level playing field and ensure there’s one less way kids can pick on each other for being “different,” you’re probably the kind of school that doesn’t want kids bringing in different jerseys on Seahawks appreciation day…

Honestly, I’m rooting for a Steelers-Seahawks rematch in the Super Bowl this year. Along the way, I hope the Seahawks are the recipients of several blatant blown calls in the division and NFC championship games, making history as the worst team ever to make a Super Bowl. Then I want the Steelers to steamroll them in the big game, in spite of, again, several BS calls in the Seahawks’ favor, while I am watching with all of my Seahawk fan friends (which is…pretty much all of my friends).

Maybe they’ll finally shut up?

Nah, way too much to ask there…

It seems all the kid needed was a gold t-shirt with black pants…and maybe a terrible towel for good measure. He’s had an important learning experience about taking a stand.

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Wore my Polamalu SB 40 Jersey to work yesterday and later switched to my James Harrison Home game black Jersey… Got a few jeers around town, but also some good comments.