Youth athletes should play to win and not for a participation trophy that nobody wants to have on the shelf in their room you would want a trophy that actually means something like most home runs, most tackles, etc.. Trophy's cost up to as much as 3000 dollars they need to spend money on supplies that could give a youth athlete lessons or equipment for the sport they are playing. Youth athletes need to accept the fact that your are going to lose sometimes in life, but you're going to succeed to, but you don't get a participation trophy for doing your job. James Harrison a former NFL player doesn't believe in participant trophies for all he believes if your going to get a trophy it's going to be, a trophy that means something to you and your family as states in "The Great Trophy Debate" The reason John O' Sullivan was talking about participant trophies is because he doesn't believe in trophy's for all either he believes that you play well you get a