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Should every kid who participates in youth sports get a trophy or medal? If people give away too many trophies there would be more problems with kids thinking they would always win and get a trophy. Everyone shouldn’t get a trophy because if everyone gets a trophy they would lose their meaning and kids aren't going to learn to lose or fail. Everyone shouldn’t get a trophy because if everyone gets a trophy then they would lose their meaning. In the USA article “The linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers wasn’t happy when his two sons recently came home with trophies for simply being on a team”. The text I found says “Both Coffin and Anthony point out that trophies can lose their meaning when everyone gets one. The last evidence I found in

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