The USA Mullet Championship Is Officially The Sport Of The Future
CBS -- Online voting is underway for the USA Mullet Championship, and a number of contestants in the running hail from close to home.
Emmitt Bailey, of Menomonie, Wisconsin is one of 25 divisions in the kids' division. The 8-year-old says he's been waiting a long time to show off his mullet.
"Last year my parents found out about it, but it already started, so then we did it this year," he said. The winner of the contest will get $2,500. Emmitt Bailey says he plans to buy a go-kart if he wins.
I don't have the numbers to back up my claims here, but I have to imagine that participation in sports around the nation is down. You've got an entire generation of kids who would rather stay inside and play video games than go out back to toss the pigskin. Kids don't want to be the next Michael Jordan anymore, they want to be the next Pewdiepie. These are sad times we are finding ourselves living in.
But just when things look the bleakest? Just when it seems like all hope is lost?
The USA Mullet Championships come around and save the day, potentially the world.
At the end of the day, playing a sport is all about building character. Wins and losses are great, but it's the valuable lessons we can from playing sports that mean the most. The whole squad coming together and kicking ass to achieve a common goal. It's all about guys being dudes, chicks being dudes. And what better way to impart those lessons on the next generation of sports superstars than the USA Mullet Championships?
It takes a passion to grow those manes out. It takes dedication. It takes putting in the work on your own while nobody else is watching. Nobody else understands the sacrifice you put into this. The nights you spent laying awake just dreaming of this moment coming and how you would perform when it finally arrived.
Rustin? Landry? Epic? Dayson? Cash? Well these guys all know. They've been through it. They're a part of the hell yeah brotherhood now. And this is just the start. Because once more kids out there see that you can make a living off of being a professional mullet grower, the sport is going to take off like a rocket ship.
Sidenote: I know we're joking around here but I would love if one day there was a legitimate mullet growing tour. Just a bunch of bad ass dudes and ladies going around from city to city trying to figure out who has the sickest mullet.