State Flags

Every state in the United States of America has its own flag. However, besides my home state of Minnesota's flag and Texas' flag, there are probably only a couple of other state flags that I would recognize if you showed them to me. I have always been a proponent of state flags, and in particular, I encourage my fellow Minnesotans to raise the Minnesota state flag high just as I have done. There is no doubt that state flags should be more widely used. With all of this in mind, I stumbled accross something very interesting while looking at the scores from this year's United States Disc Golf Championships. Every competitor had his state's flag displayed next to his name, unless the competitor was from a foreign country. Unfortunately, my favorite disc golfer and fellow Minnesotan Cale Leiviska (A couple of interesting facts about Cale: He played shortstop on Joe Mauer's high school team at Cretin-Derham Hall and his uncle is Paul Molitor) did not win. It was cool to see the Minnesota state flag displayed next to his name though. Hopefully this will lead to state flags being more widely used. This probably won't be the case, but at least this is a step in the right direction. To see the scores from the 2012 United States Disc Golf Championship that include state flags (which I strongly suggest doing) go to http://www.usdgclive.com/leaderboard/open/.