OT - Wisconsin equivalent of MHSAA takes Participation Medal a step further, bans innocuous chants
The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wis., obtained an email sent from WIAA director of communications Todd Clark to member schools in December, describing what should be considered taunting and disrespectful actions that are unacceptable, including “you can’t do that,” “fundamentals,” “air ball,” “there’s a net there,” “sieve,” “we can’t hear you,” “scoreboard,” and “season’s over.”
I guess dead silence is what they are looking for, or perhaps an increase in FT percentage. Fortunately MHSAA has no plans to follow suit.
January 12th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
PERFECT clip for this situation. Masterful work, Don.
January 12th, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
Are Killing it Today! Home Run Right There!
January 12th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
Don't want the croud to taunt you for shooting an air-ball?
Don't put up an air-ball. And if you do, you probably deserve to get taunted because you stink. And yes I played high-school basketball.
Note, I'm talking VARSITY basketball. If you are taunting 8-year olds you are a moron.
In the REAL world, people don't bother taunting you for sucking. They just fire your ass and move on.
January 12th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
It is so nice to have a good laugh! This is too funny!
January 12th, 2016 at 1:27 PM ^
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January 12th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
January 12th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
People shouting racial slurs at a school in Alabama? I wonder if there's a historical precedent for that.
January 12th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
January 12th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
So can you still say things like "my blind grandma shoots better than you"? I mean, they can't ban supporting blind grandmas, right?
January 12th, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^
...and not a belly itcher? I mean, that's just common sense.
January 12th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
This society worries way too damn much about hurting people's feelings. Everything has to be politically correct, everyone has to be included, otherwise it's not fair, or its racist, or its some other crap.
I don't mean to be political on any level on this, but we're raising our kids to be wusses if we have to shelter them from hearing the likes of "scoreboard" and "airball." If they can't handle some gentle heckling, then they've got their own problems to sort out.
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January 12th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
January 12th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
"Him, him...fuck him."
January 12th, 2016 at 2:15 PM ^
Sparty Nation is highly in support of any bylaw that will help eliminate disrespect in this world.
January 12th, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^
I was in Madison in 1997 (?) when Maurice Taylor broke his nose and bled all over Wisconsin's court. Despite the obviously serious injury he had, even I had to chuckle at the loud "Shoot him like a horse" chant inside the Field House. There are bigger fish to fry than trying to tame the fans.
January 12th, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
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January 12th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^
Also, whining about participation medals when they have nothing to do with the topic just makes you look like a jerk.
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January 13th, 2016 at 12:21 AM ^
Go Back, Go Back,
Go Back to your School
Your team ain't shit
and your coach is a fool
Administrators are trying to make kids soft these days.