Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Girls Basketball
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From what I read, it sounded like the winning team's coach is the one who made the decision to forfeit, and I think it's the right decision. What are we teaching kids when we do something like that. Maybe it will set an example or standard for other teams who may try to pull something like that off. Maybe we're to caught up in the idea of survival of the fittest and winner take all.
Nathan,
First of all, Nathan, the winning coach has been fired because he wouldn't apologize, and he certainly wasn't in favor of forfeiting.
The girls didn't do anything wrong, given the limited capabilities of teenagers. The coach has the responsibility to ratchet down the game, not the players -- who were being cheered on. A forfeit is not appropriate here. Forfeiting should happen when there's been some sort of cheating or not meeting the minimum qualifications to compete.
An apology is appropriate.
we're not talking about kindergarten students. High School students may have "limited capabilities", but their not stupid or oblivious to what is happening in a situation like this. I played High School basketball and I know for certain that if I were playing a team of students with learning disabilities who had not won a game in four years the idea of winning by 100 would not sit well. This is much more valuable as a learning opportunity than it is for the benifit of a win-loss record. If my child were on that team I would say fire the coach and then have a very long talk with my kid
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