The Wussification of our Kids

[monosylab1k]

If you get your ass beat 100-0, you don't need an apology or for the other team to publicly forfeit. You deserve to get fucking laughed at for playing like retarded assholes.

Why are we turning into overly sensitive pussies when it comes to sports and our kids?

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28796621/

Texas prep hoops team might forfeit 100-0 win
Girls game was 'shameful' — 'Victory without honor is a great loss'

DALLAS - A high school girls basketball team that beat an opponent 100-0 has a case of blowout remorse.

The winning school now says it wants to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.

“It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened,” the head of the school said Thursday on The Covenant School’s Web site. He added that Covenant has made “a formal request to forfeit the game recognizing that a victory without honor is a great loss.”

Covenant, a private Christian school in Dallas, defeated Dallas Academy 100-0 last week. Covenant was up 59-0 at halftime.

A parent who attended the game told The Associated Press that Covenant continued to make 3-pointers — even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points.

“I think the bad judgment was in the full-court press and the 3-point shots,” said Renee Peloza, whose daughter plays for Dallas Academy. “At some point, they should have backed off.”

Dallas Academy coach Jeremy Civello told The Dallas Morning News that the game turned into a “layup drill,” with the opposing team’s guards waiting to steal the ball and drive to the basket. Covenant scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and “finally eased up when they got to 100 with about four minutes left,” he said.

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with “learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

There is no mercy rule in girls basketball that shortens the game or permits the clock to continue running when scores become lopsided. There is, however, “a golden rule” that should have applied in this contest, said Edd Burleson, the director of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Both schools are members of this association, which oversees private school sports in Texas.

“On a personal note, I told the coach of the losing team how much I admire their girls for continuing to compete against all odds,” Burleson said. “They showed much more character than the coach that allowed that score to get out of hand. It’s up to the coach to control the outcome.”

Covenant coach Micah Grimes and head of school Kyle Queal did not immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press on Thursday.

In the statement on the Covenant Web site, Queal said the game “does not reflect a Christ-like and honorable approach to competition. We humbly apologize for our actions and seek the forgiveness of Dallas Academy, TAPPS and our community.”

Queal said school officials met with Dallas Academy officials to apologize and praised the Dallas Academy players for “strength, composure and fortitude in a game in which they clearly emerged the winner.”

Peloza said the coach and other parents praised the Dallas Academy girls for limiting Covenant to 12 points in the fourth quarter. She added that neither her daughter nor her teammates seemed to dwell on the loss.

“Somewhere during that game they got caught up in the moment,” Peloza said, referring to the Covenant players, fans and coaches. “Our girls just moved on. That’s the happy part of the story.”

[Bob Lanier]

I hate pussy.

[ManuTP9]

rofl!

[monosylab1k]

“It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened,” the head of the school said Thursday on The Covenant School’s Web site.

The only thing shameful and embarrassing is the disservice to the game of basketball displayed by the dumb bitches who didn't have the heart to fight back and put the ball in the hoop ONE FREAKING TIME THE ENTIRE GAME

[sook]

lol you beat me to it i was about to post this, thats fucking sad you are correct sir

[dirk4mvp]

I'd love to be those kid's classmates the day after that happened.

[Cane]

These "Christians" need to go to hell.

[Shank]

I'm not touching this.

[MeIII]

Why are we turning into overly sensitive pussies when it comes to sports and our kids?Political correctness and sensitivity brainwashing.

It's all by design.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Obviously I wasn't there, but that score makes me doubt that the losing team "continued to compete against all odds." I'm betting that they started mailing it in somewhere around the time the score was 40-0 or so. Somewhere Wade Philips is printing out this story and making a few hundred copies so that everyone can see that he's not a clear cut candidate for worst coach in all of Dallas.

[Armando]

Is an embarassment that sports have been lowered to this. How about showing some pride in the game? What next a runner up parade for the losers?

[MavDynasty]

My highschool,Mckinney boyd, mens varsity bbal got SLAPPED against dallas jesuit 106-22 the other night. Did we bitch?no.Did we take the loss?yes.Do we still suck dick?Yes

these pussies need to man up and just deal with this shit. I guess limiting a team to 12 points when you are down by 90+ is considered a moral victory LMAO

[timvp]

Those kids should be traded for Devin Harris.

[z0sa]

lol ... fail on so many levels.

[flipcritic]

Reminds me of George Carlin's last gig 'It's Bad For Ya'

"You're a loser bobby!" :rollin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPurmMy9gA

[jack sommerset]

100-0. A full court press and 3 pointers throughout the game. Sportsmanship is a big part of sports especially at the highschool level.What they did was wrong. Asking the league to forfeit the game continues the embarassment for the team who lost 100-0.

[Killakobe81]

Obviously I wasn't there, but that score makes me doubt that the losing team "continued to compete against all odds." I'm betting that they started mailing it in somewhere around the time the score was 40-0 or so. Somewhere Wade Philips is printing out this story and making a few hundred copies so that everyone can see that he's not a clear cut candidate for worst coach in all of Dallas.

NOW THAT IS FUNNY! and ima Dallas fan fIRE WADE!!!!!!

[ClingingMars]

epic fail.

-Mars

[ploto]

Did some of you even read this:

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with “learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

For the Christian school to humiliate them is indefensible.

[Trainwreck2100]

why would that winning coach tell them to keep playing after it was 40-0, by then i think everyone knows who would have won that game. The forfeit idea is stupid, but the lack of sportsmanship is horrible.

[ElNono]

But how many points did Kome score?

[SenorSpur]

Solution for the losing team: Get to the FT line and make a shot PLEASE! Have some dignity.

[PM5K]

Shouldn't it be the responsibility of the coach of the loosing team to forfeit the game once he sees the game is out of reach so that he can save his players the embarrassment?

I could maybe understand if the winning team still had their best players in, but if they had the scrubs in I don't see the problem.

[JoeTait75]

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with “learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

- Why is this school fielding a varsity basketball team, and

- Why is this team playing mainstream competition?

AFAIC, this school is wrong for putting its students in a position to be humiliated in the first place.

[KidCongo]

In my basketball comp as a child there was a rule that said you couldn't have full court press when you were up by 30. Wouldn't stop the half court trap however.

[lil_penny]

In high school we were blowiing a team out by 30 at the half. When the other teams coach asked our coach to take it easy on them the next half because we were at their home and it was embarassing.... we ended up beating them by 52 hahahaha. By mid 4th qtr we were throwing up halfcourt shots and turnaround over the head three pointers lol.. fucking pussies.

[mogrovejo]

100-0. A full court press and 3 pointers throughout the game. Sportsmanship is a big part of sports especially at the highschool level.What they did was wrong. Asking the league to forfeit the game continues the embarassment for the team who lost 100-0.

I agree. They could have won 200-0 and play the game with sportsmanship, but running a full court press against such a weaker team is not elegant.

I also agree that this requesting the forfeit act compounds the mistake. Attention whores.

[Armando]

Since when is winning a bad thing? Secondly why is that school in main competition if their students are handicapped by "learning differences"?

[ClingingMars]

these 2 teams shouldn't have ever played each other. ever.

-Mars

[Xylus]

these 2 teams shouldn't have ever played each other. ever.

-Mars

Agreed. This game shouldn't have occurred.

These aren't professional athletes being paid big money to perform for the masses, or even college kids with a paid education. In a school with only 20 girls, there's not a large group of talent to choose from, so they were obviously playing the game to have fun... rather than playing to compete in order to represent their school.

When you're up 60 and your opponent hasn't scored a basket yet, you don't play full-court press. Especially if it doesn't look like your opponent is going to score at all. That's bad sportsmanship, in my book.

Having a competitive spirit can be an admirable thing. But there's a point where competition crosses over into willful embarrassment of your clearly inferior opponent. That shouldn't be valued in our society.

[Medvedenko]

I hear Bonzi Wells had 55 in this game.....

[Biggems]

Cheryl Miller hit the century mark once in HS...ironically about the same time that Reggie hit 42....he came home bragging all giddy and such, and then got hit with the century bomb.

As long as the players are not cheating or playing dirty, I have no issues with what they did. Full court press all game long if you want. Shoot 3s all game long if you want. BTW, I'd rather a team shoot 3s on me, than layups (a much higher percentage shot).

I get upset when pro teams call off the dogs. I understand why they do it, but sometimes I wish teams would try to get 150 a game when they are really rolling.

[Biggems]

BTW.......the wussification is prompted by Liberals and Socialists...not trying to get political, but it is the truth.

Conservatives believe in survival of the fittest. It is ok to fail, cause it will make you stronger and more hungry to succeed the next go round. If you fall, well dust yourself off, get up and go at it again. (The NFL prior to the salary cap...the teams with the most resources ruled the day)

Liberals and Socialists want everything to be equal no matter if one has far more potential than the other. If you fall, we will catch you. You cant spank your children. It isnt your fault, it is societies fault. No grading in red ink, it destroys self esteem. No God or morals in schools today. You cant run up the score or you will have to forfeit.(The NFL since the salary cap....laden with parity and mediocrity).


BTW, in Connecticut they are way over the top with their views and stances. They actually do have that forfeit rule for blowouts. I find it all completely insane

[pawe]

The kids have dyslexia. Im not even sure if they know their team color or which basket they should be scoring on so the other team should've been more considerate.
Are they the first team to have this score? that's probably the MO for the night.

[JoeTait75]

Cheryl Miller hit the century mark once in HS...ironically about the same time that Reggie hit 42....he came home bragging all giddy and such, and then got hit with the century bomb.

So did Lisa Leslie.

[BUMP]

My highschool,Mckinney boyd, mens varsity bbal got SLAPPED against dallas jesuit 106-22 the other night. Did we bitch?no.Did we take the loss?yes.Do we still suck dick?Yes

these pussies need to man up and just deal with this shit. I guess limiting a team to 12 points when you are down by 90+ is considered a moral victory LMAO

whaaaat???

im a freshman in college and i went to a school in the Dallas Fort Worth area last year played varsity, and AAU ball with a lot of kids at Boyd that were pretty good. and Jesuit isnt even good. im not gonna put out the names in public obviously. ill pm you some of the players names if you want

[Biggems]

So did Lisa Leslie.

I think it has happened several times in girls HS basketball. I dont really ever hear about it happening on the boys side of things.

[z0sa]

I think it has happened several times in girls HS basketball. I dont really ever hear about it happening on the boys side of things.

I remember a 3-2 game once, that was all kinds of fail ... I never heard of such a lopsided score, and not even a single point scored by the other team.

[Obstructed_View]

Running a full court press in the fourth quarter when you're up 89-0 is poor sportsmanship, and anyone should be embarassed to be involved in a game like that. Leave it to Mono not to understand a basketball team displaying class or dignity.

[monosylab1k]

Running a full court press in the fourth quarter when you're up 89-0 is poor sportsmanship, and anyone should be embarassed to be involved in a game like that. Leave it to Mono not to understand a basketball team displaying class or dignity.

The objective of basketball is to score points and prevent your opponent from scoring. Where exactly did those girls screw up in the OBJECTIVES OF THE ENTIRE GAME OF BASKETBALL? Poor sportsmanship means NOT playing the game exactly how it's intended to be played. Poor sportsmanship is not caring enough to score ONE GODDAMN POINT and then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0.

The only people who displayed poor sportsmanship were the girls who allowed that ass-kicking to take place. They obviously weren't good enough to win, but to go a whole game without having the heart to score ONE TIME shows a complete lack of respect for the game.

You gotta be a serious pussy to think it's okay for a team to show such poor sportsmanship that they aren't even going to compete. I'm guessing you're one of those pussies who cried when the Patriots "ran up the score" last year.

Oh, I can't wait for the "yeah then I laughed when karma kicked their ass".

[monosylab1k]

I hear Bonzi Wells had 55 in this game.....

:lol i don't know why, but this is pretty damn funny.

[manufor3]

they must have sucked...

[monosylab1k]

Did some of you even read this:

Dallas Academy has eight girls on its varsity team and about 20 girls in its high school. It is winless over the last four seasons. The academy boasts of its small class sizes and specializes in teaching students struggling with “learning differences,” such as short attention spans or dyslexia.

For the Christian school to humiliate them is indefensible.

This is no excuse at all for dogging it on the court. Short attention spans and dyslexia don't prevent you from playing basketball. Do you realize how many pro athletes could be considered to have "learning differences"? Dexter Manley was freakin illiterate.

[J.T.]

I can name 20 NBA players who could be classified as having short attention spans or dyslexia. Well, 19. I was counting Tracy McGrady's lazy eye as a learning difference.

[J.T.]

We live in a world where Antoine Walker has a championship ring and these girls couldn't just make one shot?

[m33p0]

chris kaman, ADHD.

[mogrovejo]

BTW.......the wussification is prompted by Liberals and Socialists...not trying to get political, but it is the truth.

Conservatives believe in survival of the fittest. It is ok to fail, cause it will make you stronger and more hungry to succeed the next go round. If you fall, well dust yourself off, get up and go at it again. (The NFL prior to the salary cap...the teams with the most resources ruled the day)

Liberals and Socialists want everything to be equal no matter if one has far more potential than the other. If you fall, we will catch you. You cant spank your children. It isnt your fault, it is societies fault. No grading in red ink, it destroys self esteem. No God or morals in schools today. You cant run up the score or you will have to forfeit.(The NFL since the salary cap....laden with parity and mediocrity).


BTW, in Connecticut they are way over the top with their views and stances. They actually do have that forfeit rule for blowouts. I find it all completely insane

I'm a conservative. I see equality as an enemy of freedom and liberty - hence as a dangerous and toxic thing. More: as inhuman in its nature. I'm always impressed by the lack of inteliggence, culture and common sense of socialists of every brand. With that said conservatism is also (mostly?) about a sense of honor and decency; about the respect for the custom and for some unwritten laws. Even a conservative of social Darwinist inclinations would agree with that. But while you're correct in general terms, and the Connecticut regulations are indeed ridiculous, it doesn't apply to this particular case. Here, is a question of conduct, and the conservative way of doing things is to behave with courtesy and gentlemanship.

[resistanze]

First of all, a school with 20 girls shouldn't be participating in a basketball league. There's no reason why they can't just play in their own school for fun.

Secondly, I'm not sure what motivates a team to play to a score of 100-0. You can argue it's poor sportsmanship, but puzzles me more is what motivates any team to play with full effort after say, 40-0? It's like like playing a two player game by yourself.

I don't even particularly feel sorry for the losing team, they're essentially wasting everyone's time, as evident by their 4 season losing streak.

[mogrovejo]

The objective of basketball is to score points and prevent your opponent from scoring. Where exactly did those girls screw up in the OBJECTIVES OF THE ENTIRE GAME OF BASKETBALL? Poor sportsmanship means NOT playing the game exactly how it's intended to be played. Poor sportsmanship is not caring enough to score ONE GODDAMN POINT and then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0.

The only people who displayed poor sportsmanship were the girls who allowed that ass-kicking to take place. They obviously weren't good enough to win, but to go a whole game without having the heart to score ONE TIME shows a complete lack of respect for the game.

You gotta be a serious pussy to think it's okay for a team to show such poor sportsmanship that they aren't even going to compete. I'm guessing you're one of those pussies who cried when the Patriots "ran up the score" last year.

Oh, I can't wait for the "yeah then I laughed when karma kicked their ass".

Perhaps you're not being reasonable. I understand your point and I see its merits. In fact, a similar situation once happened to me - we played a much weaker team - and the first thing Coach said to us was exactly something like "the best way to respect them, and respect the game, it's to play as hard as in any other game; we're not taking plays off because we're so much better or we pity them".

However, he also instructed us to make it a half-court game. To stay with our man and not play happy-go-lucky defence, just contest the shots. And to run our half-court sets (instead of just driving to lay-ups and accumulate steals, as we could have done). This way, the other kids also played. They were outscored by 80 points or so, they only made 4 or 5 shots, but it still looked like a game, with people bouncing and passing the rock.

Sportsmanship is made of unwritten rules. When you are so superior you don't mock your opponents just because you can. At this level, you respect them by playing your best but not by taking advantage of every single one of their flaws. That's just unnecessary and in very bad taste.

The problem is not the 100-0 score. IMO, the problem is running the full court press the entire game. That's ridiculous and that Coach should be ashamed of himself.

Also, about this: then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0. Where exactly have they cried? To me it seems they're handling the situation very graciously.

I don't know exactly what the Patriots did - I don't follow that sport - but I see the situation in professional sports as different.

[LnGrrrR]

I agree with the OP. You shouldn't be "proud" that your team played hard. You should've told them to start tripping the PG on the other team and start fouling :D

[Biggems]

Running a full court press in the fourth quarter when you're up 89-0 is poor sportsmanship, and anyone should be embarassed to be involved in a game like that. Leave it to Mono not to understand a basketball team displaying class or dignity.

Would it be poor sportsmanship in the NBA? These guys are getting paid millions to perform at their best for 48 minutes a night.

I can see on the HS level, calling off the dogs. I can even see at the college level as well. However, life is about lessons. Sports is the ultimate lesson. You win, you lose. You dominate, you get dominated. Do you have the discipline and inner strength to continue to battle over the longhaul? If so, even if you get owned 100-0 every single game.....the fact that you kept fighting and battling, shows your greatness of character. It shows that when you get out into the real world and life starts smacking you to the ground....that you will have the inner strength to get back up and try again....because these are lessons that were ingrained into you through athletics and even academics.

However, if you win via forfeit, all that does is tell you that you dont have to compete and you can still be a winner......BULLSHIT

[mogrovejo]

The losing team didn't complain, didn't request the forfeit and didn't badmouth the winners. According to the article, they accepted the defeat very graciously. Looking at their record, it's clear that losing doesn't affect their willing to compete.

[Obstructed_View]

Would it be poor sportsmanship in the NBA? These guys are getting paid millions to perform at their best for 48 minutes a night.

Yes, it would be poor sportsmanship anywhere, but pros need to expect that. And they wouldn't, because in the pros someone would get a flagrant 2 long before that happens. Most pro coaches are smart enough to know that you don't do that, and you don't endanger your players by humiliating people like that.

Those girls on the losing team didn't ask for a forefeit, they didn't walk off the court and quit, they didn't cry, and they didn't take anybody's knee out. They stayed for the whole game and played as well as they could. That's the definition of competing. Don't try to make some case that what the other team did was in any way acceptable. When you are an adult who, as a teacher, is ultimately responsible for the safety and development of other people's children, you damn well call off the dogs at some point long before 100-0.

[Medvedenko]

Yes, it would be poor sportsmanship anywhere, but pros need to expect that. And they wouldn't, because in the pros someone would get a flagrant 2 long before that happens. Most pro coaches are smart enough to know that you don't do that, and you don't endanger your players by humiliating people like that.

Those girls on the losing team didn't ask for a forefeit, they didn't walk off the court and quit, they didn't cry, and they didn't take anybody's knee out. They stayed for the whole game and played as well as they could. That's the definition of competing. Don't try to make some case that what the other team did was in any way acceptable. When you are an adult who, as a teacher, is ultimately responsible for the safety and development of other people's children, you damn well call off the dogs at some point long before 100-0.

I agree wholeheartedly....

[chreph]

I can't believe I'm the first to bring this up, but I wonder where KG stands on this issue? :lol

[Trainwreck2100]

The objective of basketball is to score points and prevent your opponent from scoring. Where exactly did those girls screw up in the OBJECTIVES OF THE ENTIRE GAME OF BASKETBALL? Poor sportsmanship means NOT playing the game exactly how it's intended to be played. Poor sportsmanship is not caring enough to score ONE GODDAMN POINT and then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0.

The only people who displayed poor sportsmanship were the girls who allowed that ass-kicking to take place. They obviously weren't good enough to win, but to go a whole game without having the heart to score ONE TIME shows a complete lack of respect for the game.

You gotta be a serious pussy to think it's okay for a team to show such poor sportsmanship that they aren't even going to compete. I'm guessing you're one of those pussies who cried when the Patriots "ran up the score" last year.

Oh, I can't wait for the "yeah then I laughed when karma kicked their ass".

I still don't get what you are arguing, it's the winning team that is seeking the forfeit. And how do you know that team didn't compete. Maybe they were just outclassed, the coach never took his foot off the gas. god forbid the team loaded with players who have learning disabilities not figure out how to beat a full court press. They didn't just beat that other team, they humiliated that other team. Which is why they feel bad. I will agree the whole forfeit thing is stupid as fuck. "Sorry we beat your ass here take the win cause we don't need it" is a backhanded slap

[baseline bum]

Slow news day? Anyways, play to win or don't play. It's not like they beat a team of cripples in wheelchairs.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

How can you lose 100-0? How is this possible?

[pawe]

Even if tournament basketball is a sport determining which team is the best. It is not always about competition.
would you have felt better having a shutout or at the last second, discreetly let the other team score just a single basket.
Some coaches can make something out of that by claiming victory by scoring against a team trying to shut them out..it could have been a win-win situation.

[Chris]

Perhaps you're not being reasonable. I understand your point and I see its merits. In fact, a similar situation once happened to me - we played a much weaker team - and the first thing Coach said to us was exactly something like "the best way to respect them, and respect the game, it's to play as hard as in any other game; we're not taking plays off because we're so much better or we pity them".

However, he also instructed us to make it a half-court game. To stay with our man and not play happy-go-lucky defence, just contest the shots. And to run our half-court sets (instead of just driving to lay-ups and accumulate steals, as we could have done). This way, the other kids also played. They were outscored by 80 points or so, they only made 4 or 5 shots, but it still looked like a game, with people bouncing and passing the rock.

Sportsmanship is made of unwritten rules. When you are so superior you don't mock your opponents just because you can. At this level, you respect them by playing your best but not by taking advantage of every single one of their flaws. That's just unnecessary and in very bad taste.

The problem is not the 100-0 score. IMO, the problem is running the full court press the entire game. That's ridiculous and that Coach should be ashamed of himself.

Also, about this: then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0. Where exactly have they cried? To me it seems they're handling the situation very graciously.

I don't know exactly what the Patriots did - I don't follow that sport - but I see the situation in professional sports as different.


/thread

[ClingingMars]

again, these teams should have never played each other.

-Mars

[IronMexican]

How can you lose 100-0? How is this possible?

It was a bunch of American girls vs Greek's.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Those kids should be traded for Devin Harris.

:lmao

[ploto]

again, these teams should have never played each other.
They are both TAPPS 2A teams. Who do you want them to play?

[manufor3]

They are both TAPPS 2A teams. Who do you want them to play?

what mars is trying to say is that dallas academy should not be in the same division seeing that they are much small

[BUMP]

Perhaps you're not being reasonable. I understand your point and I see its merits. In fact, a similar situation once happened to me - we played a much weaker team - and the first thing Coach said to us was exactly something like "the best way to respect them, and respect the game, it's to play as hard as in any other game; we're not taking plays off because we're so much better or we pity them".

However, he also instructed us to make it a half-court game. To stay with our man and not play happy-go-lucky defence, just contest the shots. And to run our half-court sets (instead of just driving to lay-ups and accumulate steals, as we could have done). This way, the other kids also played. They were outscored by 80 points or so, they only made 4 or 5 shots, but it still looked like a game, with people bouncing and passing the rock.

Sportsmanship is made of unwritten rules. When you are so superior you don't mock your opponents just because you can. At this level, you respect them by playing your best but not by taking advantage of every single one of their flaws. That's just unnecessary and in very bad taste.

The problem is not the 100-0 score. IMO, the problem is running the full court press the entire game. That's ridiculous and that Coach should be ashamed of himself.Also, about this: then crying about getting your ass kicked 100-0. Where exactly have they cried? To me it seems they're handling the situation very graciously.

I don't know exactly what the Patriots did - I don't follow that sport - but I see the situation in professional sports as different.

you say that teams should just run their half court sets and play their normal game, but the full court press might actually be their game which they do all the time. maybe they dont know any other way to play. i played varsity bball in the DFW area and anyone else who follows DFW basketball closely knows about ft worth dunbar. they are known for full court pressing the entire game. they score over 100 regularly but a good team will manage to take advantage and get easy buckets. if you really really suck then it might be a long day for you because thats the only way they play.

i mean the team has lost 4 seasons in a row, these kinds of games are going to come up and thats why they arent complaining, they know this. i just dont understand why these two teams are in the same division?

[ploto]

what mars is trying to say is that dallas academy should not be in the same division seeing that they are much small

TAPPS is the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Non-public schools of all types are members of this entity and compete not only in athletic competitions, but academic and fine arts, as well. Schools are divided into divisions, just like UIL is, by the size of the school.

CLASSIFICATIONS (CLASSES). Participating high schools shall be divided into
classifications for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years according to the following enrollments:

Class 5A.......425 and above
Class 4A.......193-424
Class 3A.......108-191
Class 2A........59-107
Class 1A..........1-58

Dallas Academy and Covenant both have enrollments within those 2A parameters. Dallas Academy is barely big enough and Covenant is barely small enough, but they both fall into the range.

[Obstructed_View]

you say that teams should just run their half court sets and play their normal game, but the full court press might actually be their game which they do all the time. maybe they dont know any other way to play.

They played it until they scored 100 points, at which point they stopped and didn't score another point for the last five or six minutes of the game. The only thing lamer than doing what they did is claiming that it was somehow an accident.

[mrspurs]

These "Christians" need to go to hell.

Now on my watch. Christ's warriors will always keep people like you exactly where you belong. And we will always bring you in when your empty and hungry. We always have room for lost souls.