🏈 Here's your "Oh my gawd," PC in sports story for the win: WI bans "airball" and "scoreboard" chants

[TerryP]

Wis. HS fans can’t yell ‘air ball,’ ‘scoreboard’


The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has banned high school students from chanting certain words and phrases at basketball games, and none of them are remotely close to being hurtful or inappropriate.

In an email sent out to students in December, which was obtained by the Post-Crescent, the WIAA banned “chants by student sections directed at opponents and/or opponents’ supporters that are clearly intended to disrespect.”

The following words were reportedly included as examples:

• “Fundamentals”
• “Sieve”
• “We can’t hear you”
• “Air ball”
• “You can’t do that”
• “There’s a net there”
• “Scoreboard”
• “Season’s over” (during tournament play)

 

[PhillyGirl]

Lol, like that's gonna stop anyone.

 

[bama alum]

 

[UAgrad93]

No more handshakes either! The winning team must now hold the opponents hand and walk them to the lockerroom and tell them that they are sorry and that everything will be alright. What a crock of S.H.I.T.!!!!

When I was in HS, everyone was fair game. Even the officials!! Once went in the gym at Gardendale High School to watch my Dad call some ball. The student body had a PINE TREE on the stage with a damn noose hanging from it!!! This was when Curt Jarvis was there and he would yank a rope on a pulley to hoist the tree up and the student body would chant, "we got a rope, we got a tree, all we need is a referee!"

 

[rick4bama]

One of the best commercial on TV, being for a car. But it about participation trophy

 

[Bammerboy321]

Hahahahahahahaha whoever made that rule can go fuck themselves. These kids will graduate, go to college, and will hear chants a hell of a lot worse than just "air ball".

 

[rueben]

Hahahahahahahaha whoever made that rule can go **** themselves. These kids will graduate, go to college, and will hear chants a hell of a lot worse than just "air ball".

No, they will be able to go to their "safe place."

 

[sean]

pussies!

way to go on getting them ready for real life. do they really think that will be beneficial in ANY way?!

it's like they're trying to hide them from the big bad world out there and hope they won't notice reality when they finally get a dose of it.

 

[rammerjammer]

pussies!

way to go on getting them ready for real life. do they really think that will be beneficial in ANY way?!

it's like they're trying to hide them from the big bad world out there and hope they won't notice reality when they finally get a dose of it.

Perzactly!!! In real life there are winners and losers, the sooner you learn that, the better.