OT - OSAA gone too PC?

rockyroad · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 04:37pm

Did a game last season - Girl's Varsity - where the home team fans in the first half chanted "Bounce, bounce, bounce" every time the point guard dribbled the ball, and screamed "Whoaaaaaaaaaaa" every time the "star" player had the ball in her hands, ala the "Cameron Crazies"...as the AD was letting us into the locker room at half, he told us he would "take care of that stuff"!! I asked him "Why?" and he felt that it was not "proper sporting behavior". So he made them stop.

Whatever.

WreckRef · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 05:59pm

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

Did a game last season - Girl's Varsity - where the home team fans in the first half chanted "Bounce, bounce, bounce" every time the point guard dribbled the ball, and screamed "Whoaaaaaaaaaaa" every time the "star" player had the ball in her hands, ala the "Cameron Crazies"...as the AD was letting us into the locker room at half, he told us he would "take care of that stuff"!! I asked him "Why?" and he felt that it was not "proper sporting behavior". So he made them stop.

Whatever.

Agreed. I don't see anything wrong with this. We did the, "Bounce, bounce, bounce, pass, pass, shot!" thing in high school as well as the old favorite, "Air ball!! Air ball!!"

We also used to yell, "Boring... boring... boring!" Unfortunately that was at our own team because we had Norman Dale for a head coach.

#3 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 06:32pm

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Originally Posted by WreckRef

Agreed. I don't see anything wrong with this. We did the, "Bounce, bounce, bounce, pass, pass, shot!" thing in high school as well as the old favorite, "Air ball!! Air ball!!"

We also used to yell, "Boring... boring... boring!" Unfortunately that was at our own team because we had Norman Dale for a head coach.

And Nebraska basketball fans would chant that back in the Moe Iba days. Ahhh...the days gone by....

eyezen · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 07:35pm

So this would probably be frowned upon in OR.

JRutledge · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 07:58pm

That is funny.

Peace

Mark Padgett · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 05, 2009, 08:08pm

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Originally Posted by eyezen

So this would probably be frowned upon in OR.

A picture of a guy in women's clothing? Nuh-uh. Just ask the Portland mayor.

Tim C · #7 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 06, 2009, 12:05pm

Mbyron wrote:

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And this from the board's harshest critic of political correctness!

Obviously we disagree but please don't make my decisions for me.

You think this is a politically correct issue whereas I think it is trying to teach "the right thing."

Regards,

M&M Guy · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 06, 2009, 01:54pm

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Originally Posted by Tim C

Obviously we disagree but please don't make my decisions for me.

You think this is a politically correct issue whereas I think it is trying to teach "the right thing."

Isn't this the crux of the issue - legislating vs. teaching?

Isn't the governing body (OSAA) is trying to make the decision for you as what is acceptable and what is not? Why can't the school, teacher, coach and/or parent decide this for themselves, considering they have the direct contact with the sudent and the behavior, instead of that decision being made for them by someone that has no direct contact with any of the individuals involved?

mbyron · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 06, 2009, 04:29pm

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Originally Posted by Tim C

Mbyron wrote:

Obviously we disagree but please don't make my decisions for me.

You think this is a politically correct issue whereas I think it is trying to teach "the right thing."

Regards,

I did not state an opinion, so I don't know the basis for your conclusion that we disagree.

I linked your remarks to the thread title. I did not thereby endorse the OP's standpoint.

Tim C · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 06, 2009, 02:12pm

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" . . . Why can't the school, teacher, coach and/or parent decide this for themselves, considering they have the direct contact with the sudent and the behavior, . . . "

What seems to be lost here is a definition of WHO the OSAA is:

The OSAA is made up of representative educators, superintendents, principals, coaches, teachers, and school board members.

The "OSAA" does not establish rules they are simply the independent organization that keeps the voluntary member schools in line.

It would be my view that the new "sportsmanship rules" were established by the exact people that you have mentioned in your post.

Regards,

Adam · #11 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 06, 2009, 02:16pm

Tim, is it a governing body with punitive authority? If so, it doens't matter how if it's democratically elected or the members are assigned by God in this case, as Joe the Principal at Average High School in Smallville, OR, can't make this decision and he has to follow the rules set forth by the OSAA. As you say, they "keep the voluntary member schools in line."