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One needs to decide what one stands for in life. This is HS sports in which we open every game by addressing sporting behavior with the coaches and captains.
I really wouldn't feel one bit bad about penalizing a school's team for a racist chant from it's student section. The only thing which would send a stronger message would be to stop and forfeit the contest. That is what is happening in European soccer matches when the crowd gets racial with the players. Sports is a part of life with one of several purposes being to teach people about how to interact with others. Think about the reason behind having the modern Olympic Games. I have decided to put the principles of character and civil behavior above the competitive aspects of a sporting contest. In the grand scheme, the game and any penalties suffered within it are secondary to the life lessons taken from it. 
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If you're making this decision on your own, you're a loose cannon.
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I would address this with GM and a Special Report to the state. I cannot see myself doing much more than that if I happened to pick up on the chant and the context. Usually in my experience if this is a student section, there are adults already on top of things like this before we even have to deal with this at all.
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No. I compared being called a loose cannon early in a 'cause', which is an attempt to shout down/discourage Nevada's point, to the same negative reactions these persons faced for their 'causes'. 'Causes' that would have been forgotten had they not stuck to it.
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- SamIAm (Senior Registered User) - (Concerning all judgement calls - they depend on age, ability, and severity) Last edited by SamIAm; Thu Jan 30, 2014 at 01:10pm. Reason: Edited to remove the definition of 'loose cannon'
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Let us get into "Good Trouble." ----------------------------------------------------------- Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:15pm
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Crap.  MLK, Jr. was assassinated. Luther was excommunicated. Henry was executed. Parks was arrested. Nevada had someone disagree with him on an internet forum. Get real.
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1. It's not possible. 2. It's not necessary. We are, however, expressing our disagreement with him. The fact that the disagreement is nearly universal does not mean we're trying to silence him.
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It's a little known fact that Thomas Jefferson was quick on the trigger with the technical fouls and he often called the second one, too.
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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 10:29am
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So the consensus seems to be that we would NOT assess a T here for racial chants.
We will however assess a T should a fan (or fans) run on the court? What's the lesson?
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A lot of people over time have been discouraged from acting or speaking-up for good and just causes. I encourage you to continue.
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