One Word Costs Pole Vaulter & Team a Title

[SumoNinja]

another is-this-too-harsh thread

so the kid fails to clear the bar, in frustration utters a curse word and the judges disqualify him which costs his team a state title

i didn't confirm but according to someone who posted a comment in the article says the judges just basically followed the rules against profanity in the competition

either way, i don't know, sounds a bit harsh to me. right thing to do or are we sissifying our kids?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/...e-word-costs-team-state?urn=highschool-wp2611

 

[jcardona1]

The pussification of America...

 

[krichardson]

i didn't confirm but according to someone who posted a comment in the article says the judges just basically followed the rules against profanity in the competition

either way, i don't know, sounds a bit harsh to me. right thing to do or are we sissifying our kids?

Doesn't really matter, if it is true that the judges were following established rules.

 

[SumoNinja]

Doesn't really matter, if it is true that the judges were following established rules.

yea but that's what I'm asking, is the rules themselves too harsh against profanity or are they sissifying our kids?

 

[SumoNinja]

J, i used the word sissification to be safe, but yea, same thing, lol

 

[krichardson]

I don't know about sissifying.I'm someone who has been exposed to colorful words and language since I was a little tyke but that does not mean that everyone else has been.

 

[SumoNinja]

i'm not stating either or about the sissifying, just asking the question

i do think in general, we are babying our kids a bit much. as a kid, i watched R rated movies, Faces of Death and all that. i don't think it gave me any psychological issues at all.

i remember in middle school our P.E. coach used to curse in front of us. it wasn't a big deal back then

 

[krichardson]

Neither was I,I was just trying to answer your question,the way I see it anyway.....Who knows,maybe there has been quite a few colorful outbursts at these events which helped cause those rules to be put in place.

 

[xenia]

The pussification of America...

yup :/

 

[5280critters]

I think at the state finals level their should be some grace as long as he was not directing the word to another team and insulting them. I know as a coach I would not want to win a state title over a cuss word. I say Man up judges and let the boys compete!!