"I was disgusted by Manual's behavior" - RockPride - (Homophobic Slurs)

[theguru]

Why?

 

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-football-high/trinity-38-manual-263337.html#post4813159

 

Anyone?

[RockPride]

Well.....their student section chanted...

I... I (crowd)....

I believe..... I believe (crowd).....

 

I believe that they...... I believe that they (crowd).....

 

I believe that they are GAY.....and so on....

 

Then at the end of warmups a large group on the team with coaches came down to the end zone we were in, and literally started jawing.....

 

Not classy at all

[tdyballgame]

This after all the crap with the handshakes and sportsmanship this week. Really?

[Ram]

I hear stuff like this on here about schools, I guess it may be a region type thing, we don't see this stuff in our area. Thank God.

[John Anthony]

If RP says it then they were acting out of order. You just can't expect much from kids today.

[Ram]

If RP says it then they were acting out of order. You just can't expect much from kids today.

Cop out. It falls to the adults, not the kids.

[tcjkbt]

The ironic thing is that Manual holds itself out to be the premier public school with the whole Jefferson County school district. It is highly selective.

[Clyde]

I hear stuff like this on here about schools, I guess it may be a region type thing, we don't see this stuff in our area. Thank God.

 

No all-boys schools in your area.

[scon36]

If RP says it then they were acting out of order. You just can't expect much from kids today.

 

If you don't expect much, you won't get much. Raised expectations should result to better results. Kids should be held accountable. Also, administration should have squashed this as it was started. It's great to have a good student section, but there is a line and they should know where it is and not to cross it. When they do, someone needs to step in and say that's enough.

[JokersWild24]

The ironic thing is that Manual holds itself out to be the premier public school with the whole Jefferson County school district. It is highly selective.

 

Academically, there's no question that Manual is a premier public school, not only in Jefferson County, but throughout the state.

 

Can't really paint the whole school with a broad brush for the actions of a few.

 

I've seen some ugly things on behalf of kids at the nicest private schools (Trinity included) at games.

[RockPride]

Kids are morons by nature.....it's the adults that I have issue with.

[Ram]

No all-boys schools in your area.

Nope. But, why would that matter?

[Green guy]

This after all the crap with the handshakes and sportsmanship this week. Really?

 

I of course could not hear what the teams were saying to each other in Trinity's end zone, but I was wondering why Manual should be there. How could the Crimson coaches allow that even if it were innocent? And while the captains met at the 50 for the coin toss, the Crimsons were lying on the field a few feet away doing calisthentics. Aren't you supposed to be on your sideline? It was a good game though; Manual is very talented.

[Green guy]

If RP says it then they were acting out of order. You just can't expect much from kids today.

 

If you demand no less than proper behavior or else, you'll get it. But the coaches and parents must set the tone and enforce it.

[JokersWild24]

Kids are morons by nature.....it's the adults that I have issue with.

 

To be fair, if Manual is a full-fledged public school, there's not really much that the administration could do short of asking them to stop, warning them that their behavior was unbecoming, etc.

 

You can't really get into the free-speech issues of suspending students for speech just because it's homophobic. If it's harassing someone specific or targeting a known sensitivity, that's different, but still probably more of an issue for the police at the game.

 

I'm not advocating homophobic speech and definitely think it's wrong, but there are just a different set of issues for things like that at a public school's event outside of school hours as compared to a private school's.