It is the act of the KHSAA, as an organization, stepping away from the issue and leaving it in the hands of the schools that is disturbing. The issue of sportsmanship is a very important one these days as we continually see it deteriorating at the professional levels. The KHSAA is the governing body of HS sports in KY and thus one of their major responsibilities is to govern, guide, and ensure sportsmanship in its participants. To move away from that is a failure of the organizational responsibilities of the KHSAA.

 

I liken it, on a MUCH smaller scale, to the belief that schools should just teach academics and not moral law (notice, I said moral here, not biblical or denominationally religious).

 

I just feel like instead of the KHSAA, the highest power in KY HS Sports, taking a definitive stance to help push sportsmanship, they have failed by saying, "It's up to you." That, to me, is not leadership.

I think you really missed the point...

 

Apparently pretty much EVERYONE seems to have missed the point, save a few of you enlightened souls. Now that may be the case, but if it is, then this is doubtlessly the worst made point in the history of KHSAA in terms of clarity.