Once again, high schoolers who are athletes didn’t think things through and made a bad choice of posting their tauts of a rivalry team they be in a football them. They made the post on YouTube and now they are having to deal with this bad decision. What are your thoughts regarding this situation?
Ending high school athletes’ taunting via social media
By Marc Narducci
Inquirer Columnist
There are certain principles that should be taught in high school sports, or any sports, for that matter. The athletes should be respectful to the coaches, who should reciprocate.
In addition, a student-athlete should show that same respect to teammates and opponents.
Trash-talking or demeaning an opponent, just because it’s done in the professional ranks, shouldn’t be tolerated in high schools.
The recent incident in which most of Paulsboro’s football starters were suspended from school, and also for Friday’s game against West Deptford, should give administrators at all schools the incentive to make more stringent rules regarding social media.
The suspensions came after players were part of a YouTube video that degraded rival Woodbury.
