orangefieldfan

Guess you needed to read on a bit more. There is the UIL rules about player behavior. And since it is player behavior it would deal with the whole team. And do believe that antagonizing, disrespectful or derogatory yells, chants, songs, or gesture would apply at anytime. The following is unacceptable behavior for player as taken from the UIL site. 1) Attempts to distract opponent during contest such as yelling or waving arms during opponents free throw attempt, serve, etc. 2) Antagonizing, disrespectful or derogatory yells, chants, songs, or gestures. 3) Booing or heckling an official’s decisions. 4) Criticizing officials in any way; displays of temper with an official’s call. 5) Refusing to shake hands or give recognition for good performances following a game. 6) Blaming loss of game on officials, coaches or participants. 7) Laughing or name calling to distract an opponent. 8.) Use of profanity or displays of anger that draw attention away from the game. 9) No cheering unless it’s for your team.

I have not had a chance to be at the games this year. However, here are my opinions for what they are worth. 1) The kids learn by example. For example, the cursing must be going at home. Does that make it acceptable for district play? No. Should the refs do something about it? Yes. My opinion is that anyone and that includes fans that are cursing should be ejected from the game. 2) If the cursing is as bad as it sounds then maybe you should attend a board meeting and bring it up. If all the districts got together and complained then something might be done 3) If one school is fighting, does not mean that all the rest have to follow? 4) As one poster said, clean up your own programs first. The kids have to learn how to get along and that is hard with the parents’ fighting with each other. 5) We have great coaches at all of the schools that give of their time for these kids. The following is taken from the UIL website about fans 1) The field of play is the athletic classroom for student-athletes. Instead of math and science, they learn teamwork and group responsibility in addition to dealing with success and overcoming adversity. You wouldn’t dare interrupt a teacher giving a test to his or her students, yet you do it to coaches and student athletes routinely in their classroom. 2) Your ticket does not entitle you to disrespect or degrade other in any way. Everyone who is part of high school athletics gives their best effort and commitment to educational athletics should be celebrated. 3) Understand that the student-athletes you are watching will make mistakes, and no participant should be ridiculed at any time because of their efforts. Many of them are still learning the games they play and can easily be disheartened by a rogue fan attacking their performance. 4) High school coaches are actually full-time teachers first and coaches second. Anyone who tries to reverse this order is taking the first step to destroying a program. No one wants a program to fail, but the merciless pressure you put on him or her as someone who had nothing to do with the building of the program can bring it down. 5) Officials are present to promote the games and the student athletes involved. They make judgment calls in good faith based on their knowledge and extensive training. A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure that they know the rules better than you. Respect their decisions. 6) Finally, you are a guest of the school and should act like one. Winning is an admirable goal of competition, but it is nothing if it comes at the expense of morals, ethics and common sense. The following is unacceptable behavior for player as taken from the UIL site. 1) Attempts to distract opponent during contest such as yelling or waving arms during opponents free throw attempt, serve, etc. 2) Antagonizing, disrespectful or derogatory yells, chants, songs, or gestures. 3) Booing or heckling an official’s decisions. 4) Criticizing officials in any way; displays of temper with an official’s call. 5) Refusing to shake hands or give recognition for good performances following a game. 6) Blaming loss of game on officials, coaches or participants. 7) Laughing or name calling to distract an opponent. 8) Use of profanity or displays of anger that draw attention away from the game. 9) No cheering unless it’s for your team. The rules are in place by UIL and it is up to the districts, teams, fans and officials to follow them. We as parents should be setting the example for our children to follow. We all should remember that these games are for building character and good sportsmanship for the kids. It is a shame that some of the parents have not learned how to act at games.

I was not at the game to see what happened. However, I do find it a bit upsetting that our Orangefield fans would resort to name calling on this board. I can tell you that the heckling of the players only gets worse as the boys and girls go on to college. However, a parent that is reduce to calling another fan names does not set a good example for the kids. Just my opinion.