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Teen kicked off basketball team for hairstyle(stupid parents sues school district)
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| Janurary 7, 2011
| Cameron Smith
Posted on 01/07/2011 12:47:20 PM PST by greatdefender
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Coach Stacy Meyer
To: greatdefender
If a 5th grade girl can be kicked off the cheerleading squad for objecting to doing the “booty call” dance, then players can be made to have appropriate haircuts.
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:49:22 PM PST
by
GeronL
(How DARE you have an opinion!!)
To: greatdefender
To: greatdefender
There shouldn't be rules. They can hurt someone's feelings.
/S
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:51:02 PM PST
by
MissTed
( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
To: greatdefender
And what’s up with all the black football players now with the dreadlocks going all the down to their shoulders?
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:52:06 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
They have hair and have chosen to grow it that way.
If it doesn’t interfere with other players or pose any risk, who cares?
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:56:57 PM PST
by
Domalais
To: MissTed
I realize this is a school, but what about pride in looking professional? Lots of pro tteams mandate that when traveling, the players wear coat and ties. It looks classy.
BTW, did Steinbrenner give an exemption to Oscar Gamble?
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:58:59 PM PST
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: greatdefender
The parents should be made to pay the costs of this school district's defense after this gets thrown out on its ear. Participation in school sports is a privilege, not a right. By the parents standards I should have the right to sue because my four foot tall 85lb. child didn't make the varsity football team!
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posted on
01/07/2011 12:59:24 PM PST
by
RU88
(Bow to no man)
To: GeronL
This is not a repeat of the ‘60’s or is it? Article doesn’t mention the hairstyle. Too much hair, was it a buzz cut? What?
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:00:50 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
To: dfwgator
Yeah, that has me wondering, too.
But at least the NFL has ruled that grabbing someones long hair is a legal tackle..
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:01:19 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
("a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites" - Charles Krauthammer)
To: boop
BTW, did Steinbrenner give an exemption to Oscar Gamble?I know as much about sports as my dog knows about Algebra. I have NO idea!
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:03:53 PM PST
by
MissTed
( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
To: Domalais
There was a rule. This is an extracurricular activity and this kid chose not to abide by a rule. So it’s ok to whine and sue because you don’t like the rules? Rather a liberal viewpoint, isn’t it. Libs whine “It’s UNFAIR!”. Conservatives don’t.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:15:23 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: greatdefender
I think what we need are confiscatory taxes on lawyers. I’d say about 110% of their income would be about right.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:20:43 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: DJ MacWoW
That reply was directed at someone complaining about dreads on NFL players. Which are not against any rule whatsoever.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:24:47 PM PST
by
Domalais
To: greatdefender
I don’t get it. Tell him he has to pull it back when he playing and that’s it.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:25:46 PM PST
by
svcw
(God doesn't show up in our time, but He shows up on time)
To: greatdefender
The coach abd/or the school are entirely within their rights to enact whatever rule(s) they see fit, in the pursuit of competitiveness... team unity... what
ever, so long as said edicts do not violate existing law. Which this rule, plainly, does not.
That much being freely granted, however: the only genuinely relevant question, were it up to me, would be "Is he one of the five best players I can have on the floor, right here, right now...?"
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:26:33 PM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
To: ReverendJames
This is not a repeat of the 60s or is it? Article doesnt mention the hairstyle. Too much hair, was it a buzz cut? What?From another article:
"Their 14-year-old son, identified as A.H. in the lawsuit, was kicked off the team this fall after he refused to cut his hair to comply with team rules, which require players' hair to be above their eyebrows, collars and ears."
Sounds like it was too long.
To: greatdefender
who was kicked off the team because his hairstyle violated a code of appearance established by Greensburg High coach Stacy Meyer, pictured above, which was stipulated in the school's extra-curricular code.It appears that the rules were set beforehand and this kid was aware. Throw the case out.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:30:46 PM PST
by
day10
(Integrity has no need of rules.)
To: DJ MacWoW
There was a rule. This is an extracurricular activity and this kid chose not to abide by a rule.Yep. It's not like they were kicking him out of school. Often there are certain rules that people who have participate in extracurricular activities have to abide by --rules that aren't necessarily applied to the rest of the student body.
When I was in high school, there was no smoking age. Students could smoke. In fact, there was a sanctioned "student smoking area" adjacent to the rear entrance. Athletes and cheerleaders were prohibited from smoking (among many other rules) and if caught could be kicked off the team. To participate in extracurricular activities, they had to abide by a standard that wasn't applied to the rest of the students. That's just the way it was.
To: Gena Bukin
So I guess it’s ok for girls to have long hair playing BB but not guys. Then too, how long was it? Did it just go past the ears a bit or was it down to the middle of his back? But I guess rules are rules.
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posted on
01/07/2011 1:31:45 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
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