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Wis. May Ban Certain Cheers At H.S. Sports Games
cbsMinnesota ^ | 1/13/16 | staff

Posted on 01/14/2016 3:41:07 AM PST by smartyaz

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association wants to ban certain words from being chanted at high school games.

It is part of an effort to promote better sportsmanship. Here are some of the words and phrases they do not want to hear:

Sieve, Air Ball, Seasons Over, Over-Rated.

The association says these chants are “taunting and disrespectful.”

The association sent a letter to athletic directors last month with the new guidelines.

It is getting attention now because a three-sport athlete was just suspended for five games for tweeting her criticism of the new rules. Her tweet did include profanity.

A spokesman from the WIAA says it is up to each school to decide if they will enforce the policy and decide the consequences.


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1 posted on 01/14/2016 3:41:07 AM PST by smartyaz
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Good thing there is not a Norfolk, WI.

We don't smoke,
We don't drink,
Norfolk! Norfolk!

2 posted on 01/14/2016 3:46:43 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: smartyaz

I’m guessing that “Allahu Akbar” won’t be one of them.


3 posted on 01/14/2016 3:48:46 AM PST by Gaffer
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When the ref made a bad call we used to chant “nuts & bolts, nuts & bolts, we got screwed”. I guess that would be considered disrespectful to the ref these days......what’s happening to us ?????


4 posted on 01/14/2016 3:49:53 AM PST by Mopp4
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Elevator, elevator, we got the shaft


5 posted on 01/14/2016 3:50:53 AM PST by almcbean
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To: smartyaz

I bet they still let teenage girls “twerk” as part of their routines in the inner city...


6 posted on 01/14/2016 3:51:49 AM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel)
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To: N. Theknow

A sailor friend heard that cheer at a HS football game when he was stationed in Norfolk VA.


7 posted on 01/14/2016 3:55:33 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: raybbr
We who make these remarks are responsible to make these corrections

It is no longer acceptable to say "I see you"

We must, as a nation and society stand up against the PC boojit they dish out

Notice there is no demand to actually DO anything ...

The tactic is to get the WORDS out in the open

How do you fight an idea?

With another idea

8 posted on 01/14/2016 3:57:07 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: smartyaz

Is Paul Ryan pushing for these word bans?


9 posted on 01/14/2016 3:58:46 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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The kids from Ashwaubenon (near Green Bay) went to their latest game with duct tape over their mouths and wrote WIAA over the tape. Very clever protest. Fwiw, the WIAA is already backtracking, understanding what idiots they are


10 posted on 01/14/2016 3:59:41 AM PST by irish guard
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“The Collective” is simply protecting our children. These are hateful and disrespectful, most likely racist chants.


11 posted on 01/14/2016 4:00:13 AM PST by smartyaz
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To: Gaffer

“Allahu Akbar” is allowed. “Christ our Lord” is banned ...


12 posted on 01/14/2016 4:02:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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The association says these chants are “taunting and disrespectful.

Or you could just grow up and let it go...........


13 posted on 01/14/2016 4:13:37 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: irish guard

That is good. Or how about being totally silent and just do some polite clapping, like at a tennis match.

These people are fools and must be mocked relentlessly.


14 posted on 01/14/2016 4:18:36 AM PST by jocon307
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How can you go to a hockey game in Wisconsin and not yell “Sieve!”


15 posted on 01/14/2016 4:19:43 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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“We drive Porsches,
“We drive ‘Cedes,
“All you got,
“Is shady ladies!”

Allowable?


16 posted on 01/14/2016 4:21:10 AM PST by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: smartyaz

I’m guessing the chant, “get a rope, get a tree, hang the friggin referree” is out?!


17 posted on 01/14/2016 4:32:02 AM PST by momtothree
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People ought to chant, a’la some old Popeye cartoons that depicted him bashing Arabs, “Salami, Salami, Baloney”.


18 posted on 01/14/2016 4:36:46 AM PST by katana (Just my opinion)
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To: katana

I like “Allyoucaneat Snackbarrrrrr!”


19 posted on 01/14/2016 4:40:16 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: smartyaz

Its all right
Its OK
You’re gonna work for us someday.


20 posted on 01/14/2016 4:42:53 AM PST by anton
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