Girls play game of strip volleyball

Philadelphia Daily News ^ | 7 November 2001 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

[Fintan]

FORT WORTH, Texas - Girl volleyball players at a Fort Worth middle school were asked by their coaches to play a game of "strip serve" volleyball, which school administrators criticized as inappropriate after some parents complained.

During the drill, held Sept. 21 at the Gene Pike Middle School gym, two girls took their shirts off and one girl may have taken off her shorts, district officials said.

Three female coaches supervised the 22 eighth-graders while they played the game, which required that team members take off shoes, socks, kneepads or hair accessories if a player missed a serve. After a few girls took it upon themselves to undress further, the drill was immediately stopped, administrators said.

The drill should have never been conducted, Northwest Independent School District Superintendent Keith Sockwell said on Monday.

"I thought it was the most stupid thing I ever heard. You just don't do things like that," he said.

An investigation began after several parents complained about the activity. Statements were taken from the players and the coaches, officials said.

The girls' written statements indicated that, for the most part, they were not upset about the game, Pike Principal Kyle Copp said. The coaches were "remorseful," he said.

The three coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed, Deputy Superintendent Ron Hibbs said. Some parents said that even though the coaches apologized to the players, they should have been punished.

"It's an appalling story," said the mother of a Pike volleyball player, who asked that her name not be used. "They got no reprimand for this that the kids could see. Nobody sees that there's consequences to bad choices."

Said another: "I think it was an error in judgment, and that's all it was - plain and simple."

[Semper Paratus]

The coaches were probably graduates of Wellesly College.

[r9etb]

I shouldn't have to remind you that threads of this nature are required to have pictures.

Maybe not of these particular girls -- 8th graders. Remember: 13 will get you 20.

[Junior]

"I thought it was the most stupid thing I ever heard. You just don't do things like that," he said.

Naw. Sticking your face in a fan is far stupider...

[egarvue]

These were middle school girls....no pics, please. Now of course, if this were some college on a beach in California, THAT would be different :)

[wideawake]

Ummm . . . they were 8th graders. I'd just as soon skip pictures of them and move on to pictures of more mature volleyballers - like Gabriella Reece, perhaps?

[dighton]

The three coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed ...

Why?

[Methos8]

Um, they are in eighth grade and like 13 years old.

[GretchenEE]

Said another: "I think it was an error in judgment, and that's all it was - plain and simple."

These jerks could discover this purported error in judgment has contractual or even legal consequences.

The FIRST error in judgment had to be the day these three adult imposters were hired.

[sargon]

Girls play game of strip volleyball (at Middle School)

What the f***?

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

Hmmmmm....is Paula Poundstone teaching phys ed now??

[BlueLancer]

Boy, am I glad that you said it first. The minute I saw the headline, that's the first thing that I thought of as well.

I'm glad someone else is taking the heat.

But a Møøse once bit my sister while she was playing strip volleyball. Got her right in the service.

[NittanyLion]

These are eighth graders. The appropriate picture is of Gabrielle Reese, as she was also once as 8th grade volleyball player.

[hopespringseternal]

The three coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed ...

Why?

Silly goose, you can't fire a dyke! That just isn't politically correct.

[HIDEK6]

Said another: "I think it was an error in judgment, and that's all it was - plain and simple."

Why is it that these dumbasses think that classifying their outrageous behavior as "errors in judgment" exonerates them?

[is_is]

pictures

OF 8th GRADERS !!!??? your on the wrong board...

[Fintan]

Oh, all right...

[TRY ONE]

"The three (female) coaches, whom the district declined to name, are still employed"

If the coaches were male does anyone think they would still be employed?

The real question: What's the difference between 3 Lezzies gawking at girls vs. 3 guys...????