Yes, they could be told to write an essay, or do community service, or go sit in a corner....

DQ from a tournament for poor sportsmanship directly related to that tournament seems like an appropriate punishment for that tournament's organizers to hand down on participants of that tournament.

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As the coach of a girl's basketball team (elementary school level) and an assistant coach for the same school's track team, I have absolutely no issue with the expulsion. Appropriate conduct is specifically mentioned in our rules, both for "sports participation" in general and for within each sport's specific rule book. I actually make good conduct a regular part of our learning points each practice.

Are you fucking kidding me, it's the officials fault. How about it's the parents fault. I don't give a shit what happened on the field during the game. If these kids aren't smart enough to know you don't put a picture of you and your teammates flipping off the other team on social media, that's on them, their parents and coaches.

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In PA, as a high school basketball referee, we have to read the sportsmanship message before every game. They also say it prior to announcing the line-ups.

"PIAA requires all registered sports' officials to enforce the sportsmanship rules for coaches and contestants. Actions meant to demean opposing contestants, teams, spectators and officials are not in the highest ideals of interscholastic education and will not be tolerated. Let today's contest reflect mutual respect. Coaches please certify to the contest official(s) that your contestants are legally equipped and uniformed according to NFHS rules and PIAA adoptions. Good luck in today's contest."

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I ‘m not sure they even know what F U means.

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When did everyone here learn the significance of the middle finger?

12 years old (6th graders)? That was a long time ago (1966) so I can't remember whether or not I would have known. I went to a pretty small rural school that wasn't exactly very hip. I'm sure that I knew by the time I was 14 years old in junior high, though.

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Fair enough. I just think the DQ is a bit of an overreaction. You think it's appropriate.

Have a good week.

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Thank you sg. I was kinda put off by the girls being disqualified but there was something in my brain telling me I was wrong. You expanded the reason I was wrong so that I can see it now. That was really bad sportsmanship and sportsmanship matters as much of the skill of your play. Thank you again.

I m not sure I do..is it the same as go fuck yourself? ..or you are fucked?

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I agree. I hope they learn now to stop posting stupid crap online. Recently I spoke with the head of a graduate program and he said he's had to kick people out of the program the last two years because of things they posted online that were brought to his attention.

Agree with pretty much everything you've said, except the bolded text. Even the best raised kids are guilty of getting caught up in the moment, peer pressure etc. I don't know the full story here. Is it possible that they thought it would be a private pic and one posted it?

In any case flipping the bird in a group pic surrounded by your team mates would have an insignificant correlation to so-called bad parenting.

The punishment is appropriate, more so if there are some innocent team mates, because it teaches the guilty ones that you can let down people close to you by your own stupid actions.

In hindsight, I agree with your response. For now. I would like to know how the parents respond(ed). If the parents use it as a life lesson - parenting win. If the parents dismiss it with the same gusto as some of the posters on this thread - I stand by my original statement.

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Nothing teaches the value of a team like having to cover the work load of a team with only half the players...

You would get a catcher, pitcher and could cover the bases. I'd feel terrible watching my teammates get pummeled because I got booted.

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My world is imploding. Once again I agree with Duffy.

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I've said this before, you and I probably agree more than we disagree. We often just take different paths to reach the same conclusion.

And where we disagree it's really just a matter of time for you to come around.

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my daughter plays 14u softball. the girls know swearing will get you ejected from the game. this is swearing(you can pretend it is not). so if game is done and you go and start swearing at the losing team, you can't be ejected from that game as it is over, so logical conclusion is a DQ and expulsion from the tournament. sucks for the girls that did not participate in the stupidity and the parents that drove them there. i see this as perfectly valid result. cant blame other team as this is like any ump call. if they miss one, you cant take your own justice out on other team.

You two should have a 3 way with a moose to celebrate.

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Only if CC is in the middle.

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While DQ could be appropriate, I would think other actions might have been more appropriate for an activity that happened outside of the game and after they had won. Only 1/2 the team participated. Why not bench those players in the first game of the finals. This assumes there is a series like the post title implies. If they can't field a team with 6 players they forfeit the first game and then get to play in subsequent games. This seems to be more in line with penalties I have seen in youth sports. I.e. one game suspension either that year or the next for players involved. Probably reported back to their local league who may add additional game suspensions in following games or series.

That is what I am curious about as well. Unfortunately many parents these days are terrible role models and have terrible reactions to things like this. I became a cycling ref this year, had a 4-5 race where a junior racer cheated by crossing the centerline just before the finish line to get around people for the win. We are very strict about the centerline and it is no secret. He deliberately took a huge swing across the line to pass three people to get the win. Everyone saw it, called him on it and he got relegated. His bitch ass mom went fuckin nuts! She was screaming at the head official for 30 minutes after the race, he finally had to tell her to go away or face further consequences. So what does the kid do? Pisses and moans that this is bullshit, unfair, people only wanted him DQ'ed because he didn't pull enough, etc. His parents agreed and fed into his pissing and moaning. He learned zero lessons about following rules and fair play, instead he learned to be a jackass just like his parents.

His parents finally took him home... then his mom drove back to have another go at the head official! Bitch was completely cray.

Oh and to the posters thinking 12-14 year old girls don't know what flipping the bird is... sorry, they know full well, kids these days know a lot more than the Beaver Cleavers of your age.

I'm with you, but I'd be surprised to find that white men are in charge of softball. White women, sure. A mix? I think that's more likely.

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no, in softball like this, it is generally single or double elimination once into bracket play. just because they call it world series does not mean there is more than one game to decide who moves on. essentially ncaa march madness tournament with different name. softball is nothing like baseball. teams are never more than 12 players and you need 9 to start(8 to finish), well depending on which rules you are following.

it looks like it happened in the dugout before leaving the field, ie still part of game and part of field. just young biatches being biatches. there is no part of being disrespectful that is part of good sportsmanship, period.

a good coach would have sat them out of next game which would result in a forfeiture and elimination anyway

had a girl on daughters team yell at opposing team to drop a pop up from dugout. she sat out next game

White guys who had girls instead of boys and want something as close to baseball as possible.

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