Aledo's 91-0 win earns bullying complaint from Western Hills parent

[waggy]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Aledos-91-0-win-earns-formal-bullying-complaint-from-Western-Hills-parent-228766911.html

Aledo's coaches said they did everything but take a knee Friday night to hold the score down against Western Hills.
They still won 91-0.
The parent of a Western Hills player filed a formal complaint accusing Aledo's coaches of bullying. Aledo released a copy of the complaint with the writer’s named blacked out. It appears to be from a father struggling to make the game a teachable moment for his son.
"We all witnessed bullying first hand, it is not a pretty sight," he wrote.



oh what the fuck. your kids sucked. they got there ass handed to them. stop whining and go put in more practice time. bulling? fuck you.

 

[BUTCH1]

After watching the video they beat other teams 77-7, 44-3, ect. They just need to be in a tougher division, as for "bullying" that's utter bullshit, they even put in second string players to try and slow the scoring a bit, face it, your team sucks goat's balls, maybe practice more and learn a lesson from this humiliation..

 

[Perknose]

The Aledo coach is right, you can't ever ask your own players not to play hard, but, 91-0? That game should have been stopped and declared over long before that.

 

[Elixer]

The Aledo coach is right, you can't ever ask your own players not to play hard, but, 91-0? That game should have been stopped and declared over long before that.

You can't do that, you need to play the full minutes for it to count.

As for bullying.. yep, sure. Get used to it, everyone must win these days, no matter if they aren't very good at what they are doing.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Really depends on how the players were acting. If they were taunting the lesser team while running the score up then I have a problem with it. If they were just playing good football and doing it in a professional manner and happen to put up 91 points then that's fine.

 

[leeland]

It would be nice to know about the team and why the hell they are so dominant in their division...I mean scoring an average of 70+ points is crazy...how does a team roll with that in what sounds like a smaller division?

As for the bullying...total horse shit...what are they supposed to do, take 3 kneel downs and punt? To me that would be more disrespect than actually playing the game...

 

[Gooberlx2]

Oh geez, I assumed this was little kids peewee, and they weren't using mercy rules or something. That's incredibly embarrassing for high school football. I guess redistricting fubared the division? Still, you'd think there'd be some sort of review before the season starts to assess if there are going to be horribly unbalanced scenarios like this.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

It would be nice to know about the team and why the hell they are so dominant in their division...I mean scoring an average of 70+ points is crazy...how does a team roll with that in what sounds like a smaller division?

As for the bullying...total horse shit...what are they supposed to do, take 3 kneel downs and punt? To me that would be more disrespect than actually playing the game...

Texas high school football. Really not unusual. You have some football powerhouses out here. Not certain how they accumulate all the talent. I'm sure it involves questionable transfers and probably giving the kids a football as soon as they can walk to "follow in Jimmy's football glory days" steps.

 

[Newbian]

Holly pussification of america batman.

Kids need to not suck and parents need to be adults and get their kids training right.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Texas high school football. Really not unusual. You have some football powerhouses out here. Not certain how they accumulate all the talent. I'm sure it involves questionable transfers and probably giving the kids a football as soon as they can walk to "follow in Jimmy's football glory days" steps.

How does it work anyway? 4A, 3A...what do those mean? Seems like they're to do with population sizes? Seems weird to create divisions based on student populations rather than season records.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

How does it work anyway? 4A, 3A...what do those mean? Seems like they're to do with population sizes? Seems weird to create divisions based on student populations rather than season records.

Yeah it's either student or city populations. I can't remember. I know the school I went to is a perennial loser. Mainly due to the fact the school is mostly all white small guys. :biggrin:

 

[LevelSea]

Great job by the parent, instead of teaching his kid how to accept a loss like a man, he's teaching him to be a whiny bitch who complains every time their feelings get hurt.

Life lesson: Often, people are better at something than you. Sometimes they're a shit ton better.

 

[Printer Bandit]

no mercy rule ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_rule

At the middle or high school level, 34 states use a mercy rule that may involve a "continuous clock" – that is, the clock continues to operate on most plays when the clock would normally stop, such as an incomplete pass – once a team has a certain lead (e.g., 35 points) during the second half. In most states, the clock would stop only for scores, time outs (officials, injury or charged) or the end of the quarter. Plays that would normally stop the clock, such as penalties, incomplete passes, going out of bounds or change of possession, would not stop the clock. The rule varies by state – for example, the clock does not stop upon a score in Colorado or Kansas (regular season games only) unless the score difference is reduced to below the rule-invoking amount.

In most states, once the point differential is reduced to below the mercy rule-invoking amount, normal timing procedures resume until either the end of the game or the mercy rule-invoking point differential is re-established. Most states that have mercy rules waive this rule for the championship game.

 

[Soccerman06]

The local HS here has the same problem, they literally beat every team they play against 50+ to 0. They arent a very large school or anything, 2A, just an extremely rich district which can afford high quality training/equipment. There arent any cities large enough in the area to allow them to go up to 3A and having a team drive 3+ hours isnt feasible every friday. There is some kind of mercy rule here but it doesnt apply to football for some reason.

 

[CPA]

After watching the video they beat other teams 77-7, 44-3, ect. They just need to be in a tougher division, as for "bullying" that's utter bullshit, they even put in second string players to try and slow the scoring a bit, face it, your team sucks goat's balls, maybe practice more and learn a lesson from this humiliation..

Texas HS divisions are based on school enrollment. There's nothing Aledo can do about this.

BTW, check out the losing teams other losses. All but 2 were massive beatdowns.

 

[CPA]

Really depends on how the players were acting. If they were taunting the lesser team while running the score up then I have a problem with it. If they were just playing good football and doing it in a professional manner and happen to put up 91 points then that's fine.

They weren't, even the opposing coach stated so.

 

[CPA]

no mercy rule ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_rule

Only in 6-man football because those games can get waaaaaay out of hand.

But, mercy rule or not, the parent needs to fucking quit being a whiny bitch.

 

[CPA]

Oh geez, I assumed this was little kids peewee, and they weren't using mercy rules or something. That's incredibly embarrassing for high school football. I guess redistricting fubared the division? Still, you'd think there'd be some sort of review before the season starts to assess if there are going to be horribly unbalanced scenarios like this.

Annually, Texas UIL re-assesses districts, but the focus is on new schools, changes in enrollment and location - all objective issues. If you start looking at "oh, is this school more dominant than others", now you are stepping into subjective areas. That just won't work.

 

[CPA]

How does it work anyway? 4A, 3A...what do those mean? Seems like they're to do with population sizes? Seems weird to create divisions based on student populations rather than season records.

One season is not the same as another. I can't think of one state that doesn't do it by school enrollment. The greater the enrollment, the greater percentage of talent to draw from, or at least that's the theory.

Texas has 6 main divisions:

6-Man football (very small schools primarily in West Texas, less than 100 students)
1A (199 or less students)
2A (200 to 429)
3A (430 to 989)
4A (990 to 2064)
5A (2065 and up)


1A and 2A are further broken down into two divisions each, based on size. 3A, 4A and 5A breakout into 2 divisions each at playoffs only, based on school size of the teams making the playoffs. For example, in 5A 4 teams from each district make the playoffs (districts are anywhere from 5-8 teams). The two largest of those 4 go to the 5A Division I playoffs, the 2 smaller go to the 5A Division II.

 

[edro]

If this was a movie, the good team would lose in the championship game.
It reminds me of every other David vs Goliath kids sports movie.

Mighty Ducks, Lady Bugs, Bad News Bears...

 

[JBT]

I've been on both sides of this back in HS. Not 91 pointers lol but 50+ sure. Honestly it sucked which ever side you are on.

If you are on the winning side its easier than practice, you can tell the other side isn't even trying at that point.
If you are on the losing side, you can see all your team mates giving up and practically jogging, just waiting for the clock to run out.

 

[Doppel]

If you suck, withdraw. I have no time for such nonsense. Asking the other team to deliberately suck so you don't lose as hard is silly.

 

[LookBehindYou]

That's retarded. Not seeing how that can even be remotely considered bullying.

And as far as the mercy rule, I didnt read OPs article, but the one I read last night said they did start the continuous clock at the start of the 3rd quarter...so, yeah 91-0 with a continuous clock for half the game.

 

[z1ggy]

Another episode in the Pussification of America.

And based on what I know, teams are placed in divisioins by school size. So.. they can't just move up and down divisions b/c they are good/bad. The other team is likely very good with bigger and stronger players. The other team was likely very bad with less strong/atheletic players. You can't change the facts.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I remember in middle school there was a team that absolutely smoked us in basketball. It was awful. I'll bet we lost something like 60-10 they were just that much better than us and we knew it. We used the first game as motivation to get better so that if by the end of the season we played them again it would be much better.

We ended up playing that team two more times in tournaments that year and each time the games were more competitive. The last game we were actually winning at half but ended up losing by 6. That squad ended up going something like 41-0 and no other team ever led them at half or finished within 10 points of them.

So while I have a sports story from my youth of a moral victory (to me), these kids get to grow up and reflect upon how they were bullied by a team that was better than them.

Sports used to be about bettering yourself through competition, knowing that there is always something to learn from every win and every loss. What happened?