I fully support this petition as a former high school athlete
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Ashley Perry
10 years ago
#LetUsCheer
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Cade Budworth
10 years ago
Insults can be taken away, but what is being taken away are not insults. You can't take away the basic things everyone does at these games.
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Anton Wazlawik
10 years ago
Dear WIAA,
This is ridiculous. If you believe that high school athletes cannot handle the "distractions" of jeeering chants from both sides of the bleachers, how in good conscience can we as a state support student athletes in their goals of playing sports at the collegiate level (where student sections are immensely involved with taunting cheers and distracting actions, chants, and movements (such as the Wave, Roller Coaster, etc.).
As a 2015 high school graduate, and now college freshman, I believe that (after experiencing the intensity of the collegiate level student sections) high school athletes need to be mentally prepared for what they will face in college.
This isn't an issue of personal attacks against specific players. We as athletes and students have, for the most part, gladly avoided personal or targeted chants towards specific players.
WIAA, you say that high school athletics provides oppertunity to build and grow emotional control (according to your twitter account). Yet as a society, if we remove the possibility for situations in which students are exposed to potentially distracting scenarios such as boisterous, overly used/or otherwise distracting chants, how can athletes expect to be prepared for what lies ahead?
Profanity and specific player targetting chants have no place in good sportsmanship. But in my humble opinion, sportsmanship should be optional to some extent (i.e. shaking competitors hands before/after matches/games). As it is well known, international UFC icon Ronda Rousey avoids tapping gloves with the majority of her opponents. In the real world, respect is given to those who grin and bear it. Those who complain about petty things such as chants and cheers are obviously too immature to handle the "stress" of such events and should refrain from attending sporting events.
Sincerely,
Anton Wazlawik
Prescott High School Class of 2015
Cornell College Class of 2019
I fully support this petition as a former high school athlete
#LetUsCheer
Insults can be taken away, but what is being taken away are not insults. You can't take away the basic things everyone does at these games.
Dear WIAA, This is ridiculous. If you believe that high school athletes cannot handle the "distractions" of jeeering chants from both sides of the bleachers, how in good conscience can we as a state support student athletes in their goals of playing sports at the collegiate level (where student sections are immensely involved with taunting cheers and distracting actions, chants, and movements (such as the Wave, Roller Coaster, etc.). As a 2015 high school graduate, and now college freshman, I believe that (after experiencing the intensity of the collegiate level student sections) high school athletes need to be mentally prepared for what they will face in college. This isn't an issue of personal attacks against specific players. We as athletes and students have, for the most part, gladly avoided personal or targeted chants towards specific players. WIAA, you say that high school athletics provides oppertunity to build and grow emotional control (according to your twitter account). Yet as a society, if we remove the possibility for situations in which students are exposed to potentially distracting scenarios such as boisterous, overly used/or otherwise distracting chants, how can athletes expect to be prepared for what lies ahead? Profanity and specific player targetting chants have no place in good sportsmanship. But in my humble opinion, sportsmanship should be optional to some extent (i.e. shaking competitors hands before/after matches/games). As it is well known, international UFC icon Ronda Rousey avoids tapping gloves with the majority of her opponents. In the real world, respect is given to those who grin and bear it. Those who complain about petty things such as chants and cheers are obviously too immature to handle the "stress" of such events and should refrain from attending sporting events. Sincerely, Anton Wazlawik Prescott High School Class of 2015 Cornell College Class of 2019