Girls Basketball Coach Fired After 100-0 Win

Ok, now lets get real here. The coach is fired because
they won 100-0 ?

Yep, you heard/read it right! This is the girls basketball coach at Covenant School, a private Christian school.

Last week on the school's web site, they posted a statement regretting the outcome of the game on Jan. 13th. "It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened. This clearly does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition," said the statement, signed by Kyle Queal, the headmaster, and board chair Todd Doshier.

The coach's response was this- "In response to the statement posted on The Covenant School Web site, I do not agree with the apology or the notion that the Covenant School girls basketball team should feel embarrassed or ashamed, we played the game as it was meant to be played. My values and my beliefs would not allow me to run up the score on any opponent, and it will not allow me to apologize for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."

You know what? I agree with the coach. Usually I don't- I am not a big sports fanatic, since I think most of the time, players and coaches take things a bit too seriously and too far...Case in point!

Anyways, isn't basketball a ... game? Isn't it supposed to be about playing the game, having fun and not about who wins or loses- especially when it comes to our children?

The school thinks it is a bad thing that they won???!!! Why are they even involved in sports if this is how they are going to react and behave? If this is how they feel, then they shouldn't be involved!

It is a game, that is the point! To see how well you can play the game, not to see how well you can throw the game, or give up on playing!

What is your opinion?