Show No Mercy?
January 29th, 2009 - byShould high school sports teams be held to a code of conduct that includes not running up the score against an opponent? Should that code of conduct extend as far as to create an actual mercy rule? When is “enough is enough”?
These questions were all asked again this week after a high school girls basketball team defeated an opponent 100-0. The Covenant School in Dallas defeated Dallas Academy, a school for girls with learning disorders.
Dallas Academy responded by posting a response on its website calling the score”shameful.”
Covenant Coach Micah Grimes disagreed and posted on a website, ”I respectfully disagree with the apology, especially 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 girls played with honour and integrity.”
Coach Grimes was promptly dismissed by the Covenant School. My question to you is should high school coaches have a mercy rule in place?
