Jan 28 and 29- WIAA rule

Today we discussed the new rule by the WIAA to ban certain types of chants during athletic events.

Here's the worksheet for the assignment:

Name: _________________________________

Before Reading:

What are some “unwritten rules” for players or fans at sporting events?

Are there situations where we need someone to deliberately create and impose rules? Explain.

After reading:

They Say… The author has an opinion about this new rule. What is it? How do you know this?

Wisconsin high schoolers banned from chants including ‘Airball’ and ‘Scoreboard’               By Des Bieler January 12 You’re at a basketball game, any basketball game, when a visiting player takes a shot that misses everything. How does the crowd react? Why, with a chant of “Air-ball! Air-ball!” of course. Except at Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association games, as of this season. Students are banned from making that chant, as well as others that, the high school athletics body wrote, “are clearly intended to taunt or disrespect.” Other phrases on the do-not-chant list include: •“Scoreboard” •“You can’t do that” •“Fundamentals” •“There’s a net there” •“Sieve” •“We can’t hear you” •“Season’s over” This news came to light following the suspension of a star basketball player in that league. April Gehl of Hilbert (Wisc.) High received a five-game suspension for a tweet which included profanity in expressing dismay at the WIAA’s new restrictions. “I couldn’t believe it,” Gehl said of her suspension to the Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent. “I was like, ‘Really? For tweeting my opinion?’ I thought it was ridiculous.” An email sent by the WIAA in December included these comments: “As we reviewed the fall tournaments and the sportsmanship evaluations and observations, we want to address concerns with a noticeable increase in the amount of chants by student sections directed at opponents and/or opponents’ supporters that are clearly intended to taunt or disrespect...."

The WIAA may have an uphill battle on its hands in eliminating chants such as “Air-ball!” and “Scoreboard!” Fans — of all ages — at basketball games have been yelling stuff like that at opposing players for a lot longer than since the fall, with those players mostly surviving the experience.