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I suggest a spelling test before each game. 100 percent right or you don't play!
I suggest a spelling test before each game. 100 percent right or you don't play!
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You guys probably think it was okay to burn draft cards also. You are making me laugh and I wonder why are society is on the fast track to mediocrity.
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I can only ask myself this... is this reverse discrimination and can fall under " Title 9 ".
If long hair in SPORTS creates problems of health and sanitation, obstruct vision, etc.... then WHY are girls allowed to have such
Should not the girls be "ordered" to cut their hair under these same school policies.. especially if health and sanitation is part of the reason for their policy?
I'm quite surprised nobody has brought up your points before now. Folks, I can assure you that TITLE 9 will be part of the basis of the lawsuit and the parents will probably win based on that. Like it or not, TITLE 9 doesn't just provide "benefits" for female athletes.
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What a waste of a first post! A girl with long hair is not unusual and will not draw any undo attention, where as a boy with long hair will. Case Closed. As long as the rule does not unjustly punish someone the case has no basis. If the school, coach or AD singled out this kid and let others not abide by the same rule then they might have a chance.
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Man have you got it backwards. Mediocrity comes from following stupid rules like sheep. North Korea is a great example. OUR (not are) society was founded by those who would not be sheep and challenged stupid and unfair rules. That fosters liberty and is the environment where people and society excel. America is a great example.
The sheep that say follow the rule just because it is the rule are the mediocre ones. The kid that challenged the system for the right to wear his hair as he pleases when there is no compelling reason not to, when how he wears his hair causes no harm to others, he is the one who is on the fast track to excelling. He improves society. He got off his butt and is doing something where others would say just follow the rules and don't make waves. Be the sheep.
The rule we have been debating says hair cut above the ears. So when we say long hair that would be any length that touches the ears. Hardly drawing any undo attention and not unusual.
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This case has previously been tried in another state, the plaintiffs lost. Based on it's merit, it is a frivolous case, the fact that it has already been tried, should be an embarrassment to the lawyer that took up their 'cause'....
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Correct, above the ears, and eyebrows and not touching the collar. Sounds like an average military cut to me.
Can anyone tell me why the military keeps the standards that they do when it comes to hair and why females in the military have a different standard than the men do? They are being paid by our tax dollars and nobody seems to have an issue there.
Could it have something to do with the fact that people know what the rule is before they join and if they cannot conform to the rule they know there are consequences?!
Could it be that they accept the rule for the privilege of serving their country?
Could it be that at some basic level it makes them all equal?
Could it be that our government is trying to balance the budget by selling all this hair from our troops to the Hair Club for men?
Why do you think they do this?
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I'll buy some, I have this spot in the back that needs filled. LOL
The military they choose to join. You don't get to pick your public school. School sports is for fun, military is a career or to whore yourself for college money. Military you are an adult. School is for children who shouldn't be subjected to adult military rules. They should be able to enjoy their childhood in America.
Why does the military pay thousands of dollars for a fifty dollar toilet seat? Wouldn't consider them authoritative.
That being said, no one admires the men and women who serve our great country more than I. Our defense is and should be the primary role of the federal government and they do a good job except when they do stupid things like relieving Capt Owen Honors of the USS Enterprise.
I'm off to the DD's L a c r o s s e game.
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Hey gang, this is the town where I grew up and Stacy is a good guy. For that matter, Patrick Hayden was a couple of years younger than me and a very talented athlete. Stacy I believe is the all-time point scorer in the schools history.
Patrick's dad was one of our FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) teacher sponsors and the track coach. They come from a stable, intelligent family.
One key point that I do not see as often as I do some of the other posts brings up the fact that the young mans hair was touching his eyebrows and the parents took issue with the ruling that his hair failed to meet the guidelines. They were then further frustrated when they were not given an audience with the administration in a timely fashion.
The article referencing both of these little published anomolies are found....http://greensburgdailynews.com/loca...chools-Tangled-In-Lawsuit-Over-Haircut-Policy
As for the hair, my son has his hair a little long, continues to be on the honor roll , and runs cross-country and track, and does not get into trouble. If they told him tomorrow to get his hair cut if he wanted to play sports, I would support following the sports policy, period. Same goes for my daughter with the flowing blond hair.
(For those that don't know, it will grow back!)
Patrick's dad was one of our FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) teacher sponsors and the track coach. They come from a stable, intelligent family.
One key point that I do not see as often as I do some of the other posts brings up the fact that the young mans hair was touching his eyebrows and the parents took issue with the ruling that his hair failed to meet the guidelines. They were then further frustrated when they were not given an audience with the administration in a timely fashion.
The article referencing both of these little published anomolies are found....http://greensburgdailynews.com/loca...chools-Tangled-In-Lawsuit-Over-Haircut-Policy
As for the hair, my son has his hair a little long, continues to be on the honor roll , and runs cross-country and track, and does not get into trouble. If they told him tomorrow to get his hair cut if he wanted to play sports, I would support following the sports policy, period. Same goes for my daughter with the flowing blond hair.
(For those that don't know, it will grow back!)
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...PS, I believe the young man is an 8th grader and this didn't just start yesterday.
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Is this policy for every sport?Or just for one?
I feel it should be for all or none.But it should be the boards policey not up to the coach.
I feel it should be for all or none.But it should be the boards policey not up to the coach.
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if you were to apply for a job that tells you, no hair below the ears and eye brows, do you still want the job? It is a rule, dumb or not, kids need to learn that there are rules in life that have to be followed! He can grow his hair out after the season is over, obviously his hair means more to him than the sport. The law suit is ridiculous!
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Wow, where did that come from? Do you feel the same way about students playing college sports for scholarship money?
Really? Hard to believe after the other comment.
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Musty,
Yes they chose to join the military, just like he chose to join his middle school BB team. I don't believe they force you to play BB in Indiana, well maybe in French Lick.
Yes they chose to join the military, just like he chose to join his middle school BB team. I don't believe they force you to play BB in Indiana, well maybe in French Lick.
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Yeah, Nothing else to do in French Lick, might as well cut your hair and play ball.
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Lighten up surfer dude
Hey brah, I was totally chillin' on this way tubular discussion when suddenly your mega-gnarly comment crashed the awesome vibe and brought me down.
Latronic, dude.
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Hair length is not anything I would care about as a coach, but it seems to me that a coach should have the right to enforce reasonable rules for a team, including hair length. Hair length doesn't affect how they will play basketball, but neither does lining up properly for the National Anthem. We have all kinds of rules of conduct we enforce because we want our teams to act and present themselves in a certain manner, even though they don't directly affect on-field play.
I think a school administrator has to ask himself whether a coach's rules are at least somewhat reasonable. Having a boys team wear their hair a certain length has been a fairly regular thing over the years and seems reasonable to me. Wearing a tie on game days or on the bus to a game is another example.
The key, though, is that by joining a team (even a government team as in the case of this lawsuit), you give up these types of rights, even if you have no realistic choice of attending a different school. If a public school required a hair length just to attend the school, that is much less likely to fly, as some people have no realistic choice but to attend that school and public schools have no compelling reason to require all students to have a certain hair length.
I think a school administrator has to ask himself whether a coach's rules are at least somewhat reasonable. Having a boys team wear their hair a certain length has been a fairly regular thing over the years and seems reasonable to me. Wearing a tie on game days or on the bus to a game is another example.
The key, though, is that by joining a team (even a government team as in the case of this lawsuit), you give up these types of rights, even if you have no realistic choice of attending a different school. If a public school required a hair length just to attend the school, that is much less likely to fly, as some people have no realistic choice but to attend that school and public schools have no compelling reason to require all students to have a certain hair length.
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Didn't anyone tell this kid, he'd be faster with shorter hair, better aerodynamics ...
Let him have it long and enjoy the view from the bench...
Let him have it long and enjoy the view from the bench...
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The s o c c e r team going to practice.
Oh wait, that's North Korea not America. LOL
#19's belt is sagging, his number isn't on correctly and it appears as though his shoes are blue! I'm guessing he has been executed by Kim Jong-il's henchmen by now. Ah, communism.
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