Wisconsin students banned from anti-team taunts in sports

Wisconsin sports’ fans will have to watch what they say, under a new policy prohibiting certain taunts.

Wisconsin’s Interscholastic Athletic Association has sent out a memo to schools in the state banning students and attendees of basketball games from chanting certain words and phrases seen as hurtful to the other team.

And critics have swarmed.

As one wrote, in Sports Illustrated: “The ‘W’ in WIAA technically stands for ‘Wisconsin’ but it should really stand for ‘Whining.’ … None of [the banned words and phrases] are remotely close to being hurtful or inappropriate.”

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The WIAA sent an email to students in December, making clear schools should no longer tolerate certain chants targeting opposing teams, and labeling the banned words as those “that are clearly intended to disrespect,” SI.com reported.

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Among the banned words: Fundamentals, sieve, “we can’t hear you,” “air ball,” “you can’t do that,” “there’s a net there,” scoreboard and “season’s over,” that last one particularly during tournament play, SI.com reported.

And adding insult to injury: As the news outlet reported, the ban only came to light when a high school athlete, 16-year-old April Gehl, put out a Twitter message that criticized the policy. She was soon-after suspended, SI.com reported.

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“Gehl is a true hero for bring these rules to light,” SI.com reported. “In waht state is a 16-year-old kid yelling ‘Airrrr-balllll’ considered something that’s so disrespectful it needs to be banned? How is reminding the other team that you need to improve your fundamentals a bad thing? Who even chants ‘There’s a net there’ anyway?”

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