Is the State relay meet still in Princeton? I know that Princeton hasn't been thrilled with having the high schoolers there to begin with, so maybe meet officials are taking extra care to avoid an incident that will give the school further grounds to recind their welcome.
In the end Dan is right. It's still essential for kids to be respectful to officials' instructions, whether they agree with them or not. RJH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Kaplan Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: NJSIAA sux... Almost as ridiculous is refusing to leave the "unsanctioned" facility when told repeatedly to do so by officials with a history of harshly enforced rules. Doesn't justify the rule, but it also doesn't reflect all that well on the intelligence of the athletes in question. Dan --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Listers, > > For all of you who have not heard of this utterly ridiculous action > brought > against 3 kids at a NJ state relay meet yesterday, hold on to your lap > tops... > > > Yesterday, 3 NJ HS boys (from the same team) were DQ'd before the start > of > the indoor state relay championships for warming up outside in an > unsupervised facility!! It was reported that the boys were told > repeatedly to > get off of the outdoor facility, but refused. When they returned to the > building to enter, they were met by 3 NJSIAA officials (and their coach > was > not present) who said they heard both sides of the story and decided to > DQ > the kids anyway. WHO IN THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE, AND WHY IS THEIR WORD > > LAW?! The same situation arose last year with the state's leading female > > hurdler, who claimed she entered her seed card, and an NJSIAA official > said > she didn't. The word of the official was law, and the girl was not > allowed to > run. I'm trying to figure out the intent of the NJSIAA. Is it to uplift > the > integrity of scholastic sports in NJ, or ego trip? I can understand a > repremand, but to DQ runners outside the realm of competition is > ridiculous. > The team, without 3 of it's top runners, ended up losing the meet by 1 > point... > > > Larry A. Morgan > Elizabeth Heat TC ===== http://AccountBiller.com - MyCalendar, D-Man, ReSearch, etc. http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F ------------------------------------------------------------ @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / / __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
