Why am I not surprised this came from Wisconsin...

[Left Seater]

Apparently, chanting USA, USA, USA is racist in Wisconsin. Chanting AIRBALL, is the same as stealing a blind kids lunch.

The wussification of Wisconsin has begun.
Last month the state's governing body for high school athletics declared that chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A," is unsportsmanlike behavior.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association also directed schools to stop fans from booing, or chanting "Air Ball," "Season's Over," "Fundamentals," "Scoreboard," and "Over-Rated."

"Any action directed at opposing teams or their spectators with the intent to taunt, disrespect, distract or entice an unsporting behavior in response is not acceptable sportsmanship," the WIAA wrote in an email obtained by the Post-Crescent. "Student groups, school administrators and event managers should take immediate steps to correct this unsporting behavior."

Vince Lombardi must be rolling over in his grave.
Oh, you should see the 40-page sportsmanship manual complied by the fragile snowflakes at the WIAA.
Take, for example, the section that frowns on "booing of any kind."
"If errors in judgment is (sic) made, all are human and we must accept that. Individuals do the best to execute in a way they've been trained," the WIAA wrote.
They also took issue with the "Na Na Na Na - Hey Hey Hey Goodbye" song. They called it "taunting and disrespectful."
The WIAA found the "U-S-A" chant to be problematic, too - along with "any acronym of derogatory language or innuendo."
Their guidelines became national news after a high school basketball player got in trouble for posting a profane message about the sportsmanship rules on her Twitter account.
April Gehl, an honor's student and basketball standout at Hilbert High School, suggested the WIAA should (let me put this delicately) eat excrement.
Based on national media coverage, her opinion was shared by many. Nevertheless, April was suspended for five games. Her family does not plan on appealing the decision.

What in the name of Bear Bryant is going on Wisconsin?
Granted, you don't want the children hollering out profanities and running around the gym buck-naked. But, these guidelines are not so much about sportsmanship as they are about political correctness.
We're talking about high school basketball. It's not a croquet match.
In 2014, former NBA star Dennis Rodman participated in a bizarre basketball game in North Korea. Remember how the fans sat quietly in the stands and only applauded when instructed to by the government?
Take a good look, America. That's the future of high school athletics in the Badger State.

[R-Jack]

I don't have a problem with this, but only because kids have needed to come up with some new insults for years.

[LTS TRN 2]

Let's do the math..Obama, like any sentient adult, understands perfectly that 9/11 was an inside job--that Bin Laden was never offiicialy charged, let alone proved to have anything to do with the New Pearl Harbor--and so is basically an accomplice in the continuation of the Permanent War. Okay...so who and what is Obama?

I've had my finger on the button and never even came close. Would you really want Mitt?...Fuck you...

[LTS TRN 2]

What are you gibbering about, guzzler? Go suck your thumb.


All in?... Who isn't?

[Goober McTuber]

They didn't even mention the most hurtful taunt of all. At the state hockey tournament when a skater loses an edge and falls to the ice, the opposing crowd typically chants, "Ice is slippery".

[Screw_Michigan]

They didn't even mention the most hurtful taunt of all. At the state hockey tournament when a skater loses an edge and falls to the ice, the opposing crowd typically chants, "Ice is slippery".

Did the Badgers qualify for the HS hockey tournament this year?

[Mikey]

They didn't even mention the most hurtful taunt of all. At the state hockey tournament when a skater loses an edge and falls to the ice, the opposing crowd typically chants, "Ice is slippery".

You lost any edge you might have had years ago.