High School Relay Team DQ'd for POINTING AT SKY

"The rules state there can be no excessive act of celebration, which includes raising the hands."

Wow high school sucks nowadays.

This type of stuff happens all of the time at HS meets. The officials want to be authority figures and not officials so that the meet can run smoothly and safely. Abuse of power at its finest, it is disgusting.

We might as well not even compete then if we can't even enjoy victory. If you can't enjoy it then why even compete? The Olympics aren't even that strict. Usain Bolt rings a bell.

....includes raising the hands. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

What bunch of morans wrote that rule?

And the lesson learned by the kids isn't that celebrating draws undo attention to yourself. The lesson they get is that someone will use any means necessary to screw you even if you've worked hard and earned something. Hard work, dedication.. blah blah blah.. just words.

This is shameful.

I completely disagree with most of these responses. We have a kid in our league that throws his hands up and celebrates in our faces every chance he gets. The most hated kid in the league, and makes his team look like the most unsportsmanlike team out there. Why his coaches don't do something about it I will never know. If he were DQ'd, he would learn that acting like an idiot to bring down the esteem of everyone around you is not acceptable. And he most likely wouldn't do it again. Keep doing the right thing, redcoats.

papatop wrote:

I completely disagree with most of these responses. We have a kid in our league that throws his hands up and celebrates in our faces every chance he gets. The most hated kid in the league, and makes his team look like the most unsportsmanlike team out there. Why his coaches don't do something about it I will never know. If he were DQ'd, he would learn that acting like an idiot to bring down the esteem of everyone around you is not acceptable. And he most likely wouldn't do it again. Keep doing the right thing, redcoats.

To celebrate "in [your] faces" is one thing...THAT should be discouraged. A simple raising of the hands in victory should be allowed.

Should Michael Stember have been DQ'd for his tiny celebration after winning a state title?

If it's in the rules, then I say YES, but it shouldn't be in the rules.

What about a little fist pump afterwards, or teammates in a relay giving high fives? That seems like that should be allowed.

To go celebrate in someone's face though or say things like "Suck it" or some other such thing, that should not be allowed.

My portfolio is up 9.6% for the year. Suck it, loser!

Having a rule saying no celebrations is better than a rule against "excessive" celebration because let's admit it, given some leeway, people will go overboard. I dislike power-hungry officials just as much as the next guy, but so long as the rules are laid out, and athletic performance isn't hindered, these runners should have just walked off the track and celebrated instead of drawing attention to themselves.

My coach in high school actually DQ'ed one of his own sprinters at our home meet for doing the same thing these runners did because he didn't want her making the same mistake later in the season and having an old, power-hungry official denying her a trip to the state meet.

RRRR wrote:

These kids will miss out on going to the TX state meet, and any scholarship opportunities that may have come from their resulting performance.

Nobody is going to loose a scholarship over this. Don't play this up for more than it is.

What about Webb's "yell"? Guess he shouldn't have been allowed to go to the WC.

This case was not in anyone's face, apparently. It was a religious celebration.

Texas track not Christian-certified?

I've seen xc runners in texas raise their hands at the regional and state meets. Nothing happened to them.

I say the coach (or an attorney) should call for a review of every touchdown, basket, run, and goal scored in TX high school football, basketball, baseball, and soccer, never mind the volleyball hugs after every play, and appeal based on inconsistent application of the rule to the detriment of the athletes involved.

I can't imagine they called back TDs and/or forfeited games for similar reactions.

rewind wrote:

I can't imagine they called back TDs and/or forfeited games for similar reactions.

Agreed. Here is the same school's football team during/after a TD run.

Of course the local news is spinning it as an "act of faith."

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Of course the local news is spinning it as an "act of faith."

It is. What do you think he is pointing at?

papatop wrote:

I completely disagree with most of these responses. We have a kid in our league that throws his hands up and celebrates in our faces every chance he gets. The most hated kid in the league, and makes his team look like the most unsportsmanlike team out there. Why his coaches don't do something about it I will never know. If he were DQ'd, he would learn that acting like an idiot to bring down the esteem of everyone around you is not acceptable. And he most likely wouldn't do it again. Keep doing the right thing, redcoats.

How about you quit being a pu$$y and win some races? Loser.

First, I think these DQ's are stupid.

But we didn't see the act, here.

"AS he was crossing the finish line, Derrick Hayes pointed up to the sky"

The people defending him are using God as an excuse.

Imagine someone pointing straight up the moment he crosses the line. Kind of in-your-face.

If they have the rule, it could look like taunting.

Centro did the throat slit at NCAA's an got away with it, but no high schooler would get away with that at any meet.

Just say the rule is stupid or the subjective ruling of it was harsh.

Look at all of these people jumping on the God angle who didn't even see it.

That's religious exploitation to complain about a DQ.

toro wrote:

First, I think these DQ's are stupid.

But we didn't see the act, here.

"AS he was crossing the finish line, Derrick Hayes pointed up to the sky"

The people defending him are using God as an excuse.

Imagine someone pointing straight up the moment he crosses the line. Kind of in-your-face.

If they have the rule, it could look like taunting.

Centro did the throat slit at NCAA's an got away with it, but no high schooler would get away with that at any meet.

Just say the rule is stupid or the subjective ruling of it was harsh.

Look at all of these people jumping on the God angle who didn't even see it.

That's religious exploitation to complain about a DQ.

Did you watch the video? His father, who saw the meet, jumped on the God angle. If you don't think it was religious act then what? Do you think he was holding up the number 1? I guess that is plausible but even that shouldn't be construed as 'excessive'. The father said he held his finger by his ear. Wow, whether he was pointing or holding up a number 1, that is not excessive under any definition.

Stupid rule that was applied stupidly.