Superintendent bars public, press from hoops game

There was a thread about this a few weeks ago, but here's an update with an OUTRAGEOUS twist.

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/16658751.htm

 

Nice. So the hillbillies can;t keep their own in line enough to have people come to a game. Thyey make the announcements at the beginning that taunting, slurs, etc won;t be tolerated. So just eject as soon as yoou see it, and get extra security.

But ot not allow the fans and press in, makes it a much bigger story than it really was.

 

Bob S., your statement is really unfair and bigoted. This sort of thing has happened in urban schools in the past.

If the superintendent and school officials feel they have to do that to control things in an exceptional circumstance, I suppose so. However, I would let the press in before I would let parents in. A sports writer is a lot less likely to cause a problem than a parent.

 

If it's a game between public schools at a public school gym, doesn't the media (and, for that matter, the public) have a right to be there?

 

I'm not seeing how keeping the media out helps the situation, but there have been cases in my state where fans were not allowed in.

 

Because if there are any fights, taunts or other displays of inappropriate behavior (either by the players, coaches, school staff or families) then no one will be able to report on it.

 

Rat-bastard race-baiting writers! Sonsabitches!

 

Somebody at that paper should have fought that harder. The only thing they should be able to keep the newspaper out of is when they're talking about the good name and charcter of someone.

 

I'd say OK. No need to cover the rest of your games then.

 

Shit, when they lock you out of a gym, that's called a night off!

 

Absolutely. This became a legal issue and the paper should have filed an injunction.

 

Who cares. It's preps.