Here's the story.
The girls' basketball team at The Covenant School, a private Christian academy in Dallas, wiped the floor with the girls from The Dallas Academy. Final score: 100-0. The girls were not taunting the losing team, or being malicious in any other way. They simply played well through the whole game.
However, being a pile of pride-squashing, knee-scraping Christians, the school's administration and headmaster profusely apologized for the victory, calling it "shameful and an embarrassment..."
The coach at The Covenant School, Micah Grimes, was not about not about hit his knees and beg forgiveness from the public or an imaginary friend. He sent out an e-mail stating in no uncertain terms that he would not apologize for the victory and that "my girls played with honor and integrity."
He was subsequently fired.
Here's hoping he lands a job coaching at a school that appreciates ability and achievement.
UPDATE: The same story, deftly handled by Doug Reich over at The Rational Capitalist. Go check it out.
-M.
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- Matt
- I'm 24, a proponent of Objectivism, a double major in Philosophy and History at a university in Houston. Anything else you want to know, you can ask. Some more stuff may come up in later posts.
1 comment:
I saw this story, too, and immediately thought the attitudes of these people flew in the face of objectivism. The coach is a hero for not compromising his principles.
I also thought, "What was the winning team supposed to do? Intentionally play badly?" If I were on the losing team that's the last thing I'd want. I'd rather play against someone giving their best effort and lose honorably than be condescended to.
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