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School Track Team Disqualified for Making Religious Gesture
Some people are outraged after a high school track team is disqualified from competing in state finals because one runner made a religious gesture. In just a few seconds the boys Columbus High School 4 X 100 relay team went from winning the regional meet, heading to state championships to having it all stripped away.
How did the "W" so quickly become "DQ"?
Well. when the anchor of the relay team crossed the finish line, he won the race, raised his finger to the sky and that gesture caused the winning regional's relay team to be disqualified.
"It's a sad deal. I think it's a travesty. Those kids work hard," says K.C. Hayes. Hayes' son Derrick Hayes is the runner who won the race then pointed to God, turning a once in a lifetime opportunity into a huge heartbreak that will likely last his lifetime. "As a team they reached their goal and in an instant it was just gone, over something we think is a non-issue. I guess someone else thinks it is an issue. He just said dad I was pointing at the heavens" says K.C. Hayes.
A judge with the University Interscholastic League or UIL, which enforces the rules for high school athletics, was there at the meet in Kingsville and made the call to disqualify the four member relay team. "For those kids the work they put in, what are we teaching them? Ok you're going to sacrifice, work hard and do everything it takes and ok it's just ripped away," says Hayes.
4 comments:
Where did this happen? Soviet Union?
Comes close....
the USsr.
If there is one thing I enjoy when watching sport events, is when some of the players, whether soccer games or tennis matches, cross themselves before the start, and/or point to heaven when they win or make points.
Who are the fools doing this? Don't you think that someone should help these kids sue for discrimination, or whatever other reason?
If the gesture had been followed with "Praise be to Allah!" would the team have been disqualified?
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