From the Seattle PI comes another story of the rampant nannyism and P/Cism in the Soviet of Washington.
Booing at games may be banned
Will decision make you cheer or jeer?
The organization that oversees high school sports in Washington is considering rules for fans that could ban booing and offensive chants.
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has not made an official ruling, but has discussed guidelines to crack down on negative conduct, a spokesman said.
Some of the state's top coaches believe a boo ban is extreme.
"They're kidding, right?" asked Rainier Beach High School boys basketball coach Mike Bethea, who played as a student at Franklin High School. "I can see stopping someone if they're saying derogatory remarks, but not letting people boo? Come on."
The sportsmanship guidelines are meant to address the dwindling number of people who want to be coaches and officials. Association officials also say they remind fans to cheer for their team, and not against the other.
"I don't know why people think it's acceptable to boo in the first place," WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbrese said. "It's a pretty novel concept to me."
Specific rules on booing are "all in draft stages," Colbrese said. The ideas came from a 15-person committee of school administrators that met last fall to discuss sportsmanship, he said.
Here is the website for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
