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| pink basketball girls |
Burke High girls basketball team was penalized with a
technical foul for wearing pink uniforms in a home game. When Burke High was leading
by a point, the opposite team coach pointed out the violation that the home
teams are required to wear white uniform. The opposite team scored the points
and finally also won the game 62-47.
Burke High girls wore pink uniforms to honor the Make-A-Wish
Foundation to raise money but it got them in trouble and cost the game as well.
After the game, the jerseys were auctioned and $2,600 was raised for the
charity. However, people are upset at the coach of opposite team (Columbus) for
lacking any sportsmanship just to win two points.
“It's
a fairly traditional fundraising technique for high school girls teams,
regardless of the sport they compete in, to wear pink jerseys for a single-game
fundraiser... In short, nothing bad is supposed to happen when players wear
pink. Yet that's precisely what happened in Omaha.”
The rule requiring home team to wear white uniform is stupid
anyway. It makes no difference what they wear as long as both teams are not
wearing the same color.
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