Do blow out games count as bullying?
Blow out games, in any sport, are never satisfying for both the winning and losing teams. Yet, in Texas, one unhappy parent took a loss to an extreme, calling Aledo High School’s 91-0 victory in a football game a case of bullying. The parent accused Aledo’s coach, Tim Buchanan, of “not easing up when the game was in hand.” Buchanan, however, had tried to stop the game from slipping out of control, when at halftime, he approached the referees and asked them to keep a running clock for the final quarter. According to Buchanan, his players had a hard time grasping how their actions could be defined as “bullying” against the definitions they had come to understand. With each bullying accusation, Texas law requires school districts to investigate the incident. For this case, the school district found that there had been “no grounds” for the complaint.
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Citation: Weber, P. (October 23, 2013) MSN News. HS football coach: no bullying found in 91-0 win. Retrieved October 23, 2013 from http://news.msn.com/us/texas-dad-alleges-bullying-in-91-0-football-game.
[Abstract written by Emily McGowan, ForensIQ Intern]
