Oh Ohio?!

[HawgGoneIt]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ohio-youth-team-kicked-rec-league-offensive-jerseys-185930020.html

 

Ohio youth team kicked out of rec league over offensive jerseys

 

A boys basketball team has been kicked out of a Cincinnati-area recreational hoops league for wearing uniforms bearing a sexually suggestive team name on the front and racially objectionable names on the back. (Photos via Tony Rue on Facebook)

A boys basketball team has been kicked out of a Cincinnati-area recreational hoops league for wearing uniforms bearing a sexually suggestive team name on the front and racially objectionable names on the back.

Four weeks into the Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League’s season, parents of players on a team from West Clermont, Ohio, saw that the team from Kings Mills, Ohio, against whom their children were playing was named “The Wet Dream Team.” They also noticed that the names on the backs of the high-school-aged boys’ jerseys included phrases like “Knee Grow” and “Coon.”

Tony Rue, a parent of a West Clermont player, highlighted the eyebrow-raising jerseys in a lengthy Facebook post asking how such attire, and such a team name, was deemed appropriate for a league that hosts players from grades two through 12.

“By no means are we perfect parents or assume our teenage boys are innocent and don’t speak of things like this, but I could never imagine allowing my teenage son to represent his school and league in this manner, let alone representing our family with such filth,” Rue wrote. “[…] There is enough hate, bullying, and aggressive behavior in the world that these kids, parents, and schools shouldn’t have to deal with bigotry and lewd innuendos on jerseys and in team names in a school district represented recreational basketball league. This isn’t a typo, this isn’t a mistake, these are ideas that were thought of, discussed, agreed upon by adults and kids alike, printed on uniforms, social media accounts registered and manned and no one thought this was a bad idea or inappropriate?”

“It was so blatant that it had to be fake,” Rue later told Chris Mayhew of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Sadly it wasn’t.”

So Rue raised a flag with a rep for the youth league, wondering how this team was being allowed to play with stuff like this written on its uniforms.

“I think he called people above him, and about midway through the second quarter, he came and got the refs’ attention and told him the game was over,” Rue told Karin Johnson of Cincinnati NBC affiliate WLWT-TV. “It was called. We weren’t going to be a part of it.”

And now, the “Wet Dream Team” won’t be, either.

“CPYBL was developed to provide the best possible basketball experience for the youth of our communities and their families and has always been committed to bringing a positive experience to all of our members,” wrote Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League spokesman Ben Goodyear in a statement to the Enquirer. “Based on the information that we received, the actions and conduct of the team in question did not comply with our stated mission and expected standards and that team has, therefore, been dismissed from our league.”

They’ve also been “restricted from any further use of district facilities,” according to a spokesperson for the Kings Local School District, who emphasized that this team of students and the league in which they were playing isn’t affiliated with the district itself.

“Kings Local Schools strongly condemns any type of hateful and racist commentary,” wrote spokesperson Dawn Gould. “This behavior is in no way welcome or tolerated in our schools and community.”

The team’s coach, Walt Gill, apologized “to anyone that was offended by the jerseys” in a statement to WLWT. He noted that the team “offered to cover them up or change,” but that the league still chose to eject the team, “and we have accepted that decision.”

The incident has drawn the attention of the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP, which wants to have a chat with the people in charge of the rec league.

“This is a teachable moment for [the teen players] to understand how these words are hurtful,” Cincinnati NAACP first vice president Joe Mallory told Cincinnati Fox affiliate WXIX-TV. “They’re inflammatory, and they’re divisive to the entire community. […] It’s everybody’s problem. It’s everybody’s business that when these things happen we all stand up and speak out on it.”

[Horsefly]

21 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ohio-youth-team-kicked-rec-league-offensive-jerseys-185930020.html

 

Ohio youth team kicked out of rec league over offensive jerseys

 

A boys basketball team has been kicked out of a Cincinnati-area recreational hoops league for wearing uniforms bearing a sexually suggestive team name on the front and racially objectionable names on the back. (Photos via Tony Rue on Facebook)

A boys basketball team has been kicked out of a Cincinnati-area recreational hoops league for wearing uniforms bearing a sexually suggestive team name on the front and racially objectionable names on the back.

Four weeks into the Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League’s season, parents of players on a team from West Clermont, Ohio, saw that the team from Kings Mills, Ohio, against whom their children were playing was named “The Wet Dream Team.” They also noticed that the names on the backs of the high-school-aged boys’ jerseys included phrases like “Knee Grow” and “Coon.”

Tony Rue, a parent of a West Clermont player, highlighted the eyebrow-raising jerseys in a lengthy Facebook post asking how such attire, and such a team name, was deemed appropriate for a league that hosts players from grades two through 12.

“By no means are we perfect parents or assume our teenage boys are innocent and don’t speak of things like this, but I could never imagine allowing my teenage son to represent his school and league in this manner, let alone representing our family with such filth,” Rue wrote. “[…] There is enough hate, bullying, and aggressive behavior in the world that these kids, parents, and schools shouldn’t have to deal with bigotry and lewd innuendos on jerseys and in team names in a school district represented recreational basketball league. This isn’t a typo, this isn’t a mistake, these are ideas that were thought of, discussed, agreed upon by adults and kids alike, printed on uniforms, social media accounts registered and manned and no one thought this was a bad idea or inappropriate?”

“It was so blatant that it had to be fake,” Rue later told Chris Mayhew of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Sadly it wasn’t.”

So Rue raised a flag with a rep for the youth league, wondering how this team was being allowed to play with stuff like this written on its uniforms.

“I think he called people above him, and about midway through the second quarter, he came and got the refs’ attention and told him the game was over,” Rue told Karin Johnson of Cincinnati NBC affiliate WLWT-TV. “It was called. We weren’t going to be a part of it.”

And now, the “Wet Dream Team” won’t be, either.

“CPYBL was developed to provide the best possible basketball experience for the youth of our communities and their families and has always been committed to bringing a positive experience to all of our members,” wrote Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League spokesman Ben Goodyear in a statement to the Enquirer. “Based on the information that we received, the actions and conduct of the team in question did not comply with our stated mission and expected standards and that team has, therefore, been dismissed from our league.”

They’ve also been “restricted from any further use of district facilities,” according to a spokesperson for the Kings Local School District, who emphasized that this team of students and the league in which they were playing isn’t affiliated with the district itself.

“Kings Local Schools strongly condemns any type of hateful and racist commentary,” wrote spokesperson Dawn Gould. “This behavior is in no way welcome or tolerated in our schools and community.”

The team’s coach, Walt Gill, apologized “to anyone that was offended by the jerseys” in a statement to WLWT. He noted that the team “offered to cover them up or change,” but that the league still chose to eject the team, “and we have accepted that decision.”

The incident has drawn the attention of the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP, which wants to have a chat with the people in charge of the rec league.

“This is a teachable moment for [the teen players] to understand how these words are hurtful,” Cincinnati NAACP first vice president Joe Mallory told Cincinnati Fox affiliate WXIX-TV. “They’re inflammatory, and they’re divisive to the entire community. […] It’s everybody’s problem. It’s everybody’s business that when these things happen we all stand up and speak out on it.”

Good on them, the folks in that community decidied their standard of morality they wanted to uphold and followed up with consequences for those that weren't compliant.  

If the offensive group wants to continue with their rhetoric, they can start their own league with those that are like minded.

[zulu1128]

Yeah, I figured this would make the rounds. Obviously a dumb move, but FWIW, Tony Rue is more concerned about being internet famous than shedding light on social injustice. 

[Horsefly]

4 minutes ago, zulu1128 said:

Yeah, I figured this would make the rounds. Obviously a dumb move, but FWIW, Tony Rue is more concerned about being internet famous than shedding light on social injustice. 

Why do you say that?

[HawgGoneIt]

Pretty wild stuff imo. Some adult(s) allowed this. I mean a coach or parents or whatever. I guess they thought it was cute. 

 

 

 

 

[zulu1128]

3 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

Pretty wild stuff imo. Some adult(s) allowed this. I mean a coach or parents or whatever. I guess they thought it was cute. 

 

 

 

 

Not really. They just weren’t paying very close attention. 

[Horsefly]

1 minute ago, zulu1128 said:

Not really. They just weren’t paying very close attention. 

Are you close to the situation, how can you definitively exonerate the adults?

[HawgGoneIt]

2 minutes ago, zulu1128 said:

Not really. They just weren’t paying very close attention. 

The Wet Dream Team? 

Names on their back like "Knee Grow" and "Coon". 

So the kids created the entire name, names, and ordered the unis and no adult noticed at all. 

They must do rec ball a lot different up there than down here. 

 

[Horsefly]

7 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

The Wet Dream Team? 

Names on their back like "Knee Grow" and "Coon". 

So the kids created the entire name, names, and ordered the unis and no adult noticed at all. 

They must do rec ball a lot different up there than down here. 

 

They noticed, even their coach said that he offered to have the names covered or for them to change,  he saw the jersey names BEFORE they went out there in warmups.  Also, words mean everything, he apologized if anyone was "offended", not for the "actions".   That tells me that if no one was offended, then all is well.

[HSFBfan]

The wet dream team lmaooo I'm laughing my ass off literally lol

[Horsefly]

11 minutes ago, HSFBfan said:

The wet dream team lmaooo I'm laughing my ass off literally lol

Of course you would, you're immature.   Your response is what I would expect from a 15 yo.

[noonereal]

9 hours ago, zulu1128 said:

Not really. They just weren’t paying very close attention. 

with all respect Zulu, this sounds like something Sarah Palin would say

 

[zulu1128]

6 minutes ago, noonereal said:

with all respect Zulu, this sounds like something Sarah Palin would say

 

Your opinion is, as always, duly noted. 

[zulu1128]

9 hours ago, Horsefly said:

Are you close to the situation, how can you definitively exonerate the adults?

I’m pretty good friends with a half dozen people with kids in the league, FWIW. 

Everyone carry on with the speculation though...it’s actually quite interesting. 

[Horsefly]

25 minutes ago, zulu1128 said:

I’m pretty good friends with a half dozen people with kids in the league, FWIW. 

Everyone carry on with the speculation though...it’s actually quite interesting. 

I wasn't being a smart ass, that's why I asked.  If you know more then share, then we don't need to speculate, right? 

[HawgGoneIt]

4 minutes ago, Horsefly said:

I wasn't being a smart ass, that's why I asked.  If you know more then share, then we don't need to speculate, right? 

 

There is no real way to spin the idiocy of the adults and teens involved here. Half the folks probably guffawed at the "funny" names on the jerseys and the kids probably got really pumped for it. It was all fun and games until someone got offended, and now that person has been deemed to be seeking internet fame. 

 

SMH. 

 

 

[Horsefly]

2 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

 

There is no real way to spin the idiocy of the adults and teens involved here. Half the folks probably guffawed at the "funny" names on the jerseys and the kids probably got really pumped for it. It was all fun and games until someone got offended, and now that person has been deemed to be seeking internet fame. 

 

SMH. 

 

 

I agree with you, that's why I was looking forward to Zulu's expanded comments since he knows parents and believes the accuser is seeking fame and the adults were not complicit. 

[noonereal]

1 minute ago, Horsefly said:

I agree with you, that's why I was looking forward to Zulu's expanded comments since he knows parents and believes the accuser is seeking fame and the adults were not complicit. 

I still don't understand why we have a governor placed on the likes feature. 

[zulu1128]

8 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

 

There is no real way to spin the idiocy of the adults and teens involved here. Half the folks probably guffawed at the "funny" names on the jerseys and the kids probably got really pumped for it. It was all fun and games until someone got offended, and now that person has been deemed to be seeking internet fame. 

 

SMH. 

 

 

Calls out "spin," when no one is doing anything of the sort. No one has tried to spin the idiocy of the act itself.

Proceeds to engage in speculation and conjecture from 600 miles away. As usual.

Good stuff.

[HawgGoneIt]

6 minutes ago, zulu1128 said:

Calls out "spin," when no one is doing anything of the sort. No one has tried to spin the idiocy of the act itself.

Proceeds to engage in speculation and conjecture from 600 miles away. As usual.

Good stuff.

 

You are the one that said the offended person is seeking fame with zero explanation. 

Then eventually come clean on you are connected to some of the kids. 

 

Speculation and conjecture from 45 miles north of the Florida state line could go many directions. I speculate that your intention was a veiled attempt to defend the actions of some idiots by calling the offended person a fame seeker. I'm sure that you can see where one would be able to make that leap? 

 

 

 

[zulu1128]

20 minutes ago, Horsefly said:

I agree with you, that's why I was looking forward to Zulu's expanded comments since he knows parents and believes the accuser is seeking fame and the adults were not complicit. 

None of the parents knew until the team walked on the floor. That's a fact. The official team name was "The Dream Team," and that's what the parents knew.

One of the boys found a site and ordered the jerseys, and set up the "Wet Dream Team " twitter account. (Since suspended, obviously.) If we want to pile on the coach, that's fine. He claims he didn't really notice anything until it was time to warm up, and that he offered to change jerseys before the team took the floor...but I would agree that seems suspect. Hence, ding the coach...obviously team conduct falls on his shoulders regardless.

Still, HGI's silly "blame every adult involved" conjecture falls pretty flat.

I've spoken with a few people from the league who know Mr. Rue. All of them seem more than a little surprised that he suddenly chose to take up the cause of racial sensitivity, (wink wink) and is pretty well known as one of the "everybody look at me" parents. 

 

[zulu1128]

5 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

 

You are the one that said the offended person is seeking fame with zero explanation. 

Then eventually come clean on you are connected to some of the kids. 

 

Why would I state it if I didn't have credible info to back it up? That's simply not something I do. You know this.

5 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said:

 

Speculation and conjecture from 45 miles north of the Florida state line could go many directions. I speculate that your intention was a veiled attempt to defend the actions of some idiots by calling the offended person a fame seeker. I'm sure that you can see where one would be able to make that leap? 

 

I can certainly see where you would make that leap.

[Horsefly]

11 minutes ago, zulu1128 said:

None of the parents knew until the team walked on the floor. That's a fact. The official team name was "The Dream Team," and that's what the parents knew.

One of the boys found a site and ordered the jerseys, and set up the "Wet Dream Team " twitter account. (Since suspended, obviously.) If we want to pile on the coach, that's fine. He claims he didn't really notice anything until it was time to warm up, and that he offered to change jerseys before the team took the floor...but I would agree that seems suspect. Hence, ding the coach...obviously team conduct falls on his shoulders regardless.

Still, HGI's silly "blame every adult involved" conjecture falls pretty flat.

I've spoken with a few people from the league who know Mr. Rue. All of them seem more than a little surprised that he suddenly chose to take up the cause of racial sensitivity, (wink wink) and is pretty well known as one of the "everybody look at me" parents. 

 

Thanks for the explanation, it adds some clarity.

The only question I would have is with the league being 4 weeks into the season, was this the only week the boys wore the jerseys or had they been wearing them since the beginning of the season?  

[HSFBfan]

You cant be offended by the name on the front. It is just funny

[Horsefly]

15 minutes ago, HSFBfan said:

You cant be offended by the name on the front. It is just funny

Why can't one think it's inappropriate language, is civility not a factor?