In Connecticut, it's ok to win--just not by too much.In May, the Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). Interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las Athletic Conference An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the collegiate or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels. , which governs the state's high school sports activities, came up with a rule that penalizes coaches whose teams stomp all over their opponents. Under the new policy, coaches have to keep their margins of victory under 50 points or they face a week's suspension. "We regard running up the score as an unsportsmanlike activity," says an official there. But not everyone agrees that blowouts are a problem. "This is like one of those things where they want everyone to win, every game to end in a tie ... " says the coach of a football team that scored a 90-0 win last year. Joe Meaney Meaney is a surname, and may refer to:
named after New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University, NY, USA. Cornell alternative-month accelerated lambing system enables each ewe to lamb three times in every 2 years. football team, thinks coaches shouldn't run up the score on purpose. But sometimes, he says, everything goes wrong, and if it happens on a football field, players should just learn from it. "Sometimes you get absolutely walloped in life," says Meaney. "And that's just the way it is."--Peter Applebome [5/28/06] |
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