Another Fight at MCPS Athletics Event

[Anonymous]

Fights happen everywhere. Even in the article a recent fight in Virginia is mentioned:

On Sept. 22, the game between Virginia's Forest Park High School and Potomac High School ended early in the fourth quarter due to a fight between two groups of students off the field.

[Anonymous]

The fight was brief and not that sensational, TBH.

The Northwest-Gaithersburg fight was newsworthy due to the degree of violence, which included players, coaches AND parents, and the fact that it happened onfield.

This was a brief sideline scuffle and I think MCPS handled it pretty well. The game was ended early, consequences were meted out and no one was seriously hurt or injured.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just pointing out how few comments this thread has because it’s not a W school and so nobody cares.

Just pointing out that nobody ran to the police, lawyered up and started a lawsuit.

This has been happening since sports started, it happens in other states, it happens in other countries.

but it mostly happens at Ws

IMO, the football fight is a nothingburger. It has been happening for eons.

But, the beat down at the Bethesda metro station was different. For one, it did not happen on school grounds. and two: that appears to be more of an assault by a bunch of thugs looking for trouble rather than rival football players getting into a fight probably over something that happened during the game.

Also, there was robbery involved with the B-CC incident.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just pointing out how few comments this thread has because it’s not a W school and so nobody cares.

Just pointing out that nobody ran to the police, lawyered up and started a lawsuit.

This has been happening since sports started, it happens in other states, it happens in other countries.

Maybe because this wasn't a planned attack on student citizens out at the metro but I heated sporting game with a fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just pointing out how few comments this thread has because it’s not a W school and so nobody cares.

Just pointing out that nobody ran to the police, lawyered up and started a lawsuit.

This has been happening since sports started, it happens in other states, it happens in other countries.

but it mostly happens at Ws

False. Sporting event fights between players are less likely to happen at Ws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fight was brief and not that sensational, TBH.

The Northwest-Gaithersburg fight was newsworthy due to the degree of violence, which included players, coaches AND parents, and the fact that it happened onfield.

This was a brief sideline scuffle and I think MCPS handled it pretty well. The game was ended early, consequences were meted out and no one was seriously hurt or injured.

The NW-GHS fight did not include parents (at least the initial fight on the field, what happened after the game I can't say because I left). It would have been brief if their coach hadn't started throwing punches. He's out of a job, so that was handled properly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we expect students to act better at a football game than in school?

First of all, being an athlete is a privilege, not a right.

Second, the purpose of athletics beyond physical well being is sportsmanship.

Third, students fighting is dangerous. Someone can get badly injured.

Students should not be fighting in school or in sports. However, fighting in sports can and should come with penalties such as expulsion from the team on the first offense.

Okay grandma.

How are you going to stop something that is part of every decade, every state, every country, every sport in the world. You literally just move on.

The name calling and the justification for fighting says a lot about your character.

Fighting doesn’t have a place in any sport. It definitely has no place in a high school game.

[Anonymous]

I’m curious, do most MCPS Athletes even know what #RAISE refers to? It’s a shout out to an old social media platform that students don’t use nor does a simple acronym instill the espoused core values of the athletic system.

[Anonymous]

MCPS likes its acronyms and cutesy sayings. Pyle Middle always says "do good be good."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we expect students to act better at a football game than in school?

First of all, being an athlete is a privilege, not a right.

Second, the purpose of athletics beyond physical well being is sportsmanship.

Third, students fighting is dangerous. Someone can get badly injured.

Students should not be fighting in school or in sports. However, fighting in sports can and should come with penalties such as expulsion from the team on the first offense.

Okay grandma.

How are you going to stop something that is part of every decade, every state, every country, every sport in the world. You literally just move on.

The name calling and the justification for fighting says a lot about your character.

Fighting doesn’t have a place in any sport. It definitely has no place in a high school game.

Your myopic view of the world says a lot about your intelligence.

Fights happen, move on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we expect students to act better at a football game than in school?

First of all, being an athlete is a privilege, not a right.

Second, the purpose of athletics beyond physical well being is sportsmanship.

Third, students fighting is dangerous. Someone can get badly injured.

Students should not be fighting in school or in sports. However, fighting in sports can and should come with penalties such as expulsion from the team on the first offense.

Okay grandma.

How are you going to stop something that is part of every decade, every state, every country, every sport in the world. You literally just move on.

The name calling and the justification for fighting says a lot about your character.

Fighting doesn’t have a place in any sport. It definitely has no place in a high school game.

Your myopic view of the world says a lot about your intelligence.

Fights happen, move on

Evidently, MCPS agrees with your view that “fights happen, move on.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we expect students to act better at a football game than in school?

First of all, being an athlete is a privilege, not a right.

Second, the purpose of athletics beyond physical well being is sportsmanship.

Third, students fighting is dangerous. Someone can get badly injured.

Students should not be fighting in school or in sports. However, fighting in sports can and should come with penalties such as expulsion from the team on the first offense.

Not one administrator really cares about the kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Football players fighting each other with no injuries isn't a curb stomping now is it.

These are high school students. Fighting on a football field during a MCPS game is no different than fighting in a classroom. The behavior is totally unacceptable.

The athletics program should strive to instruct students on how to demonstrate good sportsmanship and how to keep your emotions checked. Given the behavior of coaches my children have had contact with multiple sports (including football), sometimes the model of behavior coaches exemplifies encourages bad behavior rather than dissuade it.

It's football. A sport where the rules call for people to hit each other. Let's not pretend it's not a brutish activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we expect students to act better at a football game than in school?

First of all, being an athlete is a privilege, not a right.

Second, the purpose of athletics beyond physical well being is sportsmanship.

Third, students fighting is dangerous. Someone can get badly injured.

Students should not be fighting in school or in sports. However, fighting in sports can and should come with penalties such as expulsion from the team on the first offense.

Not one administrator really cares about the kids.

Why spend so much money on an athletics program if promotes students misbehaving and committing violence? It either should have the same Code of Conduct as the classroom or it doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is gonna MCPS. More restorative justice will solve this.

If only they used RJ. This would be solved already.