'It's inhuman': in Connecticut, a sports coach was suspended from work for the fact that his team won by too large a score
In the US, in Connecticut, the coach of the school basketball team, Jason Kirk, was suspended after a crushing game with opponents in which his players won 92: 4. Focus.
Moreover, Kirk, whose students held leading positions in the State, had to apologize for winning his team.
“I sincerely apologize to the players, coaches and parents of Lyman Hall for the way the game was played. I have learned from these coaching mistakes and have already made changes to our system to prevent any future errors in sportsmanship from the SHA basketball program,” the coach said.
In turn, the coach of the losing team, Tom Lipka, said that Kirk’s players “showed no mercy” towards his students.
Sacred Heart School officials also apologized to Lipka's team for maintaining the lead for three quarters of the girls' basketball game.
The winning team scored 29 points in the first quarter, its rival: 0. By the break, the leaders had 56 points, the opponents were still left with nothing. At the end of three quarters, the score was 80: 0.
The publication notes that the ambiguous score caused a discussion on the Internet: some argued that this was unsportsmanlike behavior, others praised the winning team's ability to control the course of the game and win a landslide victory.
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