Oh, I now see that the losing team was comprised of kids with severe disabilities. Scheduling such a game was a lose-lose situation from the get-go.
But knowing who the opponents were, it would have shown some compassion to “call off the dogs” when it reached 50-0.
There was no good reason to run up the score like that. If the losing team was not representing a school of kids with severe disabilities, i would feel differently.
I can see both sides of this issue but the losing team didn’t have “severe” disabilities. They had learning problems, dyslexia, etc. Calling them severe disabilities sounds like kids in wheelchairs. I saw them on the news, they look and sound like any other kids.
Maybe there is another story (perhaps with a valid reason) as to why this game was scheduled. At some point, you can’t do any more than put in your worst players and try to keep it down. If you get to the point of asking your players to “throw the game” then something is seriously wrong. Playing zone defense (not repeatedly stealing and going for easy layups like this team did) would be a better option.
In high school, my team was twice ranked #1 in the country. Some of our divisional opponents were terrible (one in particular) and we won several matches 72-0 or 78-0. (There’s no way to beat somebody worse than 78-0). Some of that was due to forfeits. Wrestling is different because it’s 13 individuals competing as part of a team and they’re each scored individually. Team sports are different. I’ve seen some blowouts in football - some with class and some without. If you put in your lowest-string players and run the ball over and over and over, you can effectively run the clock out.
Uh, there were only 8 players on the team, not 15. There wasn't even a full second string to insert, much less a third. Look at the quarter scores. They did back off somewhat.
Oh, would you? I’ll tell you like i told some one else! It’s not worth stomping a bug if it’s already dead! This dude knew within the first 2 minutes of the game that they weren’t as good as his team and that they could smother them like no body’s business!!! He knew that! After that, i would call of the dogs right away! If you don’t, all that you are doing is embarassing the team even more...Why on earth would you want to do that!!!!!!