I guess you could say that in today’s world of self-esteem, the losing team can’t play ball but they feel real good about it. Should make the feel good crowd happy.
Sure am glad that doesn’t apply to our troops fighting the enemy. The idea of these contests, whether on a playing field or the field of battle is to WIN decisively.
I would never cheer for the opposing team to defeat my kid, I would teach him/her true sportsmanship but not defeatism and aren’t we seeing this idea surface in dealing with our enemy in the WOT?
The kids on the opposing team were already life’s losers.
For whatever reason they had chosen the wrong path in life.
Perhaps this game gave them a reason to believe that there are some good people out there and living an honorable life is worth living.
Go right ahead and attack away.
I see this as a school team, including the parents and fans, that stood up for sportsmanship. The opposing team has no "fans", and no "community support", so the host team decided to lend out some of theirs.
Supporting incarcerated teens in their attempt to play a game within the rules of that game is classy, and a good life lesson for the kids.