They are taking a stand based upon their principles and accepting the consequences of their actions—taking it their forfeiture like men. Good for them.
My guess is that these schools are so small this is the only athletic type events around or size.
Now, those boys wont play, even though they knew this might happen.
I'm having difficulty understanding the problem.
The forfeiting team isn't complaining about anything. The team that is complaining, from what I gather from the article, is the girl's team.
They are upset the other team did not play the game.