To start, I talk about how enjoyable it has been to be back behind the microphone in this "Fall II" season, doing King Philip Regional High School football and volleyball (including clips!). But after the commercial break, I get serious -- big time.
You may have heard that the Duxbury High School football team used anti-Semitic language as the codes for its audible calls in a recent game. Players and coaches from the opposing team brought this offensive language to the public's attention, and since then, the coach has been suspended for at least one game, the game this weekend has ben canceled, and anti-defamation groups are calling for an investigation.
No doubt, this is one of the worst examples of immature and stupid behavior for a high school athletic team that I've heard in quite some time -- and as you will hear, I'm not bashful about what I suggest for penalties.
There is absolutely no room for such hate speech in football, and EVERYONE in Duxbury needs to be held accountable for this sort of behavior from their young athletes -- and especially the adults that supervise them.
(UPDATE: Just after this podcast was completed and posted, the Duxbury school system announced that it had severed its ties with head football coach Dave Maimaron, which was one of the penalties I suggested during my commentary.)
It's all in Episode 42 of the best little video podcast to come out of the heart of Mansfield.
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