Top Ten Reasons To Be A Designated Good Sport

10.    Because taunting, trash talk and intimidating behavior have no place in high school sports — or any level of sports.

9.      Your admission is to watch the performances of highly-impressionable 15 to 18-year-old kids — not a license to abuse coaches, officials, players and other spectators.

8.      You want others to treat you the way you want to be treated — and how many of us want to be treated with disrespect?

7.      We need more positive role models for our kids.

6.       People don’t always remember the final score — but they always remember the fan in Section Three who made a fool out of him or herself.

5.      Because coaches and officials are also teachers. Why would you harass them in their classroom?

4.     A national survey indicates kids play high school sports to have fun — not to be number one!

3.     It’s how you play the game that counts.

2.     It’s simply the right thing to do.

1.      Because sportsmanship begins with you!

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