[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I guess certain views aren't particularly welcome here on TOTV.

I fail to see where any "certain views" aren't particularly welcome here on TOTV, but I do see where expressing certain "opposing" views are not!

Having stated that, I also believe that this particular rule was properly applied. The rules were made for a valid reason and the players were aware of the rules, the players violated the rules and there should be no exception because of an impending championship game or otherwise. And the reason why there should be no exception in this case is because it sends the wrong messages to other players, current or future, that they can ignore the rules and there will be a good chance that they can get away with it without consequences; not a good lesson in "common sense" to instill on our youth!

Now, I'm not going to say that I never broke any school sports rules, but when I played high school football, I had enough smarts to make sure that I took every step to avoid being detected when smoking a cigarette. A few of us even hid a butt and matches in our football uniforms to sneak a few puffs along the long trek from our school, using a secluded alternate unused route to the practice field that was normally about 15 minutes away. Even though we knew it was wrong, I guess we thought that it was only wrong if we got caught!