Parent accuses Texas high school football coach of bullying after 91-0 blowout game

This article by Fox News has been the topic of debate for many shows that focus on sports. There was a high school football game in Texas this past weekend, and one team rolled over the other 91-0. One of the parents of a boy on the losing team took the initiative and filed a complaint. His claim was that the team that won bullied their team. His warrant was running up the score is bullying the opposing team. The rebuttal was immediate, the coach of the winning team claimed that his starters were out of the game in the first quarter, and his backups were out around halftime. He did not know what to do when his third strings were scoring points against the first team. The losing coach supported the team saying that they were nothing but class. They were the Texas state champions, who beat every team by a large amount. Most of the claims in this article are value claims, with a few policy claims scattered in. The parents complaint was an obvious value claim. Another strong value claim is, "Buchanan said his school, winner of four state titles since 1998, and district are very supportive of the football program. The same, he said, cannot be said of Western Hills."(fox) The author brings up many policy claims when he discusses the University Interscholastic League. For example "The University Interscholastic League, the governing body for high school sports in Texas, only has a mercy rule for six-man football that ends a game when one team gets ahead by 45 points by halftime or later. There is no mercy rule for 11-man football, though coaches can agree to end a game early, UIL spokeswoman Kate Hector said. Buchanan said he wasn't aware of that option." To me most of this article is a causal argument, because the 91 points caused the arguments.


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"Parent Accuses Texas High School Football Coach of Bullying after 91-0 Blowout Game." Fox

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