Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has quoted Cooley:

"We've never had fights," Cooley said, "but it's a pretty touchy situation after a game when you have to have the principals go out on the field to make sure everyone is behaving properly."
The ban "has really cut the tension," he said. "You don't have 35 guys plus the cheerleaders out there wondering what is going to happen. All it would take would be that one person not to shake hands or push somebody and who knows who would jump in [to fight], and what do you do? You can't stop it."

Is he serious? Does he not watch every pro sport out there? Well…apart from Detroit Pistons basketball of course. After almost every NFL game you will see opposing players shaking hands, hugging, and even kneeling down together in prayer. I’m willing to bet that the majority of these kids watch NFL games and see this after game camaraderie. To think that they couldn't emulate a lot of the players they look up to is beyond me.

If they were really worried about fights, why couldn’t the principals go to their head coach and just make it known that any after game altercation would not be tolerated. I would imagine if the coach would put game suspensions on his players if anything were to happen, the likelihood of trouble at the end of games would be next to nothing. Instead, they are teaching those kids that there is no faith they can practice good sportsmanship without adult supervision. It’s sad, isn’t it?

Thanks go to Wulf for pointing out this story to me.