I really don’t like poor sportsmanship. Whenever I’m in a competition, I make it a high priority to be a good sport no matter what. I have a low tolerance for poor sports. If I have the opportunity to play some kind of game with a poor sport, or to NOT play with that poor sport, I will pass on the opportunity. I enjoy friendly competition, and there is nothing friendly about poor sportsmanship!
It was with much surprise that I read today about the poor sportsmanship demonstrated by the girls basketball team of The Covenant School in Dallas Texas in their stunning 100-0win over the Dallas Academy School. The Covenant School has always had a really good team, they have a large enrollment of girls in their school and have been playing for years. The Dallas Academy School only has 20 girls TOTAL enrolled in their school, so their talent pool is much smaller, and they have only been playing a short time. In my opinion The Covenant School exhibited poor sportsmanship in playing so extravagantly hard against the Dallas Academy. They could have beat them by a much lesser margin. That kind of beating is simply uncalled for. Well, that’s my opinion, for what it’s worth!