Jew-ball gets blocked in Colorado
Sports Illustrated is covering a story about a boys basketball team that might be forced to end their playoff run because they are shomer shabbat.
If Herzl/RMHA makes it to the regional championship and refuses to play a Saturday game, another school would be chosen to take its place, CHSAA commissioner Bill Reader said.
Earlier this month, the Colorado High School Activities Association, which governs sports and other high school activities, rejected the team’s request for a schedule change.
The State Senate got into the action, too:
Senate President Peter Groff, D-Denver, said the CHSAA’s decision was ironic because it has a rule barring games from being played on Sunday for religious reasons.
sorry to be a hater but isn’t the real story here that a Jewish day school’s basketball team may play for a state championship. anyone ever heard of something like this before?
—zt · February 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
You’ve been poisoned by living in the Diaspora, zt.
There is nothing that we can’t do.
—Jonathan · February 29th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
If this were a Muslim team, the organization would be bending over backward to accomodate their religious requirements.
—Jeffrey Levine · February 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Classy, Jeffrey.
Anyway, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333770,00.html
Unfortunately, they lost last night, so it doesn’t look like the CHSAA will be forced to change their position.
—Mark Goldman · February 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
“what’s this day of rest s*&%?
what’s this bulls*&%?”
Did anyone else think of the Big Lebowski when they saw this?
—rivkah · February 29th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
The update is that the team lost the game Thursday that would have allowed them to advance. So the point is now moot. Nevertheless, the issue of equal treatment remains. See this editorial in today’s Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_8398961
—Gregg · February 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
In basketball’s early days it was dominated by Jewish players. Then black people started to play and Jewish people realized they could be lawyers and doctors.
—AaronfromWG · February 29th, 2008 at 9:06 pm