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Dr. Jerome Singleton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Greetings:

Welcome back to the start of another exciting year of interscholastic education-based athletics.\u00a0 We all know that sports play an integral part in the school system.\u00a0 Competition among our student-athletes creates great opportunities for \u201cteachable moments\u201d and \u201clifelong lessons\u201d.\u00a0 Competition is a great motivator for some of our athletes.\u00a0 While winning is important, let us not minimize the value of good sportsmanship in this educational experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good sportsmanship requires three different groups to work together during a contest.\u00a0 Those three groups are the players, the coaches, and the game officials.\u00a0 Each group has a distinct and important task before it. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The players’ tasks are to play the game within the rules of the game.\u00a0 The coaches\u2019 tasks are to coach the game within the rules of the game.\u00a0 And the officials\u2019 tasks are to officiate the game by the rules of the game.\u00a0 When this happens, the educational experience is enhanced.\u00a0 However, when one of the groups attempts to do another group\u2019s task and allows unsportsmanlike\/unprofessional behavior to creep in, things get complicated.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When players try to tell coaches how to coach and\/or officials how to officiate, unsportsmanlike\/unprofessional behavior creeps in. When coaches try to tell officials how to officiate, unsportsmanlike\/unprofessional behavior creeps in. \u00a0And when officials try to tell coaches how to coach, unsportsmanlike behavior creeps in. Unsportsmanlike\/unprofessional behavior has no place in education-based athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year I challenge each group to stay in its lane and allow the other groups to perform their tasks.  Let’s make this a year of great sportsmanship.  Remember\u2026unsportsmanlike behavior is a CHOICE.  Choose to be great sports! And have a great year of interscholastic education-based athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Jerome Singleton, Commissioner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jerome Singleton Greetings:Welcome back to the start of another exciting year of interscholastic education-based athletics.\u00a0 We all know that sports play an integral part in the school system.\u00a0 Competition among our student-athletes creates great opportunities for \u201cteachable moments\u201d and \u201clifelong lessons\u201d.\u00a0 Competition is a great motivator for some of our athletes.\u00a0 While winning is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[60],"calendar":[],"yoast_head":"\nCommissioner's Welcome...Sportsmanship - South Carolina High School League<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.schsl.org\/wp57\/archives\/8255\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commissioner's Welcome...Sportsmanship - 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