Season over for California high-school soccer workforce whose members acted out slave public sale

Members of a California high-school soccer workforce acted out a slave public sale, the district’s superintendent informed an area media outlet. 

Yuba Metropolis Unified College District Superintendent Doreen Osumi mentioned it was a “reprehensible act” after the district acquired a video Thursday of the incident involving members of the River Valley Excessive College soccer workforce.

The soccer workforce forfeited this previous week’s recreation, KTXL experiences. The gamers concerned may also not be taking part in the remainder of the season, inflicting the varsity workforce’s season to be over resulting from a scarcity of gamers.

“They violated our pupil athlete code of conduct which all of them signed and dedicated to comply with, and that won’t be ignored or minimized,” a press release from the superintendent learn. 

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The junior varsity workforce will proceed with their season. Sophomores and juniors from the varsity workforce who’re nonetheless eligible to play can be a part of the JV workforce to complete the season, if they want. 

“Re-enacting a slave sale as a prank tells us that we have now an excessive amount of work to do with our college students to allow them to distinguish between intent and affect. They might have thought this skit was humorous, however it isn’t; it’s unacceptable and requires us to look truthfully and deeply at problems with systemic racism,” the assertion added. 

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The commissioner for the Sac-Joaquin Part of the California Interscholastic Federation additionally launched a press release to the TV station calling the incident “unlucky.”

“Final evening we have been notified by a consultant from the Yuba Metropolis Unified College District of state of affairs involving the RVHS soccer program; that is actually an unlucky incident and the CIF-SJS is offering no matter assist RVHS/YCUSD wants,” the assertion learn.