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How to Educate a Kentucky Gentleman

Handshake lines after high-school athletic contests are “an obvious sign of sportsmanship and civility,” affirms a commissioner’s directive from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association — before rejecting them altogether. “If you’re going to do this,” said the commissioner, Julian Tackett, “you’re going to be held accountable.” Players may still shake hands independently, but school officials risk fines if they organize it and anything unsportsmanlike happens. There have been fights during handshake lines, the directive says. Post-game incidents and a national decline in sportsmanship have led other states to abolish handshake lines, said the executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations. (AC/Lexington Herald-Leader) ...If student athletes aren’t sportsmanlike enough to want to shake hands, they don’t need handshake lines — or games.
Original Publication Date: 03 November 2013
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