Regulations at East games go too far

School rules and regulations are put in place to protect our students. These rules extend outside the classroom to the sporting events as well. Students need conduct guidelines so that the rowdiness can be kept to a relative minimum. A few years ago the “freshman pushback’s” at games were baned because students were getting injured and it did not reflect a positive image on our school. Rules to keep students physically safe and rules that encourage positive cheering are the kind of rules that must be kept so that sporting events may be enjoyed by all. However, not allowing face paint, flags or any sort of cheering device at games is unjust and greatly diminishes the amount of school pride.

Junior Dylan Cyr said, “When I heard that they weren’t allowing face paint or flags at games I couldn’t believe it.”

Senior Baird Goerts said, “What harm does a little color on your face do? How can we properly cheer for East if we can’t wave flags or paint our faces?”

The administration is concerned that students will abuse their privileges at games by writing inappropriate things on flags or yelling degrading comments to the other team through a megaphone.

But why is that such a concern?

If a student isn’t behaving properly or has brought an inappropriate cheer item to the game, kick that student out. Don’t punish the entire student body for a few bad decisions that a handful of people made. Kids aren’t looking to cause trouble; they just want to have fun by supporting their school. And if having fun and supporting East High School means bringing a piece of cloth duct taped to a pole or temporarily painting your face a different color then we should be allowed to do it.

Don’t punish kids for being kids.

Tags: duluth east, greyhound sports