From the articles, it doesn't appear that the losing team (Dallas Academy) did anything other than take their loss with good sportsmanship.
It was Covenant who wanted the coach to apologize, and it was Covenant that made the judgment call in this case.
Don't say that it's the fault of the kids or coaches at Dallas Academy if it is, in fact, not.
Part of the problem seems to be letting these teams compete against each other. It's like setting up an "B" level team against "AA." You'd -expect- the B team to get slaughtered.
In a game where you clearly outmatch your opponent, even if you feel you must win, it's important to win with grace. I don't get a sense that Covenant didn't win with grace and good sportsmanship, but I didn't see the game. It's really difficult to make that call without actually having been there.
The article also seems to imply that there's no rule for mercy/slaughter in girls basketball. Maybe I read that incorrectly, but based on that assumption, there really wasn't a structure for -providing- a "gentler" (?) out to the losing team.
From what we can tell from the coins and statuary left behind, Cleopatra (aka Cleopatra VII Philopater) wasn't much of a looker. Her nose was a -very- prominent feature, if we're to believe what was left behind in art and in description. She was the product of several generations of Hellenic inbreeding, as a part of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Given that her dynasty was very outspoken about their inbreeding (following the familial model of the pharaohs, doncha know), I wonder what evidence led this team of scholars to believe she was anything other than Hellenic.
Of course, it's would be a mistake -- even with her Greek background -- to call her "European" or to claim that she had "European" heritage. In the broadest sense, these people -- Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Carthaginian -- saw themselves as bound by the Mediterranean. The uncivilized barbarians lived in Europe. That may seem like a fine point, but to call her heritage "European" projects a false identity onto her, one dictated by modern national identities and one that she would not have claimed for herself.
Back to Cleopatra herself: What is amazing is the level of intelligence, charisma, and political savvy that she possessed. She was also, in a time that arguably equated good looks more directly with the favor and endorsement of the gods, quite the seducer, despite her plain appearance. She must have been an amazing woman.
Black & Orange
Please & thank you.
Yeah, I'll take that.
I certainly hope I don't have the maturity of a 20 year old, though. -That- would be depressing.
It was Covenant who wanted the coach to apologize, and it was Covenant that made the judgment call in this case.
Don't say that it's the fault of the kids or coaches at Dallas Academy if it is, in fact, not.
Part of the problem seems to be letting these teams compete against each other. It's like setting up an "B" level team against "AA." You'd -expect- the B team to get slaughtered.
In a game where you clearly outmatch your opponent, even if you feel you must win, it's important to win with grace. I don't get a sense that Covenant didn't win with grace and good sportsmanship, but I didn't see the game. It's really difficult to make that call without actually having been there.
The article also seems to imply that there's no rule for mercy/slaughter in girls basketball. Maybe I read that incorrectly, but based on that assumption, there really wasn't a structure for -providing- a "gentler" (?) out to the losing team.
Given that her dynasty was very outspoken about their inbreeding (following the familial model of the pharaohs, doncha know), I wonder what evidence led this team of scholars to believe she was anything other than Hellenic.
Of course, it's would be a mistake -- even with her Greek background -- to call her "European" or to claim that she had "European" heritage. In the broadest sense, these people -- Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Carthaginian -- saw themselves as bound by the Mediterranean. The uncivilized barbarians lived in Europe. That may seem like a fine point, but to call her heritage "European" projects a false identity onto her, one dictated by modern national identities and one that she would not have claimed for herself.
Back to Cleopatra herself: What is amazing is the level of intelligence, charisma, and political savvy that she possessed. She was also, in a time that arguably equated good looks more directly with the favor and endorsement of the gods, quite the seducer, despite her plain appearance. She must have been an amazing woman.
Denshoku.
Thank you.