College Fix summer intern Zenon Evans reports – and we kid you not – that trash talking has just been banned in high school sports in New Jersey.
Evans writes for Reason that:
Starting this fall, high school students in New Jersey who taunt each other during games will be subject to investigation not only by the state’s athletic association, but the state’s government.
“The days of taunting, baiting and trash-talking during high school sporting events are over,” reads a press release from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Thanks to collaboration between NJSIAA, the New Jersey Attorney General, and the New Jersey Civil Rights Division, “discriminatory conduct will also be reported to the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and may result in further investigation.” …
The policy covers not only school property, buses, and sponsored events, but also states that it even applies “off school grounds.”
Good grief. This is completely absurd. We have become a nation of sissies and whiners and tattletales. What’s a sports game without a little friendly trash talk? Under the guise of anti-bullying, The Nanny State is officially out of control.
Click here to Like The College Fix on Facebook / Twitter: @CollegeFix
Please join the conversation about our stories on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, MeWe, Rumble, Gab, Minds and Gettr.