More Social Media Fallout Hits Clueless Kids

[Standing Wolf]

Six middle fingers on Snapchat lead to disqualification of Junior League softball team

A girls softball team from Virginia learned a hard lesson about social media: After a victory, think twice about gloating over your opponent on their home turf — especially if the chosen method of gloating is posting a photo on social media of six teammates flipping the bird under the caption, “watch out host.”

The 12-to-14-year-olds who make up the Atlee junior league softball team from Mechanicsville, Va., learned this the hard way on Saturday when they were disqualified from the nationally televised championship game at the Junior League World Series in Kirkland, Wash., after one team member posted that photo on her Snapchat account following a victory on Friday. The team apologized Saturday, even asking for an investigation into the game, but it was too late to repair the damage the image had caused.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more...L&ocid=DELLDHP

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In a world increasingly dominated by crudity, and by saying and doing pretty much anything online that pops into your head, occasionally the clueless are reminded that actions have consequences.

[Common]

Theres a big breakdown in discipline and moral compass with the youth today and the only blame lies on Parents and Educators who have the most influence on the young

[Green Arrow]

It was fingers, guys. Rome isn't on fire yet.

[resister]

It was fingers, guys. Rome isn't on fire yet.

Hooray for the PC culture that liberals love!

[Standing Wolf]

If a pro athlete did something like this, it might be a PR problem for his team, but that's about it. Youth sports, however, are supposed to be about promoting good sportsmanship; part of that is manners and keeping the game in perspective. This isn't about PC, e...it's about reinforcing to these young women why they're playing the game in the first place.

[Green Arrow]

If a pro athlete did something like this, it might be a PR problem for his team, but that's about it. Youth sports, however, are supposed to be about promoting good sportsmanship; part of that is manners and keeping the game in perspective. This isn't about PC, e...it's about reinforcing to these young women why they're playing the game in the first place.

Teams across the sports world pump themselves up before games by trashing the opponent, and it's been that way probably since the invention of sports.

[Adelaide]

Maybe it is the competition and the adrenaline, but flipping the bird is nothing. I remember destroying the host dressing room when I was 15 or 16 for varsity hockey.

Obviously, it would be better to act appropriately and not destroy property, but you learn from it. Sounds like the girls in the OP are learning from it. Not the end of the world, though.

[Adelaide]

Uh... Also... I was 4 years old...
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If I got in $#@! every time I flipped the bird, I'd be in a lot of trouble. I even know how to do it in other cultures since the middle finger is not as universal a sign as you'd think it would be.