Nov 6th 2008 2:15PM by Matt Watson (author feed)
A high school football coach in suburban Philadelphia gave nine of his players the boot after they defied his orders not to skip school by attending the Phillies championship parade last Friday. Not surprisingly, the decision has generated a lot of negative attention, especially when you consider attendance at all public high schools in Philly was down 20 percent the day of the parade.

What’s the harm in letting the kids have a little fun, right? Surely the coach is on an unfortunate power trip … right?

Before you make a knee-jerk reaction, consider this: the kids were forced to sit out Friday’s game due to the local high school association rules, which presumably states a student is ineligible to participate in an event if he didn’t attend school that day — a common rule that a lot of high schools enforce.Continue Reading