"Kings Local Schools strongly condemns any type of hateful, inappropriate, and racist commentary. "While we are terribly disappointed in this news, we will take this opportunity to learn and grow from this experience together," Ackermann said. Ackermann sent a letter out to all parents on Tuesday. Still, Kings Local School District Superintendent Tim A.
While the independent league pays rent to play in school gyms, it isn't operated by any school district. We offered to cover them up or change, however the league saw fit to remove us and we have accepted that decision." On Monday, the league issued a statement on his behalf: "We sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by the jerseys. Gill didn't return a phone message or multiple e-mails on Tuesday. The team consists of Kings students that compete in the bracket of grades 7-12. "The league was not aware of this name until it was reported. "Teams are not registered with nicknames," Goodyear said. That name appears on the league's website. The team was officially registered as Kings Gill VB-R after coach Walt Gill. "In short, the approval process is done at the community level," Goodyear said.Īll teams register with the name of their community and coach's last name, he said. "Once we were alerted, we took swift and decisive action, meaning that we immediately canceled the game and 34 minutes after being notified they were removed from the league," Goodyear said.Įach community is responsible for obtaining their own jerseys. It's unclear, exactly, who made the jerseys.Ĭincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League spokesman Ben Goodyear said no one reported the jerseys in the first three games of the season. The front of the jerseys were emblazoned with the nickname "Wet Dream Team." It was the team's fourth game of the season and the first away from their home court. More: Opposing coach: Basketball team thought racist jerseys were a 'funny joke'Īnger over the uniforms continued to grow Tuesday, two days after the team wore jerseys with names like "Coon" and "Knee Grow" on the back during a game. More: Kings school board member resigns amid racist jersey scandal: 'It breaks my Christian heart' More: What did coach do when team booted for racist jerseys? He asked for a refund.
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