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by eCat » Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:44 am
I can't believe this story hasn't blown up nationally.
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A youth basketball team, booted from an independent recreational league for racist and sexist jerseys, wore the same offensive jerseys during a Dec. 17 game against Milford, according to that team's coach.
The jerseys went unreported for the first three games of the season until a parent from an opposing team raised concerns after a game this past Sunday.
The delay has prompted questions from the community about why no one reported the jerseys earlier.
Milford coach Jason DiTullio said he reported the jerseys to referees and took pictures. He looked for, and couldn’t find, a representative from Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League in the gym where about 10 people were in the stands.
He said he meant to say something to the league and send them pictures, but forgot with the Christmas holiday approaching. He said he wishes he would have spoken to league officials earlier.
After the December game, DiTullio said he shook hands with the coach and players to be sportsmanlike and set an example for his team.
He walked up to the player with the “Knee Grow” jersey.
“I said that is so provocative and unacceptable,” DiTullio said. “They just laughed. They thought it was a funny joke.”
DiTullio confronted the player wearing the jersey with “Coon” on the back. He got the same laughing reaction to his statement of disapproval.
The coach for the other team said nothing in response, DiTullio said.
"Wet Dream Team" coach Walt Gill didn't return phone or e-mail messages on Tuesday.
On Monday, the league issued a statement on his behalf: "We sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by the jerseys. We offered to cover them up or change, however the league saw fit to remove us and we have accepted that decision."
The team, officially known as Kings Gill VB-R, isn't operated by a school district, but pays to play in local gyms.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
