Language costs team its season

Friday, Nov. 7, 2003 | 10:12 a.m.

SUN WIRE REPORTS

SAN FRANCISCO -- The principal of Woodside (Calif.) High School, furious after some players on the school's football team chanted obscenities at their coach as he entered the locker room after yet another loss, has canceled the remainder of the school's season.

School officials called off the season after a team meeting Monday.

On Oct. 31, after Woodside's 30-12 home loss to Terra Nova High School of Pacifica, Calif., Woodside head coach Packy "This was a unanimous decision, one we didn't make lightly," said Common. "This is not about winning games -- it's about respect. If you don't like your coach, there are other avenues to show that. There is no excuse for treating another human being that way."

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