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by Jeff Fisher
As the 2014 season heads toward the postseason, another headline-grabbing story to report tonight about a coach being fired for a post-game celebration that is being called inappropriate.
According to CNN, in Charleston, South Carolina, Academic Magnet High School has fired head football coach Bud Walpole was fired after a “watermelon ritual” was reported to the school board by a parent.
Here’s an excerpt from the story…
“Players would gather in a circle and smash the watermelon while others were either standing in a group or locking arms and making chanting sounds described as, ‘Ooh, ooh, ooh,'” school district Superintendent Nancy McGinley said, describing the noises as “monkey sounds.” The watermelon was decorated with caricatures drawn with Sharpie markers, she added.
So far, over 4,000 people have signed a Change.org petition in support of Coach Walpole being reinstated.
