chris wrote:
HS runners DQ'd for ‘LiveStrong' wrist bands
"LiveStrong" doesn't add up to "run fast," at least for one high
school official in Virginia.

More than two dozen high school track athletes were disqualified from
an Oct. 6 event in Virginia Beach, Va., after an administrator ruled
Lance Armstrong's popular "LiveStrong" wristbands amounted to jewelry,
banned under district rules.

Some 26 athletes were wearing the yellow plastic bans and were
subsequently disqualified from the track event, according to a report
in the The Virginia Pilot newspaper.

"It's the stupidest rule I've ever heard," said Lanny Doan, one of the
high school coaches. "We're talking about a rubber band. It's not
going to harm anyone."

And there you have it, friends. Lanny Doan, no doubt, is on the faculty
of a high school listed as a teacher, yet he doesn't know english!

Some 12 million of the wrist bands have been sold nationwide to raise
money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The wrist bands have become
a cultural phenomenon, with big-time sports stars and even
presidential candidates sporting the plastic bands.

The wrist bands, however, fell afoul with school officials in Virginia
who have banned all except religious or medical jewelry from high

AIn't Livestrong the epitome of medical jewelry?

school track events. The Virginia Pilot reported high officials
notified coaches by e-mailed prior to Wednesday's with reminders that
the rule would be enforced.

Several athletes won their heats but were later disqualified after
wearing the wrist bands. One of the school's girl's squad lost out on
the team competition because of the ruling.

"Basically, we lost because of a cancer-support bracelet," Ocean Lakes
coach Mike Nestor told the newspaper. "This is a friendly sport. I'd
rather be told kids had to take them off before they run than told
‘gotcha' afterward."

See, now this guy has his english straight...