High school girls busted for duct tape tops

Catholic high school hockey fans show their
 team spirit in Windsor. (Jenna Brimner photo)

Part of the fun of teen hockey is being a fan, particularly at the high school level where pride and passion in the stands are a bigger part of the mix than in most minor hockey games.
Girls in Windsor, Ont., thought they were having appropriate fun at an annual game between rival schools last month. But when they returned to school after the Christmas break, they found their school pride duct tape tops had run afoul of sober school officials.
Taken aback by the skin show of the Catholic teens in previous years, the school had specifically banned duct tape shirts spelling out support for their team. This year's girls tried to address the concerns of administration while still keeping up the tradition by wearing conservative T-shirts under their duct tape creations.
School officials suspended the fans for a day and have put them on "watch", according to a CBC TV report.
Administrators, of course, are being boring sticks in the mud. Compared to young fans at warm weather high school football games, this was nothing. It's not an issue of wearing duct tape clothing. It's the fact the teens outsmarted and creatively addressed the concerns of school administration - and adults don't like being shown up by young people.
Lighten up. Sports is meant to be fun for fans and athletes alike.
Here's the link to the CBC website version of the story.