Salado, TX – The director of a Texas private school association that came under fire for refusing to reschedule a game that conflicted with the Sabbath says an Orthodox Jewish school should have never been a member in the first place.
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Edd Burleson says his Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools should have never let the Beren Academy join them last year. TAPPS ultimately rescheduled the Beren playoff basketball game in March under the pressure of a lawsuit and public backlash.
Burleson told The Dallas Morning News (http://dallasne.ws/H6UmA4 ) that he doesn’t have the time for “politically correct gobbledygook.” He says TAPPS would have ultimately prevailed if there had been more time to fight in court.
TAPPS represents more than 200 private schools with almost 40,000 students statewide.
Mamzer should rot in hell. He would be better off sticking his real foot in his mouth instead of the proverbial one. Either way, he should choke!
He really doesn’t mind having Jewish schools in his league — as long as their teams don’t win.
He should never been the head of the association with a mind set of his. It is a parochial school and meets the criteria so why not; why not he is anti-semitic
TAPPS is not Constitutionally a Christian organization.
http://www.tapps.net/PDF/Constitution/By-laws/SubChapterB/bylawssubchapterBsection10.pdf
I fail to see why he should not have allowed them to join other than the usual anti-semitism. The players were religiously forbidden from playing. A good Christian should be happy to accommodate.
Why do orthodox yidden need to be playing with the areilim. Let’s focus on Torah.
Myabe he’s right. Maybe you shouldn’t join an organization if it will mean fighting them over shabbos schedules. I mean, it’s not like a job which you need for parnassah, it’s recreation for crying out loud. Also, isn’t it a bit much to waste so much time playing sports? A little playing to relax during the day is one thing, but this strikes me as quite a lot of bittul torah.
Just a silly old relic of a man, whose time ended while he was still young.
The school was told in the beginning that the playoffs are on Saturday! They didn’t seem to care then!
To #5 - Halacha teaches us to safeguard our health. Thus, by extension, playing in competitive sports, keeps both young people and older people, in very good physical condition. In addition to studying Torah, it is very important for Yidden of all ages, to stay physically fit.
TAPPS was in the news earlier this month. They sent an insulting letter to a Muslim school demanding justifications for allowing Muslim boys to play in the same league as Christians. They also sent out a “survey” to the membership whipping up fear and hatred against the school and all Muslims.
This is nothing new. Texas has always been a bigoted, hateful place. National politics being what they are this kind of thing is only going to get worse.
Dont give me anygarbage about bitul torah. Teach a child to learn all day he will do so till he gets out of jail i mean yeshiva. Teach him to love to learn he will do so all his life. Let the kids have fun and feel good about themselves that they made it all the way to the end. Stop spewing your nonsense aboutbitul torah
So what else is new?Can you imagine what he would say if the team won
the championship?
Hint : When you speak to the press and say, “I don’t have time” to defend my position, it means that you DON’T have the goods.
Spoken like a true racist Texas redneck.
It would be great if all the TAPPS member schools withdrew from the conference and formed a competing one.
this guys right.
the school joined the league knowing full well that playoff games would not be rescheduled. then when it came time to forfeit the game like they should have they complained of anti semitism.
well this guy’s right, if they weren’t willing to play by the rules, they shouldve never been a member
Its Texas, land of the Baptists. What did you think some hick like Burleson was going to say? The man can’t even spell “Ed” correctly.