Adult behavior major contributor to referee shortages, unsafe environment

If you don’t favor the sports pages, you might have missed the girls’ wrestling team saga at Edmond North High School. And you perhaps have not given deep thought to its significance.

The Oklahoma Secondary Sports Association suspended the team for the remainder of the season. The team is unhappy about that because they’re quite good and in the running for the state championship.

The rule that says if a team, players, coaches or spectators commit an egregious unsportsmanlike act ...