Entire California high school football team suddenly suspended as disturbing claims emerge

A California high school football team has been suspended for a week after their behavior towards a rival side infuriated officials.The Victor Valley High School football team dominated Apple Valley High School this past Friday on their home turf, 20-7, and won the so-called “Bell Game.”But because of their braggadocious behavior, which also included their mascot flipping the bird to the stands, the school suspended the team and forfeited their next game.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Victor Valley High School Superintendent Carl J.Coles and Principal Darius Robinson issued a joint statement saying that a “line was crossed” by players.“Members of the Victor Valley High School football team behaved in an unsportsmanlike manner toward the opposing team and its fans, including offensive gestures and language,” Coles and Robinson said in a statement.“There is a clear line between passionate competition and unacceptable conduct.

That line was crossed at the Bell Game on Friday, September 11,” the statement added.A video circulating on social media showed the Jackrabbits mascot prancing around on the school’s track and flipping off the opposing sideline.The decision to suspend the entire team and coaching staff from football activities this week “reflects the seriousness with which [the school] holds [their] athletic programs accountable,” the statement reads. “Over the coming week, school leaders and district administration will work directly with the coaching staff and football team to address what occurred, review our athletic code of conduct, and reinforce the standards required of every student-athlete and coach representing Victor Valley High School,” the statement reads in part.“There will be accountability, there will be refle...