Just Google “forfeit football season and slurs.”Ī Massachusetts high school team forfeited the remainder of its football season in 2013 after a racial slur was spray-painted at the home of a player. We do not know how many players were involved in the alleged taunts - or if coaches were also implicated in the aftermath. I am really hoping for the best for those guys, that they figure their situation out and we get to play on Friday.”Īsked if he’d be shocked if they did not play, Codera added, “I’d be pretty shocked.” Cancel the season I hope that some of the stuff we’re hearing is not true. “We’re going to approach it like any other week,” Codera said after his team’s 28-7 loss at Milpitas on Friday. Santa Clara coach Burt Codera said he expects the Wilcox game to be played as scheduled next week. “I know Paul Rosa is not out there trying to game the system and seeing if he can forfeit games to get into a lower seed,” Gifford said about the Wilcox coach before the Vikings lost to Los Gatos on Friday night. Palo Alto coach Nelson Gifford scoffed at that possibility. The Chargers would win by getting punished.Ĭonversely, the forfeits would hurt teams such as Los Gatos, which lost to Wilcox during the season but would potentially finish ahead of the Chargers in the league standings and likely end up in the powerhouse playoff bracket.
Instead of battling Valley Christian, Serra and Menlo-Atherton for the Division I championship, Wilcox’s path to a section championship and regional berth would be made easier. It would not win the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship.īut in the Central Coast Section’s new competitive-equity playoff format, the Chargers would likely drop from Division I to Division II or Division III - and that’s a good thing for them. With the forfeits, Wilcox would finish the regular season with a 6-4 record. The Chargers are heavily favored to win both games, so losses seemingly would sting. Wilcox is scheduled to travel to crosstown rival Santa Clara next Friday before closing out the regular season at home Nov. On the surface, this seems like a reasonable and stiff penalty.
If the district chooses to take more disciplinary action, here are possible ways that it could go and the potential fallout: Forfeit final two regular-season games One administrator, who asked not to be identified, said the district is in a no-win situation now, having failed to get in front of the story before it erupted last weekend.
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