Respect to others and respect rules

The recent violent event happened in Schools National B Division rugby final speaks volume, alarming many educators, parents and MOE policy makers on current school sports development. While many lamented "Whatever happened to sportsmanship?" Like Leonard Lim, others, like Rhoit Brijnath thought, it would be better to teach our kids to respect others players and respect rule.

The school level competition turns out to be too much pressure to all parties involved. Perhaps, it is because there are too much glory seeking and rewarding inside school sports system that makes a way for the "old root of all evil.". Of course, winning teams do their schools proud,and to players, there are much more than bragging, the extra points in CCA and Special pass to Direct School Admission, would be enough to set parents on fire . Not surprisingly, some financially able schools hire pro coaches give their students extend training on top of their already busy curriculum schedules.

But in the end of day, how can we develop the holistic, well-rounded pupils not only in ability but also in character, if our emphasis is only on winning. students ought to learn fair play, honor, friendship as well as fighting spirit, most of all, they should learn to win or lose graciously.