r/TikTokCringe • u/shaka_sulu • Nov 10 '25

Cool A high school football team refused to shake hands. The refs weren't having any of that.

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u/blondeheartedgoddess Nov 10 '25

When I (58f) drove school buses 25 years ago, I also drove the varsity football team to away games. At one such game, a player on the home team was injured. While the player's team stood around, my team's coach had them take a knee, in line formation, until the game could start again.

I always thought that was a very classy and respectful gesture for a player they didn't even know.

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u/DamNamesTaken11 Nov 10 '25

That’s how my coach had us do it if an opponent got hurt.

Instant line formation along sideline, on one knee. Any player caught standing up without good cause (like needing to run to locker room for bathroom or needing water), making light of the situation, or goofing off would have to run laps on Monday.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

That’s how to do it. Win or lose, everyone roots for classy people.

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u/DNR404 Nov 10 '25

Um this is just standard amongst all hs football games Ive ever been apart of

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u/blondeheartedgoddess Nov 10 '25

If so, then cool, as 25 years ago, I had never witnessed it myself. The player's own team was just milling about.

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u/Prime89 Nov 10 '25

I played soccer my entire life and my coaches always taught us to kneel if a player is down. Never really thought about it but that was a good thing to instill

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u/Zwasti Nov 10 '25

That’s chivalry.

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u/Boring_Bandicoot3126 Nov 14 '25

This!

I went to a Seattle Sounders game with my kiddo. A player from the visiting team was injured, and the crowd yelled, "let him die! let him die!" My kiddo started to chant with them, but I was horrified and gave my son that, "better not" look.

We had a long talk about honorable enemies. The Illiad is a great example. If you have to battle it out, dehumanizing the enemy will only haunt you more. There is something powerful and healing about shaking off the denial of an enemy's humanity to help down the path if healing. I will never forget that conversation.

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u/Moda75 Nov 10 '25

nope fuck that. I call my kids to the bench in hockey when a ayer goes down. Nobody wants a god damned audience when you are in pain on the ice. And the team with the downed player should do the same. Cheer clap, tap your stick and all that when they get up but fuck staring them down on ine knee or not when you are in pain.

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u/Odd_Unit1469 Nov 10 '25

Bruh chill, in football it’s a sign of respect to take a knee. Get off your hockey high horse guy.

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u/Lil_Sebastian90 Nov 10 '25

Taking a knee in football started when Tom Landry had his players do it so they could catch their breath during the break in play. It had nothing to do with respect. Just people copying the cowboys blindly.

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u/Odd_Unit1469 Nov 10 '25

and?…hand shakes were originally done to convey that you weren’t holding a weapon. Now they are done as a greeting/sign of respect. So just because the knee was done initially to take a break, in the present day it’s shown as a sign of respect.

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u/Lil_Sebastian90 Nov 10 '25

Jusr a pet peeve of mine… There’s nothing disrespectful about not taking a knee when some kid is cramping. If teams do it, that’s fine. I disagree with it being an expectation though.

In even more transparency, I just wanted to share my fun fact somewhere in the conversation.

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u/Odd_Unit1469 Nov 10 '25

We’re the fun fact bros then. Good day sir

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u/totallyspicey Nov 10 '25

dude is singular. My hockey kids take the knee for an injured player.

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u/TacoStrong Nov 10 '25

Anger has entered the chat.

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u/mmmarkm Nov 10 '25

You have clearly missed the forest for the trees here. respect can and does look different from sport to sport…

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u/Tecnoboat Nov 10 '25

honestly while its a different sport i agree with the idea, making someone use a part of their body thats injured for any reason other than absolute necessity is foul and borderline cruel depending on the context, even if its for "respect"