At the All-Japan Junior High School Athletics Championships held in Yamaguchi Prefecture, an accompanying teacher from Kofu Municipal Kamijo Junior High School submitted the entry form 8 minutes past the deadline after it overlapped with picking up the athletes’ boxed lunches, barring four students from competing in the girls’ 4×100m relay.
On 5ch, opinions split between sympathizers saying “cut them some slack over 8 minutes” and defenders of the organizers arguing “it could’ve been avoided by submitting early” and “granting exceptions would make the deadline meaningless.”
“It overlapped with the boxed lunch pickup time” — All-Japan Junior High School Athletics Championships: 4 students barred from competing due to a procedural error, entry form submitted 8 minutes after deadline but not accepted — Yamanashi
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
It has come to light that four students from Kofu City were unable to compete in the girls' 4×100m relay at the All-Japan Junior High School Athletics Championships after the supervising teacher forgot to complete the entry procedure.
At the meet held in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 21st of this month, four students from Kofu Municipal Kamijo Junior High School were scheduled to run in the girls' 4×100m relay.
However, the accompanying coach forgot to submit the entry form before the race, and although it was handed in to meet headquarters 8 minutes after the deadline, it was not accepted, resulting in the team's withdrawal.
At the meet held in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 21st of this month, four students from Kofu Municipal Kamijo Junior High School were scheduled to run in the girls' 4×100m relay.
However, the accompanying coach forgot to submit the entry form before the race, and although it was handed in to meet headquarters 8 minutes after the deadline, it was not accepted, resulting in the team's withdrawal.
The coach reportedly explained, "It overlapped with the time I had to pick up the athletes' boxed lunches."
The school says it will hold a briefing for parents tomorrow, the 26th.
The Kofu City Board of Education stated, "We feel deeply sorry about this. We will work to prevent a recurrence and to care for the students' feelings."
The school says it will hold a briefing for parents tomorrow, the 26th.
The Kofu City Board of Education stated, "We feel deeply sorry about this. We will work to prevent a recurrence and to care for the students' feelings."
>>3
The coach needs emotional care too
He's an adult, sure, but getting bashed and called an idiot,
turned into a meme on 5ch and X,
and feeling awful toward the kids on top of it — that could break someone
The coach needs emotional care too
He's an adult, sure, but getting bashed and called an idiot,
turned into a meme on 5ch and X,
and feeling awful toward the kids on top of it — that could break someone
They were doomed either way — you can't win a race on an empty stomach
Even so, the organizers are being way too strict here
>>6
"That school got away with it, so we'll be fine too" — that's exactly the mindset this creates lol
"That school got away with it, so we'll be fine too" — that's exactly the mindset this creates lol
>>6
Teams register their lineup right up to the wire to check everyone's condition
Missing the cutoff just isn't okay
Teams register their lineup right up to the wire to check everyone's condition
Missing the cutoff just isn't okay
>>6
Is that so?
If you knew other schools' entries ahead of time, you could adjust your own team's lineup
Once you know their 4 runners, you can change who you're matching up against
Is that so?
If you knew other schools' entries ahead of time, you could adjust your own team's lineup
Once you know their 4 runners, you can change who you're matching up against
The parents probably traveled all the way from Yamanashi to Yamaguchi to cheer them on too, lol
That's a memory that'll last a lifetime
That's a memory that'll last a lifetime
Wait, they went all the way from Kofu to Yamaguchi for the national meet just for this to happen? Rough
Does it really need to be enforced that strictly?
Cut them some slack over 8 minutes
>>16
It's that defiant, unapologetic attitude that rubs people the wrong way
It's that defiant, unapologetic attitude that rubs people the wrong way
They could've just let them run unofficially, off the record
>>12
Then you should let that slide too
Then you should let that slide too
>>18
But then the deadline loses all meaning
But then the deadline loses all meaning
If someone told him "make the lunch shop wait instead," he'd probably lose that argument
Why would picking up a lunch order even make you late for the deadline?
8 minutes is a lot
If it had been more like 2 minutes, maybe there'd have been a chance
If it had been more like 2 minutes, maybe there'd have been a chance
There's no reason for organizers to grant an exception to people who just slacked off on the paperwork
If a properly-registered school lost out on a medal because of that, it'd be way too unfair
If a properly-registered school lost out on a medal because of that, it'd be way too unfair
Well, if it's the lunch shop running 8 minutes late, they'd probably cut you some slack
Isn't the All-Japan Junior High Championship about the biggest meet there is?
Blowing it over 8 minutes is rough
Blowing it over 8 minutes is rough
They could've just submitted the entry form early in the first place
He flat-out forgot and used the lunch as an excuse
He flat-out forgot and used the lunch as an excuse
"Your middle school's All-Japan meet? Oh, the lunch-box forfeit one" lol — imagine having that said to you for the rest of your life
I've actually been through this myself
And yeah, I was the one it happened to
And yeah, I was the one it happened to
Wonder what was going through his head while eating that lunch
He really messed up
If I were the coach, I'd take my severance and quit on the spot
If I were the coach, I'd take my severance and quit on the spot
>>54
Reemploy at the lunch shop, maybe
Reemploy at the lunch shop, maybe
He's probably going to remember exactly what was in that lunch for the rest of his life
>>64
So that famous line "Damn it, this rice ball had to be salmon!" (a melodramatic quote from the manga Slam Dunk) becomes real life?
So that famous line "Damn it, this rice ball had to be salmon!" (a melodramatic quote from the manga Slam Dunk) becomes real life?
Why cut it so close to the deadline in the first place?
>>69
When you've got several candidate runners and are narrowing it down to the final 4, waiting until the last minute makes sense
Someone could tweak their leg in another event that same day
When you've got several candidate runners and are narrowing it down to the final 4, waiting until the last minute makes sense
Someone could tweak their leg in another event that same day
Why does entry even need to happen on the day itself?
Sounds like the organizers are just being bureaucratic for its own sake
Sounds like the organizers are just being bureaucratic for its own sake
>>77
That's because lineup changes are just normal in this world
Guess your brain's the small one here
That's because lineup changes are just normal in this world
Guess your brain's the small one here
>>77
Why would you deliberately create extra hassle — reopening slots, processing withdrawals — for same-day scratches?
Have you ever even played a sport?
Why would you deliberately create extra hassle — reopening slots, processing withdrawals — for same-day scratches?
Have you ever even played a sport?
What kind of lunch was it, anyway
If it was a fancy makunouchi bento, I'd be mad
If it was a cheap nori-ben (seaweed-and-rice box), I'll let it slide
If it was a fancy makunouchi bento, I'd be mad
If it was a cheap nori-ben (seaweed-and-rice box), I'll let it slide
>>88
Apparently it was a Jojoen bento (a boxed lunch from the famous, pricey yakiniku chain) ordered for good luck
Apparently it was a Jojoen bento (a boxed lunch from the famous, pricey yakiniku chain) ordered for good luck
It's just heartbreaking watching kids who did nothing wrong get denied the chance to show what they can do, all because of an incompetent adult
It's been like this from the Showa era clear through to Reiwa — a homeroom teacher forgets to submit an application and it just ends with "ah my bad, I'll be more careful next time"
It's been like this from the Showa era clear through to Reiwa — a homeroom teacher forgets to submit an application and it just ends with "ah my bad, I'll be more careful next time"
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Live News board) thread “[Sad News] Track team coach: “I was picking up the lunches and the entry ended up late” → Team barred from competing.”
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