New Jersey Takes Steps to Eliminate Trash-talking in High School Sports

By Cadie Carroll   The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJIAA) has teamed with the state’s Attorney General to put an end to trash talking in high school sporting events.   The recently adopted sportsmanship standards will ban taunting, trash-talking, and teasing at any high school sporting event, where officials are present.   Specifically, the directive bans any form of harassment, including remarks about race, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or s