CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina high school basketball playoff game already mired in controversy took another turn Tuesday when a player for a predominantly white school was suspended for targeting a racial slur toward the predominantly black school it was scheduled to play. Ardrey Kell High School coach Mike Craft said the Snapchat post using the slur in reference to West Charlotte High School prompted an indefinite suspension Monday, the day before its playoff game, The Charlotte Observer reported. The crowd, announced as a sellout, was predominantly for West Charlotte, according to the reporter. As the higher-seeded team, West Charlotte was supposed to be the host for the playoff game, but the North Carolina High School Athletic Association said its gym was too small. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association said in a statement that its bylaws and policies give it the right to determine when and where a playoff game will be played.

Source: National Post March 06, 2019 01:41 UTC