As you may know, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has banned negative chants at high school basketball games — things like “Airball!” and “Scoreboard!”, etc. This has made the state pretty much the subject of ridicule throughout the land, but never as much so as on Monday night, when Stephen Colbert took up the issue on The Late Show.
Colbert:
“As we get closer to Super Bowl 50, every sports fan is asking the same question: ‘What’s going on with Wisconsin high school basketball?’ A lot. Because the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has now banned high school students in the stands from chanting things like ‘Airball!