Petition To Let Goose Creek Gators Finish Season

Online petitions aren't limited to secessionists.

Support has more than doubled for an online petition at change.org asking the S.C. High School League to let Goose Creek finish the post-season tournament.

In a  the SCHSL executive committee ended the Gators undefeated run to a second state championship. SCHSL staff had disqualified the team Tuesday, one round into the tournament, due to an ineligible player.

The school sought a mercy ruling from the committee on the grounds that the school didn't realize the player was ineligible because he was a transfer student this year and his full transcript wasn't available until the end of the season.

After the SCHSL executive committee refused the appeal Wednesday night, the petition had 800 supporters. As of 8:30 Thursday morning, support was nearing 2,000. Twelve hours later, more than 5,000 had signed the petition.

"We were so excited for Goose Creek High School to go to State," writes Yuki Ishibahshi. "For my son Masamitsu Ishibashi to win state again, and for my daughter to be on that field with the band and her own brother. Since everyone tried so hard and if we lost a game, than that's a different story, but we being disqualified is no reason."

Online petitions have been prevalent in the news this week after activists in more than 20 states created petitions on the White House website in support of particular states seceding from the U.S. in the wake of the Nov. 6 elections.