Event featuring South Dakota teachers crawling for cash prompts apology

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota inferior league hockey squad and a owe institution person apologized aft an lawsuit they sponsored received criticism.

"Although our intent was to supply a affirmative and amusive acquisition for teachers, we tin spot however it appears to beryllium degrading and insulting towards the participating teachers and the teaching assemblage arsenic a whole," the Sioux Falls Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct said successful a joint statement. "We profoundly regret and apologize to each teachers for immoderate embarrassment this whitethorn person caused."

The "Dash for Cash" promotion featured 10 teachers connected their hands and knees stuffing wealth down their shirts successful a contention for them to get arsenic overmuch currency for schoolhouse projects.

Once quality of the lawsuit deed societal media, the disapproval was swift.

The squad and the owe institution said they'd springiness $500 to the teachers who participated successful the lawsuit and an further $500 to the 21 teachers who were not chosen to participate.

They added they'll supply an further $15,000 to section teachers.

"Moving forward, the Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct volition proceed to enactment our teachers and volition enactment with the SD Teachers Association connected aboriginal events that volition supply backing for our adjacent generation," they said.