Yakima, Washington - Michael Christenson set out to prove to parents at Highland High School that the basketball league needs better officials, so he filmed a game between Highland High & Connell.

The video shows some of the worst flagrant fouls I’ve ever seen in high school basketball. Most of the fouls were not ‘called.’

Christenson made his point to the parents, but something happened that he never expected.

First, take a look at the video…

You can clearly see that 2 players are committing the fouls. Both are seniors, Cole Vanderbilt & Kennan VanHollebeke.

Well, since the video went viral, both have received extremely negative comments on YouTube. Michael Christenson never meant for people to look at the two guys as ‘basketball bullies,’ but that’s what happens when you post things like this to YouTube.

Basketball is a very physical sport, and even though these fouls seem to be extreme (and shows bad sportsmanship), no one deserves to be bullied online; not even these two.

One of the players has been called "the dirtiest basketball player in America,” by one website, but his coach, who knows him personally, says he’s “a tough kid, but those that know him know he's a teddy bear."

This is what happens when you post videos like this to YouTube.

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• Cole Vanderbilt
• Connell high school
• gimmemo
• highland high school
• Kennan VanHollebeke
• Yakima
• The Spot