Parents and school officials in Newark, New Jersey are furious after a suggestive video advertising a women’s basketball tournament at a local high school circulated online.
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The “Nuttin But Azz” Baddies Basketball tournament was supposed to take place on July 21 at West Side High School in Newark, NJ. An ad for the event showed ticket priced ranging from $50 for General Admission to $500 for floor seats to watch teams competing for a $10,000 prize. But the tournament has since been canceled after representatives of the school learned the women would be playing the game in thongs – that’s right, thongs.
According to school board Communications Director Nancy J. Deering, district officials didn’t know the details until the controversial videowas discovered online. But as soon as they learned, they wasted …