An East Tennessee high school basketball team has been penalized by the TSSAA because the school’s football team has failed to participate in a playoff game. Unaka’s football team turned in their uniforms after last week’s crushing 71-0 loss to Midway. The team was supposed to meet Greenback this coming Friday in a playoff game, but all members of the Unaka team signed a statement turning down the trip. The TSSAA gave the game to Greenback in a forfeiture. They also say that the boy’s basketball team won’t be allowed to take part in the 2016-17 post season tournament. The Board of Education plans to appeal that decision.