ARLINGTON, Texas – An editorial in a high school newspaper prompted school officials to ban the football team’s spirit week t-shirts because of a double connotation some perceive to promote rape.

The t-shirts were given out in August and players have been wearing them for months, but a recent editorial in The Warrior Post, Arlington Martin High School’s student newspaper, “though it’s certainly not the goal of the shirt, its slogan connoted rape culture,” the Star-Telegram reports.

“The shirt’s main message is to state the player’s idea that there is no need for the opponent to put up a fight in letting our team take the ball away from them,” the editorial read. “But can this be easily misunderstood? Yes.”

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The shirts depict a warrior chief, his muscular arms crossed, with a pirate flag next to him that reads “We take what we want,” along with the Jolly Roger. Below the flag, it reads “Shhhhhhh just let it happen.”

The student newspaper published the editorial Friday, and the shirts have since been banned, district spokeswoman Leslie Johnston told the news site in an email.

“They were never intended or thought to have any meaning other than a football-related meaning – taking yardage, the ball, etc.,” Johnston wrote. “When this other view was brought to the school’s attention, the students were instructed not to wear the shirts.”

Students designed the shirts at a pool party over the summer, and they were given out to senior players in August, an annual tradition at the school.

Kevin White, Martin’s booster club president, said the ‘we take what we want’ slogan has been used by the team in the past, referring to its attitude on the field.

“It’s sickening to me that the (slogan) was misconstrued,” White told the news site. “And it’s weird that it has been out for so long and just came up.”

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Coach Bob Wager agreed.

“I’ve seen the shirts several times since July, and not once did it cross my mind that it was inappropriate,” Wager said.

He said the editorial took him by surprise, and he believed it was inappropriate.

“I have a wife, I have a daughter, I have a mother,” Wager told the Star-Telegram. “Our players have sisters and cousins. It’s unwarranted. Our kids deserve better, especially from their own school.”

In the context of football, the shirts sure seem to make a lot of sense.

The Warriors currently lead District 4-6A with a record of 6-2 overall, and 5-0 in district. The team has won five straight games and are expected to head into the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year under Wager, the Star-Telegram reports.

“One of the things we’ve done really well throughout the years is winning the take-away battle,” Wager told the news site. “In fact, when you leave our locker room, there’s only one billboard on the wall and it simply says ‘take aways.’ The act of piracy, taking what you want. What we want is the football.”

The Warrior Post opinion editor, Sherilyn Morales, said the newspaper “got mixed feedback” on the t-shirt editorial from students in general.