A high school in California has canceled the remainder of its football season after members of its team were filmed enacting a prank that showed an “auction” of Black teammates.

According to CNN, the video showed members of River Valley High School’s football team appearing to act out a “slave auction.” School district officials obtained the video on Thursday (September 29). After seeing the footage, Yuba City Unified School District Superintendent Doreen Osumi called it “unacceptable” and “deeply offensive” in a written statement.

Osumi said the students were barred from competing the rest of the football season for violating the student athlete code of conduct. The suspension thus led to the whole football team shutting down their season due to a lack of members to play in games.

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“Re-enacting a slave sale as a prank tells us that we have a great deal of work to do with our students so they can distinguish between intent and impact,” the superintendent wrote, according to CNN. “They may have thought this skit was funny, but it is not; it is unacceptable and requires us to look honestly and deeply at issues of systemic racism.”

Osumi added that some students also may face additional disciplinary consequences as a result of the video as the school will now implement “education, honest, open discussions and instruction” around racism.

“At this time, the District and site administration are working in earnest to identify lessons and programs to help our student body learn from this situation,” she concluded. “When students find humor in something that is so deeply offensive, it tells me that we have an opportunity to help them expand their mindset to be more aware, thoughtful and considerate of others.”