CAMAROBOY69
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I hope he does indeed press charges.
Referee who was viciously targeted by high schoolers wants to press charges
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...Whoa, what the hell was that? Those two players went straight at the ref. Wowsers.
I think you get banned for life from Football for conducts like that, kids or not. The vid says the ref made a bad call - now I'm really curious how bad it was that warranted such a smackdown...
I think you get banned for life from Football for conducts like that, kids or not. The vid says the ref made a bad call - now I'm really curious how bad it was that warranted such a smackdown...
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Supposedly 2 other players from the team were ejected shortly before that hit. Knowing that, I think the football team should be forced to forfeit any remaining games along with the two players being charged. It's also very shameful that people are actually backing up these players.
And for those wondering, yes, Texas takes highschool football very seriously, some of the stadiums run well into 8 digits.
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- I_Fail_At_FPS
There were some reports, including ESPN's report, saying that the referee in question was using racial slurs against some players on the team. That doesn't mean something, but even if its true, two wrongs don't make a right. ESPN is also saying that an assistant coach on the team had been the one who orchestrated the attack.
http://espn.go.com/moresports/story...lege-referee-field-incident-used-racial-slurs
http://espn.go.com/moresports/story...lege-referee-field-incident-used-racial-slurs
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The kids are thugs, and if the coach told them to do it, he's a thug, too. Their careers should be OVER, even after they get out of jail. As for racial slurs, I hadn't heard that, but "sticks and stones," right?
Charge the kids, charge anyone on staff that said go do that, and end the school's program if coaches were involved.
Charge the kids, charge anyone on staff that said go do that, and end the school's program if coaches were involved.
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Programs have been given the "death penalty" over far lesser issues than attacking a referee.
Two players were also ejected prior to this incident for currently unknown reasons, but they usually don't eject players for being nice. Especially now with allegations that the assistant coach may have played a part, I don't think suspending the program is out of bounds at all. Yes, it's unfair to those that weren't involved, but at the same time it's a part of the whole team aspect of sports.
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Some of the high school football stadiums in Texas are at least $10,000,000 facilities. For Texans, high school football is pretty much one of the biggest things there is in the fall (if not the biggest thing).
Also, I agree with the common sentiment here. The kids should be banned from the game as well as the coach. I'm not normally one to agree with the death penalty in sports, but the fact that a coach gave this order by itself shows that (going by a small part of the NCAA definition for the death penalty) "a lack of institutional control.
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That's insane... for school level football? Is that why armour's part of the sport, because it's for school children? I did wonder - not the man's way to play
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That bias has always been there and will always be there, it's part of the game. Referees have always been held as sacrosanct, untouchable, not part of the play. That's what's changed. Generally speaking, IMO culture is shifting among some people from a "this is the right thing" attitude, to "I'm going to do what I want because I feel it's right". Regardless if the ref said the worst racial slurs in history or not, he must be inviolate. He's not part of the play. There was a case in Michigan last year of a soccer ref being killed by a punch from an angry player that I followed quite closely. He received 8-15. He should have gotten life.
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The guy sucker punched the ref when he had his back to him. I still think the guy got off easy because he struck when the ref had no chance to defend himself.
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Given previous predilection towards disproportionately aggressive outbursts of violence, the deal for involuntary manslaughter should never have been accepted, but for murder to happen, there must be an intent to kill someone (admittedly, I am talking as someone who does not understand the 1st/2nd/3rd degree murder system). I guess that's why they went for the plea, to guarantee a conviction, but he must be given the longest possible term, not such a lenient term. Deportation should be a minimum consideration as well.
The problem is, this is now starting to infect rugby football. What was once a well disciplined sport in terms of aggression and respect for the referee, the temper tantrums that are being displayed, as well as scant disregard for the personal safety for other competitors as well as themselves, are destroying the sport I used to enjoy watching, especially in the Rugby League discipline.
The problem is, this is now starting to infect rugby football. What was once a well disciplined sport in terms of aggression and respect for the referee, the temper tantrums that are being displayed, as well as scant disregard for the personal safety for other competitors as well as themselves, are destroying the sport I used to enjoy watching, especially in the Rugby League discipline.
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...Thanks for the update. Sounds like a rotten deal for everyone involved. I'm shocked at the allegation of assistant coach ordering the players to attack the ref - if true, what the hell was he thinking????
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That's the problem with Texas they take their Football at even the lower levels far too serious.
EDIT: I still have a problem with the students acting out the Coaches wishes and not thinking for themselves, they're picked to play football, not assault people who they believe or were told did them wrong or "cheated" them.
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CAMAROBOY69
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Exactly. If the coach told them to kill him after the game or wreck his car, were they going to do it? Seriously, if you cant make an intelligent judgment call for your self after being told to do something like that, you should not be playing any sport.
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It doesn't help that it's considered a status for students.
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I mean in places that can handle it, fine but Texas it's almost on par with worship. I can see how others may not like the status people get for playing a sport as such, especially when they take it too far or think they're above being punished.
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I think the last part is the more important one here. I knew quite a few athletes at my high school during my time as a student who didn't care in class because they figured that teachers would cut them slack just because they were athletes. During my junior and senior high school years, the who "above the law" thing disappeared because a lot of the athletes worked hard and also had respect for everyone regardless of if the other people were athletes or not.
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Honestly though, I've heard worst things about Teenager Australian Football, in NSW.
Rules are pretty much thrown at the window with players and even coaches even going as far as Threatening small Referees just to be biased. Not to mention, EVERYONE has a short fuse which gets really ridiculous (I've been to some of these games when my brother used to play).
Rules are pretty much thrown at the window with players and even coaches even going as far as Threatening small Referees just to be biased. Not to mention, EVERYONE has a short fuse which gets really ridiculous (I've been to some of these games when my brother used to play).
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When I think of this I think of testosterone use as becoming prevalent young footballers. 
Maybe in the future with powerful PEDs like gene doping, we will need robots as refs because real refs would die on the field due to powerful superhuman freak athletes with tempers shorter than wolves.
I remember a study done on lab mice, they gene doped the mice into being super mice, and the mice became like border collies, always running never resting and their tempers became super short and aggression increased dramatically. They said they couldn't do it on humans yet but I'm sure that it has been done by now as this was a really old study from 2005. I remember an observation that the endurance level (exercise to exhaustion) increased by around 500% or something.
Also of note is that I do believe this was the same study where some high school coach from the eastern US contacted the researcher to try and get some of this stuff for his kids, he was obviously reported to authorities.
Maybe in the future with powerful PEDs like gene doping, we will need robots as refs because real refs would die on the field due to powerful superhuman freak athletes with tempers shorter than wolves. I remember a study done on lab mice, they gene doped the mice into being super mice, and the mice became like border collies, always running never resting and their tempers became super short and aggression increased dramatically. They said they couldn't do it on humans yet but I'm sure that it has been done by now as this was a really old study from 2005. I remember an observation that the endurance level (exercise to exhaustion) increased by around 500% or something.
Also of note is that I do believe this was the same study where some high school coach from the eastern US contacted the researcher to try and get some of this stuff for his kids, he was obviously reported to authorities.
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But then they'll go after the people who made the robots.When I think of this I think of testosterone use as becoming prevalent young footballers.
I remember a study done on lab mice, they gene doped the mice into being super mice, and the mice became like border collies, always running never resting and their tempers became super short and aggression increased dramatically. They said they couldn't do it on humans yet but I'm sure that it has been done by now as this was a really old study from 2005. I remember an observation that the endurance level (exercise to exhaustion) increased by around 500% or something.
Also of note is that I do believe this was the same study where some high school coach from the eastern US contacted the researcher to try and get some of this stuff for his kids, he was obviously reported to authorities.
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