Judge gives students deferred sentence to play

fetznjtown · 08-20-2006, 11:57 PM

Thoughts on this?

Teens allowed to play before going to jail
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/19/de....ap/index.html

I'm from a small football crazy town in Southwestern PA, so much like the one in the news, but I can't imagine our local judge would do something this dumb.

inSTAALed · 08-21-2006, 10:40 AM

That's all I have to say about that.

kelkat · 08-21-2006, 10:28 PM

To think that this judge ranks football more important than seving their sentence. One of the injured boys suffered brain damage and one has already undergone 10 surgeries. I just hope that all the college programs have taken notice and will NOT turn a blind eye!

fetznjtown · 08-22-2006, 05:50 PM

That's why I thought it was sooo crazy. The prank resulted in serious injuries, not hurt feelings or even property damage. The boys that were injured will never be the same. I wonder what have happened if the roles would have been reversed.

kelkat · 08-22-2006, 10:30 PM

Is there something the state athletic board can do? I know that the school isn't going to do anything. I'm sure they were pressing the judge to let them play. Somebody somewhere has to make some noise about this and not just let it die down.

This is a perfect example of the problem with sports today. Twenty years ago, the coach would have benched them for just taking the deer.

08-20-2006, 11:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
fetznjtown Backup Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 42 vCash: 2000	Judge gives students deferred sentence to play Thoughts on this? Teens allowed to play before going to jail http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/19/de....ap/index.html I'm from a small football crazy town in Southwestern PA, so much like the one in the news, but I can't imagine our local judge would do something this dumb.

08-21-2006, 10:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
kelkat Starter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 184 vCash: 2000	It makes me sick To think that this judge ranks football more important than seving their sentence. One of the injured boys suffered brain damage and one has already undergone 10 surgeries. I just hope that all the college programs have taken notice and will NOT turn a blind eye!

08-22-2006, 10:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
kelkat Starter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 184 vCash: 2000	This has been bothering me. Is there something the state athletic board can do? I know that the school isn't going to do anything. I'm sure they were pressing the judge to let them play. Somebody somewhere has to make some noise about this and not just let it die down. This is a perfect example of the problem with sports today. Twenty years ago, the coach would have benched them for just taking the deer.

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08-21-2006, 10:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
inSTAALed Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Holly Springs, NC Age: 17 Posts: 1 vCash: 2000 NFL Team: Carolina Panthers NCAA Team: Ohio State Buckeyes	That's all I have to say about that.

08-22-2006, 05:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
fetznjtown Backup Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 42 vCash: 2000	That's why I thought it was sooo crazy. The prank resulted in serious injuries, not hurt feelings or even property damage. The boys that were injured will never be the same. I wonder what have happened if the roles would have been reversed.

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