2 HS football players attack the referee

[bonkers1919]

Watch: Two High School Football Players Target, Hit Referee - Breitbart

I am sure they are good students, never a problem, blah, blah, blah....................

 

[Rookie]

Their season should be over. I know my son wouldn't play again. Lol, I remember one time when I decided to get mouthy with the referee during an indoor soccer game. Next thing I know, my dad is calmly walking on the field and telling me I'm done for the day, just as soon as I apologized. Major embarrassment, but I never made that mistake again.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Their season should be over. I know my son wouldn't play again. Lol, I remember one time when I decided to get mouthy with the referee during an indoor soccer game. Next thing I know, my dad is calmly walking on the field and telling me I'm done for the day, just as soon as I apologized. Major embarrassment, but I never made that mistake again.

Season? They should be expelled. A ref at a school event should be given the same protections as an educator or other school staff.

 

[whiteoak]

That should be the last game they ever play...

 

[Hookeye]

Like too many in HS or college, they are probably more athlete than student.
Kick them out.
Hell, they're ready for the NFL............and rape and murder and................

 

[Hookeye]

Football lives matter!

 

[rgrimm01]

That first hit could have been truly tragic. I wonder how cool the players would have thought that stunt was if the hit would have snapped the refs neck and left him/her (could have swore I saw a lengthy ponytail? ) paralyzed?

 

[AA&E]

Criminal assault charges are warranted IMO. Both of them should be expelled from school. The entire team should be done for the season. There were two teammates that targeted this official together, and I'd bet there were others that were aware of it but did nothing to stop it.

 

[Spear Dane]

Given that this was revenge for two other players being previously ejected I think someone needs to be taking a very hard look at this schools entire football program. These two very definitely should be done with football forever.

 

[dudley0]

Criminal assault charges are warranted IMO. Both of them should be expelled from school. The entire team should be done for the season. There were two teammates that targeted this official together, and I'd bet there were others that were aware of it but did nothing to stop it.

I couldn't agree more with the exception that the two students should be banned from team sports after the expulsion.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I don't know about the entire team. That seems a bit much. Punish those that committed the act, investigating. If other players knew (and took them seriously) then ban them too.

 

[Birds Away]

It doesn't say much for the coach's control of the team either.

 

[jamil]

In Texas there's a law against assaulting a referee of a sporting event. Maybe it's such a "thing" down there that they needed the law.

 

[rob63]

In Texas there's a law against assaulting a referee of a sporting event. Maybe it's such a "thing" down there that they needed the law.

My brother used to live in Texas and told me a bunch of stories illustrating just how seriously they take high school football. It is actually a class during the school day. They made it a class so that it would have a defined time period in order to try to cut down the amount of time spent on it during the school day!

 

[long coat]

Bob and Tom talked about this. The kids are out of school and the police are looking into it.

 

[Kutnupe14]

My brother used to live in Texas and told me a bunch of stories illustrating just how seriously they take high school football. It is actually a class during the school day. They made it a class so that it would have a defined time period in order to try to cut down the amount of time spent on it during the school day!

That's odd? Is that not how it is in Indiana? Football is a class, during the school day, in Alabama too.

 

[rob63]

That's odd? Is that not how it is in Indiana? Football is a class, during the school day, in Alabama too.

Not unless it has changed recently. Of course, I could fill a pretty thick book with the things that have changed recently, that could be one of them!

 

[ghuns]

Two players ejected earlier, then these two do this? That football program needs an overhaul from the top on down.

MaxPreps lists 42 kids on their roster. So nearly 10% of your team was ejected in a game. That's indicative of the culture the program creates.

And #81, the player who delivers the second blow, was not ejected. They mistakenly ejected #7 for his actions. #81 went on to be penalized for a late hit as the opposing QB was taking a knee to run out the clock.

Player who hit ref stayed in the game

 

[eldirector]

My $0.02

Ban the two "kids" from high school and club sports until graduation. Investigate the team and coaching staff. If anyone knew about them planning this, toss them as well. If there is a culture of unsportsmanlike conduct (as the other penalties in this game suggest), then I wouldn't hesitate to drop the hammer on more players and coaches.

If this had happened while *I* was ref-ing or coaching (soccer), I would have stopped the game right then and there. Either forfeit (if coaching) or toss the whole team (if referee). Zero tolerance for this type of behavior. Heck, I red-carded and tossed a kid once, and his father, and his coach. Bad behavior should be dealt with swiftly and firmly.

 

[Hookeye]

Sports build character!

Often it's not a very good one.

Esp when you take an outside of school/sports entitlement mindset and pile on the athlete entitlement crap.

Real simple.............demand that it be STUDENT athletes and not the other way around.

But then you might not win state, or a national title. And alumni won't give millions..............to the freakin' school.

School.

School.

Really, if the idea isn't pure enough, let the schools buy professional teams and have unions.