If people need to know why I rail against sports these days, I submit two high school stories...

Wow. Just -- fucking -- wow.

I stand witness to two stories as to how completely out of control high school sports have become, as a grand mirror to the farcical nature of the professional "games".

Both of them are from the state of Florida -- which should stand as little surprise given the demigod nature of sports there.

Here's the Fox Sports report on the incident, through YouTube:



Yes, you are seeing it correctly. After an altercation with an opposing player, the thug gets tossed out of the game. He then shoves the official, and then throws him to the ground.

His education should be finished, and he should be in prison.

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Second story from Florida today: A private high school faces expulsion from Florida high school athletics and a six-figure fine for recruiting misconduct.

From the Yahoo! blog story: A private high school in Florida has been fined over $140,000 for recruiting, illegal tuition, and illegal participation violations. They are banned from postseason for five years, plus three more years of probation, and that's if they choose to pay the fine and remain in Florida high school sports at all.

Apparently, according to StAugustine.com, this isn't even the first time a school has been busted like this. Six months ago, another charter school in Florida was fined over a quarter-million dollars for massive ineligibility and lying to the investigators on the subject.

The fines are based on the number of athletic contests, and the school must pay the fines or leave Florida high school athletics.

The five-year postseason ban has been reversed for all sports but football 60 days later.

Here's a hint: How about SHUTTING THE GODDAMN SCHOOLS DOWN?? You think that with this kind of conduct, they aren't coming forward and saying their entire purpose was to be an athletic powerhouse?