The Continuing Stoooooooooory of a Sports Culture Which Has Gone To The Dogs

*sigh*

You can't make this garbage up.

In a week where the Super Bowl hype has been almost-ominously subdued (we'll get to all that coming up on the weekend, and the two previously-referenced Special Reports are forthcoming), this gem of idiocy from Deadspin.

Dateline:  Gaffney, South Carolina

A middle-schooler (probably age 12-14) has been "disciplined" for the offense of taking his opponents' Gatorade and spiking it...  with a capful of BLEACH.

For this offense, frankly, he should probably be in juvie til age 18, forget about ever seeing the halls of a school again, but, since nobody got hurt (for which this jackass was DAMNED LUCKY -- the worst reported was some stomach aches and burning lips), his "discipline" will probably be far below what it is.

But it makes you wonder:  Given the tomfoolery we are seeing, THIS is what we are teaching our kids about sports?  To lace the liquid replenishment with a lethal substance?