Kind of interesting it came during the day of the second hearing on the John Jay referee attack by Texas high school sports officials, but ESPN has confirmed, from the principal of John Jay High School, according to evidence related in this ESPN report which has confirmed that the two attackers were ordered to attack the referee of their September 4 game by assistant coach Mack Breed. Breed is only on leave for the incident at this time, according to mySanAntonio.
The two thugs have been expelled from their school (by their rules, it's assignment to an alternate school -- unlike my school district, that is a separate punishment from expulsion) for one semester. They can return to John Jay January 15, as long as they are not in jail by then for the attack or for any other cause.
The expulsions were confirmed in the second hearings, but the Outside the Lines reports have led to a third set of hearings tomorrow, in which the high-school sanctioning bodies in Texas (the University Interscholastic League) will meet with the possible (but I will believe it when I see it!) intention of expelling John Jay High School from Texas high school football for at least this year.
Not nearly damned far enough.
You now have a real case to SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE FUCKING SCHOOL. You now have a case that might indicate that this may have been an institutional decision, and could well have come from far above one pissed-off coach.
I understand that there are those who believe the hundreds of non-involved students do not deserve this, and you'd be right -- but if it's so damned important to have a football team that they might as well shut the school, then I have cause to say... SHUT THE DAMN SCHOOL.
We'll be watching tomorrow.
I hope they do shut the school down. Texas needs to find reality about football for once.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of ESPN, though, check this out:
ESPN Playmakers (2003)
Remember this show? Before League of Denial, the Entertainment, Sellout, and Pu*** Network was forced to cancel this bit of truth-telling about pro football. The NFL just can't handle the truth, but for how long can they outrun it?