Posted on 09/08/2015 5:07:09 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
SAN ANTONIO (WTVM) – The referee who was violently targeted by two Texas high school football players says he wants to press charges, according to media reports.
The referee, identified as Robert Watts, told the Austin [TX] American-Statesman that he wants to press charges on the two John Jay San Antonio football players who went after him, allegedly for a bad call play earlier in the game. The newspaper also names the two players - sophomore linebacker Victor Rojas and senior defensive back Michael Moreno.
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Good. Let them play in the prison league.
Good. . .put them in jail and make them pay cash to the ref for the rest of their lives.
Thungs.
Undoubtedly ‘undocumented immigrants’
Good for him. They could have given him a concussion and he would have gone through all that concussion protocol stuff.
Make it hurt. It wasn’t part of the game, it was assault with intent; they’re not kids and shouldn’t be treated as such.
Sorry for the double post, once was too many. :-)
Local reports are that the assistant coach told them to make the ref pay for costing them the game. If that’s the case he needs to face tougher penalties than the players. It’s one thing for a teenager to make a bad decision it’s something totally different when they’re egged on by an adult.
Charge them as adults.
So do it. Drop by the Courthouse and swear out a criminal complaint.
The football program needs to be permanently shut down.
Heard on local Dallas sports radio today that the two players went to an assistant coach before the play to accuse the official of saying racial slurs and the assistant coach said something to the effect of, “He has to pay for that.” The sports guys then said that the assistant coach has been placed on leave pending the investigation.
After the ref threw out the wrong player, the coach kept one of the offenders in the game. That player later got called for a late hit on the QB. This is inexcusable. The coaching staff needs to be let go, and they need to cancel the season.
Good. Make them work three jobs to pay it off.
The assistant coach should be fired if this is indeed correct. Also, the two thugs should be placed in an ‘alternative education’ program until they are tried, convicted, and sentenced. Lastly, the football team should be made to forfeit ALL games this season.
The ‘win at all costs’ mentality must be changed. The only way to do this is to make the penalties substantial and painful. Make them hurt so people remember the consequences of their potentially criminal behavior.
Watched the video. Flat out assault.
Sportsmanship. What happened to it?
What about one party admit they were wrong and apologize to the ref, coaches, teachers, parents, and alumni. Then sit out a few games and maybe run around the practice field a few hundred times each day to keep in shape. Add in a some licks and some extra homework for the approval of the masochists in the crowd and that should just about do it.
Naw, that would never work...too old fashioned for today’s overly sensitive youth.
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