Posted on 12/02/2010 6:56:23 AM PST by Brittany Pounders
Occasionally we come across a story like this and the injustice can only make you sit back, shake your head, and wonder what we are coming to. A extraordinary young man, Ronnie Hastie, who plays high school football in Spokane, Oregon, always makes it a habit after scoring a touchdown to quickly kneel in the end zone and point to God – in an effort to give him the credit for the score and for his talent.
In this particular game, after a 23 yard touchdown, he took 1-2 seconds to do what he’s always done traditional…quickly kneel and point to God. But this time, the ref didn’t appreciate it and threw a penalty flag directly at his chest- docking the team 15 yards. KOMO-4 writes:
"Hastie said he’s pointed up as a gesture to God after every touchdown he’s scored in every game and never had a problem before.
“It’s usually one or two seconds long,” he said. “It’s something I’ve done as a tradition.”
Hastie said he asked the ref why he was penalized, and the ref responded that Hastie wasn’t supposed to draw attention to himself.
“That wasn’t the point (of the gesture), so I guess I was a little confused,” Hastie said. “I do that to give glory to my heavenly father, Jesus. He gives me the strength. He’s the one who gives me these abilities in the first place.”
Hastie’s father said his son points skyward in an effort to recognize something more important, actually trying to draw attention away from himself.'
It wasn’t flagrant, it wasn’t drawn out, and it sets a great example to young people everywhere. My opinion? Political correctness needs to die a slow, painful death.
For the geographically challenged Spokane, Tumwater and Seattle are all in Washington state, not Oregon.
You are so right...hanging my head in shame. ; )
Maybe in Bills' receiver Steven Johnson did the same thing, he wouldn't have dropped that pass against the Steelers.
Where is Spokane, Oregon, please?
You claimed authorship of the entire content.
High School Football Player Gets Penalized For Pointing To God
www.LibertyJuice.com ^ | December 2, 2010 | Brittany Pounders
Posted on Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:56:23 AM by Brittany Pounders
Clearly you are not.
Plagiarism most foul.
Good catch! Couldn't find it on Google Maps.
Do it next time you are in the end-zone
What did she plagiarize? I did not see anything, please enlighten me.
Where is Spokane, Oregon, please?
It’s a small town north of Eugene, California.
This is the wrong source to ask that question. You should ask the Arizona Republic. They think the Republic of Georgia is the one that surrounds Atlanta.
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The video.
She claims authorship of the whole mess.
The video is part of the mess, and she had nothing to do with it.
Then let them deal with it again.
No.
Exactly.
Especially if you don't make a show of it.
Hoping to get one of the apartments that will be given to ze goot peeples soon are you?
Buy a clue, he's enforcing rules he should ignore and you're aiding and abetting those who make absurd and discriminatory rules.
...I think that somebody needs to jump the ref.
Absolutely ridiculous. I’d penalize the kid too. It’s still a hotdog move on the kid’s part, just as prancing across the goal line like a little ballerina or swinging a pretend bat after a sack. If you want to thank God or Allah or the freakin’ Devil, do it on your own time. How about handing the ball to the ref and going back to your bench and then thank God while you’re drinking your Gatorade? Why does it have to be on display in the field of play in front of everybody? God can wait 30 seconds for you to get to your bench. Heck, he’ll even wait until your tucking yourself in at bedtime.
Players do it to call attention to themselves, period. “Look at me! I’m thanking God because I am a wonderful guy!”
Dirty little secret here... God didn’t enable this kid to score a touchdown anymore than he disabled the other kid causing him to miss the tackle allowing the winning touchdown. God doesn’t play favorites. If anything he should be pointing toward the other team’s bench and praising the kid that missed the tackle and thanking him.
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