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Ever been to a hockey game? Sometimes we go to watch Texas high school football and a hockey game breaks out. It gets violent out there on the field. Sometimes even the band members join in the chaos or play a fight song during the melee. Never hear band members being called thugs, do we! If you want safety, stay in the stands. Again, football is a violent game.

It could have been worse but the ref will survive to referee again. Of course he may be looking over his shoulder for the next few months but he’ll live over it.

BTW, the young thugs don’t play football since most don’t attend high school on a regular basis. Between jail, peddling dope, shoplifting, burglarizing, carjacking, fencing guns, and reporting to their probation officer, they just don’t have the time and incentive for football.

Give these kids, a sophomore and a senior, some slack. They did something stupid and will learn (or not) from it depending on how it is handled by the adults. Both are in school and participating in the sports program which is good. If any of the adults caused or condoned this situation, that is a different matter to be resolved at a higher level.

Let us hope this situation gets resolved without civil or criminal litigation among the parties. Otherwise, we are going to see players and coaches lawyered-up before participating in sports program at the high school level.

As for racial slurs or other derogatory remarks, get a life.