Awesome parenting there, dad.
What kind of idiot does not know that such behavior is not acceptable anywhere?
I think the dad’s point is that if there were other cases the school should have made a big deal to sanction them seriously so that his son knew this behavior was viewed this seriously. Kids even young teens do not without being taught know how adults will react to various behaviors.
BTW, to me way the real issue here is that the article is so filled with discussions of him being an athlete. The kid should not be treated better or worse for being an athlete. However the father is right, if the school thinks this is such serious behavior, it need to sanction it as such serious behavior EVERY TIME.