Posted on 12/04/2020 2:14:10 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
A Texas high school football game took a sudden turn on Thursday when a player who'd been ejected ran onto the field and slammed into the referee. During the game between the Edinburg High Bobcats and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High Bears, Edinburg's Emmanuel Duron was ejected.
After the ejection, he went back onto the field looking like he wanted to take on the referee. He aggressively ran onto the field and slammed into the referee, Fred Garcia, who was unsuspecting and fell to the ground. After the incident, the referee was evaluated in an ambulance outside the stadium for a potential shoulder injury, as well as concussion-like symptoms. He did not return to the game.
According to The Monitor, Duron was charged with Class A assault on Friday morning following an arraignment at the Edinburg Municipal Court. A cash surety bound in the amount of $10,000 has been set for Duron.
In addition, the Edinburg CISD announced Friday that Edinburg is no longer eligible for postseason play as a result of the incident.
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Duron was also a top wrestling prospect in Texas.
It is not as big a high school sport, like Iowa, but the top guys can compete.
Threw that Avenue down the drain.
I disagree Charles. Part of being on a team means that you share in the wins and the failures. He may have acted alone, but the entire Team will pay the price.
“I forsee prison in his future.”
Yup. Where he’ll be bending over for his new boyfriends in the shower room.
I suspect the same thing. I went to HS way back in the 80s, played soccer in the fall, wrestled in the winter, and club soccer in the spring.
Certainly there is great value in healthy competition and learning to be gracious in victory and defeat. That should be the focus of any school's athletic program.
We had an athletic director who talked a good game about, "character building." He was one of the most contemptible people I've come across in my life. Our marginal football team was his pride and joy, and got a first class stadium. Our soccer team was among the best in the state and relegated to a second class pitch. One year when we were in the state championship playoffs (soccer), and the football team was barely at .500, we were allowed to play one of our playoff games on the hallowed football field. A good friend of mine was fouled really hard by an opposing player and dislocated his knee cap. When the ambulance driver tried to pull out onto the field, the Athletic Director jumped in front of the ambulance waving his arms so the vehicle wouldn't drive onto the grass. While my friend was laying on the field rolling around in pain (with his lower leg twisted sideways), the AD made the EMS personnel carry the stretcher out onto the field, and carry him back off to the wairing ambulance.
Much to the AD's relief, the turf was unharmed.
Fortunately, I had some really good coaches in soccer and wrestling, and learned a lot from them that has served me well in life.
A player from the other team deliberately knocked down the guy next to me as he was running on the field.
Nothing was ever done about it. To this day it pisses me off (obviously, because I'm writing this post).Not for me, but for my buddy who got bowled over.
I think that was the year we went to Andersonville to have the band yearbook pictures taken.
What would I have done?
I would have jumped out of that Sousaphone, chased his stupid ass onto the field, and fed him a Bach 18 mouthpiece.
I’ve seen video of the incident and 5 or 6 players and coaches ran into the field at the same time.
A couple of those who ran onto the field seemed to be trying to reign him in; however, the others appeared to be there to “have his back” and confront referees and players on the opposing team.
It was a mess and while this one player was the instigator of the situation, it was obvious that the discipline problems on the team were broader than one player.
He'll go straight to the NFL draft. If he curses cops and the military, he'll probably pick up a few lucrative endorsements along the way.
Responded to this on my FB account.
About half the poster said the ref “Disrespected” the player and “Needed to learn a lesson”.
This is one of the reason I am increasingly hesitant to hire former athletes. I will never hire a former pro player again, but it is getting worse.
He can always get a job with one of the cartels with that on his resume. There’s always work available for thugs.
FSU can always use a few criminals on the team. Given the way this season went, cleaning up the program wasn’t a good plan for them.
It breeds entitlement.
It makes them unable to function in a role where they are no longer “special”.
Honestly, it ruins them since the only focus is winning. Cheating, rules, and responsibilities are someone else’s problem
Having had to fire several former pro and semi pro athletes I have a very bad taste for the current crop of spoiled brats called athletes right now.
This kid will be in another school by next fall, possibly recruited. He is a “good” player and plenty are making excuses for him.
Jail’s not going to scare a punk like that. Perhaps some disgruntled teammates (or their families) can better show him the error of his ways.
He needs to get on his hands and knees and thank God he’s not my son.
Bet he didn't.
It's known as the National Felons League for a reason.
You're probably right. The not too distant future either. I wouldn't be surprised if he drops out of school and is arrested again before the end of the school year.
I’d accept that more in a professional sports league.
In general I am opposed to people being punished for the actions of others. kick the kid out of the league, then he isn’t a part of any victory. But by taking the team out of the playoffs, you have punished a bunch of kids, for the actions of one.
On the other hand, others have mentioned that there was other teammate involvement, which makes it more of a team thing, and suggests that there was a leadership issue.
I just don’t think it is a good general principle that if some kid on a high school sports team goes nuts, you should punish the entire team, other than through the standard rules of the game.
Imagine you are a clean-cut, well-mannered athlete, working to get to college. You’ve been doing this for years, you are two games from a victory that will seal your 4-year athletic scholarship.
And some guy on the team, that nobody likes, that you know they couldn’t say “no” to because of charges of racism, decides one day to punch a ref. Never done it before, just ups and does it this time.
And a day later, you are told you are kicked out of the tournament, and because of that, you likely won’t get your scholarship, won’t make it to college. You won’t have your trophy, all of your years of hard work, you get punished for something some other bad kid did.
Just doesn’t seem like a good result to me. Again though, in this case it seems there were reasons to blame the entire team.
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