The were part of the team and they didn't stay out of trouble.
"On one side are those who say allowing Dailyn Campbell, a 16-year-old quarterback, and 17-year-old teammate Jesse Howard to play shows that football players get preferential treatment."
and if they weren't football players but were members of the chess club, would the same rules apply??
IMHO, these guys just learned that as long as they play, they get preferential treatment..they should be required to foot the bill for all medical treatment at the very least and at the most, pay for treatment, be banned from football AND spend some time in the slammer..
Suffering brain damage is more than "serious injury." Not only should they not be allowed to play football, they should be serving real time.
As Reader's Digest would say concerning this judge's ruling: "That's Outrageous!".
These two kids nearly kill two other people and get to play the season, and then serve their time.
At a local school we had two kids test positive for drugs and they will miss 3 weeks worth of games.
It's called accountability.
"I don't know why it's about football players. Why isn't it about student council or track?" Howard asked. "He admitted what he did and he faced the consequences like a young man should."
His father should be jailed for stupidity as well. He's trying to make his son out to be a victim, like football players are discriminated against. Any other student would've had to face the consequences now. Anyone who has ever gone to school knows the football players get preferential treatment, even the ones at schools who lose every game.
Today, the perpetrators are considered "victims."
I'd like to see these 2 guys spend the next 60 days on bedpan patrol at the local hospital. A good intro to pain & suffering seems in order. And I wouldn't let these guys near a football game until the injured kids are able to attend the games themselves.
Creating new Lawrence Philips and Maurice Clarettes.
""I've never seen anything that has been so much an issue in the community," said Arch Rodgers, principal of 670-student Kenton High School. "The worst part is this has drug out so long and the longer it drug out, the more it created friction in the community."
"Drug out", "drug out"?!?
And you're the 'principal' Arch? What kind of English usage is that? How about this principal Arch,
".. this has dragged out so long and the longer it drags out...
Sheesh, maybe that's one of the problems with the school and these kids - YOU'RE a freaking moron.
Or maybe you're "drugged out".
I guess some people see football as more important than things like the law, criminal behavior and even the promises one makes.
*sigh*
This is for who ever might read it i live in this back water town that they call kenton ohio where football rules over justice . I thought before these kids went to court they would get off thats how it works here. The poor boys who got hurt will never live a normal life but those 5 boys will why because they are football players and laws don't mean crap to them . Im so upset how that judge handle this case and so are a lot of ppl in this town so what ever you might read or hear this town is not split there are a lot of really pissed off ppl .
Yep, he shouldn't have done it.
Had the driver of the car not been doing in excess of 70MPH and had he not been under the influence of marijuana he may well have avoided any adverse situation. The other drivers just slowed down and drove around the decoy.
Don't veer for deer. Everybody knows that.