Posted on 11/03/2014 2:39:46 PM PST by Zakeet
When Fort Myers High school football player Sam Turner reached the end zone Friday night with the first touchdown of his high school career, he took a few seconds to bow down and thank the Lord, but that simple act ended up having a major consequence.
Turner, 16, who briefly bent down on one knee, placed his finger in the air and prayed to the Lord, was dealt a 15-yard penalty, with an official dubbing the prayerful act unsportsmanlike conduct, according to the News-Press.
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I saw an NFL player doing something similar on Sunday. Don’t remember which game or the player.
Some day in the near future Christians are going to have to defend themselves.
Simple: What is wrong with America is the American people.
Thank you! whew!! :)
That was worth saying twice.
Toby Keith???
Next time behead a cheerleader.
We’ve done nothing. Doing nothing encourages evil to grow.
Push back, or be buried. They will never relent.
Simple- what is wrong with the United States of America, is the users/takers, of the providers. No more, no less. Hey, Theo R., eat your cattle cake- with mucho gustov...
He should have grabbed his genitals, this would have been acceptable
Democrats, Marxists, P.C. liberals and an education system that fails to teach the American ethic. Oh yeah, also RINO's.
Indeed. It hardly seems like my country any longer.
Had this occurred in Bald Knob AR, the game would have been delayed by a ref getting his a** beat.
Officials say Florida high school player was not penalized for prayer
Fort Myers (Fla.) High School football player Sam Turner wasn’t penalized for a moment of prayer after scoring a touchdown in Friday’s 49-0 victory against Riverdale.
Instead, both the Florida High School Athletic Association and the South Gulf Football Officials Association said the senior tight end was flagged for violating Rule 9-5, Article 1 (c) of the 2014 National Federation of State High School Associations football rulebook.
The section, which covers non-contact, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties lists as one of its examples, “any delayed, excessive or prolonged act by which a player attempts to focus attention upon himself.”
http://usatodayhss.com/2014/fort-myers-florida-prayer-penalty
Democrat ref......who da thunk?
Send the cretinous official to Iraq. Maybe he can make a difference with those ISIS guys who keep sticking their fingers in the air to praise Allah. See how that would work.
All this hair-pulling and jumping about...
If he’d simply walked over to the Ref and handed him the ball, then trotted back to the bench, no penalty would have been assessed. None would ever have been contemplated.
But, instead, he engages in a huge “Look at me!” moment. Penalty deserved, and assessed.
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