As the father of 3 boys who played high school football in Texas, I can assure that it is a religion down here.
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Officials with a San Antonio school district say two football players accused of ramming into a referee during a high school game allege the referee directed racial slurs at them. They reported to the school Friday. Two defensive players, whose actions were captured on a video gone viral, seemingly made a beeline for a referee and deliberately rammed him to the turf. The Marble Falls Police Department said Tuesday it was presenting a final investigation to a Burnet County prosecutor, who will determine if charges should be filed. Northside faculty district officers have stated that in the course of the recreation, the suspended gamers “have been feeling a lot of frustration by what they perceived to be missed or mistaken calls by the refs”.
Before the referee was hit, two Jay players had been ejected on separate plays.
The players won’t have to worry about football anymore now as the season continues without them. In Texas, an assault against a sports official is considered a Class C misdemeanor, which means at most a $500 fine with no jail time.
Pascual Gonzalez, chief spokesman for Northside schools, said the district will interview game officials, coaches and students in an investigation in conjunction with the University Interscholastic League, which oversees athletics in Texas public schools.
The incident also caught the attention of the NFL Referees Association.
Alleged racially disparaging remarks should in no way mitigate the actions of the two players who perpetrated the blindside attack on a defenseless referee. We are trying to make them better people. They always have. But if we’re going to give them credit for what happens when a kid with problems turns his life around-and we should-then we also need to be prepared to lay some blame for what becomes of the young men who are emboldened by the minimization, dismissal, or active encouragement of destructive and abusive behavior at the feet of their coaches.
The South Dakota High School Activities Association is standing by its sports officials after recent events in Texas. The coach reportedly told his players, “That guy [Watts] needs to pay for cheating us”.
“You just don’t think about that happening and I’ve been working at that position where you are in the middle of things all the time”, Caudle said.
Just as united as the local coaches were in the shock of the incident, they all agreed harsh penalties should be handed out.
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