yosports wrote:Fastbreak, they ARE paying for the damage and also serving the game or 1/2 game suspension. The boys also wrote some letters of apology to the school, AD, etc. I have never heard of a 1/2 game suspension and think that is kind of weird but that is what they are doing. The one player admitted to it right away is what I had heard. . . that is just what I heard from a very reliable source.--and so he got a 1/2 game suspension rather than a full game suspension.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I heard, the kid that got a half game suspension "accidentally" broke a light while swinging his backpack on. I realize that hes probably a tall guy, but REALLY? Accidentally?? That kind of stuff does not happen on accident.
I also find it hard to believe that he "admitted to it right away." If he truly did confess right away (which would mean while the team was still in Wahp) then that would mean that the coach really did know about the whole situation, which doesn't seem to be the case. What's much easier to believe is that he confessed when they got back home after the whole situation started to blow up in their faces.
yosports wrote:Remember that these are just teenage boys --not adults-- and so when under 18 I don't think they need to be labeled criminals and sent to jail when there is a teachable moment. I expect the same things from my kids and my students. . . fix your mistake if possible (and they are fixing it. . .), make apologies, and move on. Everyone makes mistakes --especially in the heat of the moment in an emotional setting.
They are high school juniors and seniors, not some little Innocent children. I can only speak for myself here, but by that age they should be able to make mature decisions. I realize that everyone makes mistakes, we're all human, its expected. But when people do screw up, its also expected that they pay the consequences and personally (and i know this isn't just my opinion, many people agree) i think the current punishment is a joke. No one is saying that they should go to jail, so i dont know where you came up with that one, but it should be more than what it currently is.
I agree with you that this is a teachable moment, but this current punishment is a slap on the wrist. The one game that this is actually going to effect is against North (the lowest seed going into EDC, without their best player, Syverson). If you really want to teach them a lesson, then give them an actual punishment.
yosports wrote:And the punishment does not have to do with their record or any of that. They would have been punished the same with a winning season or a losing season. It seems to me people from other cities are JEALOUS Of their success and are just looking for reasons to kick them out of the EDC tournament. And by the way. . . RRHS does go by the NDHSAA rules. They have to follow those rules or the whole team
WOULD be disqualified. And usually, in my experience, I have noticed that they enforce them in the strictest way possible.
Maybe don't judge until you have all the facts.
Debatable. You cannot say either way what would happen if they had a different record. Nobody can. Just given the circumstances, that is what people are going to think. You cant really do anything about it. As for myself, i am not jealous and even if other people are i dont think thats the reason why they want a steeper punishment. They want more because they realize what little is being done and they dont think that is right.
yosports wrote:Don't speed on the way home tonight. That is breaking the law.
No need to try and get smart about this. We know speeding is against the law, just like vandalism is. The difference is, the speeder would get an appropriate ticket. The people involved in the vandalism situation are getting a slap on the wrist.