High school cancels season after 3 players charged with rape

[joeybee12]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- After three basketball players were charged with raping a teammate in an apparent hazing incident, a Tennessee high school has taken the unusual step of canceling the rest of the season, officials say.

The Ooltewah High School season has been called off "so that the criminal justice system can work the way we expect," Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith said Wednesday.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association executive director Bernard Childress said this is the first time he could remember a school canceling a season for disciplinary reasons.

Three teens face aggravated rape and aggravated assault charges in connection with injuries to a teammate, who underwent surgery after being assaulted while attending a basketball tournament in Gatlinburg. Tennessee law defines aggravated rape as a rape in which the defendant either has a weapon, causes bodily injury or is aided or abetted by another.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/14520526/tennessee-high-school-cancels-basketball-season-rape-charges

Rape of a teammate no less.

[In_The_Wind]

1. The lack of self respect is evident in those 3 boys. I'm glad the season is canceled.

It gives a clear message regarding rape.

[radicalliberal]

2. Before I came across your OP in a google search today, I had recently found an article --

-- about Ooltewah that describes the high school's problems in detail. It describes a deep social/cultural dysfunction at the high school -- one that seems to exist at many high schools, as far as I'm concerned. The article is a long read, but it's worth it. It goes into a lot of detail and even features a relevant video or two. I admit I haven't read it in its entirety word for word. It's quite unpleasant to me. In fact, the wrongdoing described in the article makes me angry. I don't believe people should be mistreated, and I believe that wrongdoers -- regardless of their social status -- should be held accountable.

https://projects.timesfreepress.com/2016/02/codeofsilence/index.html

I know it's been two years, but the topic is still relevant. I don't mean to be creepy by replying to a topic two years old. But like I said, sadly, it's still relevant; and I fear these sorts of scandals are likely to continue for generations since most people don't seem to care.