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In reply to the discussion: Premier High School Football Team Forfeits Games Amid Investigation into Hazing Allegations [View all]roamer65
(36,748 posts)39. Good move to cancel the remainder of the season.
The safety of kids is more important than a stupid game.
I have no sympathy for those who were whining about this decision.
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Premier High School Football Team Forfeits Games Amid Investigation into Hazing Allegations [View all]
tomm2thumbs
Oct 2014
OP
I would end all High School and College contact team sports. It's an embarrassment.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#1
Fuck aggressive sports, I don't want to pay for someone else's kid's fucking sports.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#12
The coaches set the tone for the program. It's heartbreaking for those kids that they got stuck in
Brickbat
Oct 2014
#3
Eric Dixon Reports: Sayreville High School Cancels Football, Bullies The Good In Easy Way Out
al bupp
Oct 2014
#9
Publicly funded schools should NOT be about promoting aggressive sports of any form.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#10
At halftime at home games, several our of HS football players join the marching band (in their pads)
Brickbat
Oct 2014
#18
Exactly. It saddens me when people crusade to end just the things THEY don't like
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#19
Football causes lifelong brain damage regardless of whether any of us like the sport or not.
yurbud
Oct 2014
#35
No, I just don't want to fund bullies, bully sports, bully games and bully uniforms.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2014
#21
canceling it for at least the year was an appropriate response though their stated reason was clumsy
yurbud
Oct 2014
#34
Exclusive: Parent Reveals Sexual Nature of Alleged Locker Room Hazing Ritual
rocktivity
Oct 2014
#40