High school athletes aren't public figures.
High school athletes shouldn't have off-court actions described in detail in public forums.
It's 2009 and people use the Internet any, ol' way they want.
My 13-year-old son begins his interscholastic sports experience as a 7th grader knowing that the only way to make sure he never has to defend himself over making bad decisions away from his sports is ... to make sure he makes good decisions.
I hate the idea of a Eureka High basketball star being raked over hot coals by jealous and spiteful critics for something that has nothing to do with sports. But, it's obvious he mad a decision at some point that provided his attackers with ammunition and...boy...have they used it to get after him.
Nobody's perfect. But, starting the minute you get on the court or on the field in the school's uniforms...in this day and age...you damn well better know that being anything except as close to a perfect citizen as you can be is asking for trouble.
If you don't do anything wrong, you can't get knocked for doing something wrong.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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I think there is more to this and it has to do with problems in our culture protecting athletes in general and raising them them some sort of god-like status. I won't comment and trash anyone in particular, but I will say I think high school is a good time to learn your life lessons and I don't think one is being learned by a local team. Thugs, kids who have learned that violence is the way to solve problems, and drug traffickers are being allowed to continue, and it does no one any good to ignore it.
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