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10-07-2014, 11:10 AM
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OT: New Jersey town cancels football
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...278319861.html
I'm impressed that someone had the balls to do something like this. There have been so many nauseating stories over the years of jocks involved in terrible stuff getting protected by communities. Oh, also, one of the assistant coaches was arrested for having a few boxes of steroids and syringes. Lovely. Of course, many in the community aren't happy. From what I've read, a whole crew of Sayreville ex-jock meathead alumni chased and threatened a group of reporters trying to interview locals. The meatheads were wearing their varsity jackets. How very sad, disturbing and pathetic. 
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10-07-2014, 11:19 AM
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The Superintendent showed real guts. He is a contract employee and serves at the discretion of the School Board. This will probably dominate the next Board election and, regardless of the school's academic results, renewal (or not) of his contract.
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#4
10-07-2014, 11:22 AM
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Nice to see the concept of 'consequences' being reintroduced into childhood & young adulthood, albeit in rare, isolated instances.
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10-07-2014, 11:25 AM
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Won't last. Football is the closest thing to a national religion we have today. ESPN covers it 12 months out of the year, furcryingoutloud.
What else is there to do in Sayerville anyway? Good lord. Sayerville.
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10-07-2014, 12:18 PM
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Unfortunately, the victims of the hazing will become the target of the rest of the team and their parents.
Instead of blaming the aggressors, they will blame the kids who were hazed for “ratting them out”. Youth sports in this country are out of control in general.
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10-07-2014, 12:22 PM
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I don't know about this specific case, and given the publicity and actions taken, it likely was over the top. That said, most of the sports teams I was involved in in high school and college (in college exclusively track and cross country) included some form of hazing, typically with the freshman/new recruits as the target. By and large, and I certainly am not a "jock", this was done as a team building exercise and was good natured.
Perhaps we were lucky or common sense ultimately ruled the day. I do struggle when I hear about these types of events and wonder if there were friends and teammates who did view it as more than just good natured team building. I wonder if others share that view.
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#8
10-07-2014, 11:07 PM
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One side effect of the cancellation is that the youth of East Brunswick (where I live) have been spared a gruesome crushing defeat at the end of the month.
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10-08-2014, 12:09 AM
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10-08-2014, 12:42 AM
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it really would be nice if there was a general understanding of how unimportant sports are and how corrupting of institutions they have become. My high school had the crappyist team in the conference and they still walked around school bullying everyone like they were important. Hate to see how they would have been treated if they actually were any good. And, in retrospect, I guess we were all lucky they were losing to the team down the road that had 15 players total, because these big football high schools seem totally out of control.
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10-08-2014, 06:36 AM
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10-08-2014, 07:06 AM
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