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DEL.ICIO.USSix stories that shook Gwinnett in ‘06: No. 6 - Brookwood suspensions.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Less than a week before Brookwood was to open the season, seven Broncos, including four starters, were suspended for two games for violating undisclosed team rules. Brookwood would get off to an 0-2 start.
None of the names of the suspended players were published, but it wasn’t hard to pick out the culprits standing on the sidelines.
I sometimes feel sorry for prep athletes that get front-page service for having a beer or getting in a fight. Does every grown adult that is arrested for driving drunk even get mentioned? Definitely not to the extent that athletes do. But it comes with the territory. Normal adults don’t get overly glowing stories written about their everyday accomplishments either.
While visiting my parents for the holidays, the front-page headline of the Christmas day edition of the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle read, “Teens busted.” The story told of 17 teenagers, several being high school football players, who were caught drinking in a warehouse. I’m just not sure teens drinking is front-page news or news at all.
If you’re kid was caught drinking, do you think it is necessary or a good use of time for the newspaper to report it?
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By justin
December 27, 2006 09:16 PM | Link to this
Might make them think about consequences before doing it again. The embarrasment to the parents might cause them to pay closer attention to what their children are doing.
By David P.
December 28, 2006 12:09 AM | Link to this
Justin … That’s definitely the obvious response. But there’s a fine line in keeping an eye on your kids and being an over-protective parent. Who struggles more in life: A kid that was never exposed to anything or one that was allowed to learn from their mistakes?
By Tom
December 28, 2006 03:32 AM | Link to this
The problem with kids and drinking …..they often times do not get a chance to learn from their mistakes!
By MIKE B
December 28, 2006 10:59 AM | Link to this
HAS ANYONE COMMENTED ON BRADLEY WARREN LEAVING C. GWINNET AND TAKING THE JOB AT GILMER CO.(ELLIJAY GA.)AFTER DOING WHAT HE HAS DONE AT CENTRAL WHY WOULD HE GIO TO A AA SCHOOL.HE TURNED DOWN A AAAA IN N.WEST GA. TO GO TO GILMER??????????????
By Frank
December 29, 2006 06:19 PM | Link to this
Who is BRADLEY WARREN?
By say what
December 30, 2006 01:16 AM | Link to this
saying that none of the names of the saying players names that were suspended were not published is a little erroneous. the writer of the articlce inferred that the starting QB was one of the suspended players by asking the coach if the starting QB (and then went on to identify his name in print) would be starting and the coach replied no. seemed pretty obvious what the reporter’s motive was.
By Steve
January 1, 2007 01:03 AM | Link to this
David P:
A high school kid who goes to a party and drinks is not makig a mistake. Making a mistake is forgetting about the histlry teat today. These kids BROKE THE LAW, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM KNEW THEY WERE DOING SO.
The rest of the story is simple - they were coddled because they were high-profile jocks.
Keeping your underage child away from alcohol is not being overprotective, you twit. It’s called RESPONSIBLE PARENTING. I don’t care if the drinking took place at a school function or in the middle of the woods. They were breaking the law, got caught, and in my humble opinion, got off EASY.
Football team members at a school in NE Georgia celebrated a 2-0 start this year by getting sloppy drunk and going into a development of new homes and vandalizing several houses to the tune of several thousand dollars. The head coach learned of this, rounded up every player involved in the middle of the night, marched them to the scene of their crime, and called the developer.
The developer assessed the damage, ans then the suddenly sober idiots found themselves directed to repair and clean up what they could. What they could not fix was paid for on the spot by their parents. The coach then suspended every one of them, including several starters, for three games and barred them from the field for the duration of their suspension. Upon completion of their suspnsions, the players had to earn their way back onto the field.
You want kids to learn from their “mistakes”, as you put it? Fine. I suggest a couple of simple steps.
1: Do not allow them to think that they are untouchable because they wear their school’s uniform.
2: HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.