Video of the physical assault on the football official.
Assistant coach, Mack Breed, who directed the players to assault the referee.
UPDATE (9-24-15) The Dallas Morning News published an update this morning. Notice that the coach said he "should have handled the referee himself." Hopefully his suspension will be long.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/headlines/20150923-assistant-at-texas-school-admitted-he-told-players-to-blindside-official-who-allegedly-made-racial-slurs.ece
Here's a follow-up story that came out on 9-23-15. Obviously the coach was at fault along with the players. The referee should file criminal charges against them all.
http://usatodayhss.com/2015/john-jay-assistant-coach-ordered-hit-on-targeted-texas-referee-in-anger
By now most of America has read about and seen the video of two San Antonio high school players physically assaulting a referee during their Friday night football game. The players were suspended from the football team and placed in an alternative school "pending investigation."
Assault charges should have been filed...
Here is their defense from an article in today's (9-19-15) Dallas Morning News:
Headline: PLAYERS PUT BLAME ON ASSISTANT COACH
Article:
"A San Antonio football coach directed two players to strike a referee during a game because of missed calls that had hurt the team, players said Friday during a national broadcast.
During an appearance on ABC's Good Morning, America, Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas also repeated earlier claims that the ref had used racial slurs.
Moreno said he regrets hitting Robert Watts and wants to apologize. Rojas said he was just doing what he was told.
They were suspended from the Jay High School football team in the aftermath of the game early this month at Marble Falls. The Northside School District moved them to an alternative school as investigations into the incident continue.
Video from the September 4th game shows Rojas blindsiding Watts and Moreno diving on top of him. Watts was the umpire on the defensive side watching a play along the line of scrimmage.
The players didn't name the coach Friday. The school district has suspended assistant coach Mack Breed pending an investigation. Attempts to reach Breed for comment were unsuccessful.
Rojas alleged at one point Watts told a Hispanic player to, "speak English, this is America." The soft-spoken Rojas couldn't explain why he targeted Watts, only saying he was following instructions.
Moreno contends that the ref used a racial slur directed at a black player. The teenager also said that at the last moment he realized the gravity of what he was about to do and softened his blow on Watts.
"That's not who I am" he said. "Underneath the helmet and pads, I'm really a great kid."
Watts has denied using inappropriate language.
His attorney, New Jersey lawyer, Alan Goldberg told The Associated Press on Friday that the game video shows a crime was committed against Watts and now the perpetrators are blaming the victim for their actions.
Goldberg also said that civil action is being considered."
IF THESE ARE "GREAT KIDS" THEN WE DON'T NEED THEM IN THE TENNIS WORLD...
Since this is an obvious physical assault, do you wonder why criminal charges have not been filed and nothing has been done by the UIL?
3 comments:
Pretty sure they already received an invitation to visit the White House.
Everybody already knows both players have been signed to play for the school 2.5 blocks east of I-35 Exit 335b.
The best part of all is that former Missouri player Mack Breed apparently saw the light and recanted his story. On second thought, I'm sure it was a simple language barrier between the African American coach and Latino players. History has proven Texas school kids don't have to speak English due to all those diversity and equal rights lawsuits filed by the leftwing radicals.
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