Cops: High school soccer player ‘sucker-punched’ referee

He should get both

 

Wow. Bubba, do you know this referee?

 

I really hope they send the right message and he does jail time. The fine would be icing on the cake...

 

From the WSB story: "Sweatt said student athletes take their cues from the sidelines, so it is up to coaches and parents to set the right example."

So Bubba, does Chattahoochee or its coach have a reputation for bad behavior, or is this just a one off thing for them? Looks like they were carrying some big expectations for the playoffs - although it does look like they play in a weak region.

 

If you're a GSOA member, we've been BEGGING the membership to report incidents like this. The association can't protect you if you don't let us know.

 

Les is one of our more "spirited" coaches, as is his assistant, Eduardo. Speaking plainly, they can be a real pain in the ass if you let them be. For the most part, they're all bark and no bite, but they make their presence known.

That being said, neither of these guys would condone the behavior and I'm sure they were as shocked and upset as the rest of us. I do think it's amusing that they'll both be required to take sportsmanship training, along with the players. They could definitely use it.

 

Somebody needs to forward the thread on the death from the same type of punch to the judge

 

I just do AYSO now, so it's pretty mild for me. I only had one time where it seem like a pair of coaches were mad at each other and I separated them.

With all this talk about mass confrontation, I was debating carrying pepper spray with me when I referee. (I carry some with me when I run at night just in case.)

 

“Our No. 1 objective is always the safety of the players and we’d like to be able to focus on that without having to focus on the safety of us,”

Kudos to him for this quote - this is what the public needs to understand.

 

is it terrible that I feel sorry for this kid?

 

Knowing next to nothing about him, it's really hard to say. I do think that it's important for the force of the law to be used in defense of referees, though.

 

Indeed. Fulton County DA's office certainly has option to let the 'kid' who is actually an adult do Pre Trial Prevention under First Offender program.

Arraignment hearing is tomorrow where he enters a plea.

Yes. He had twenty minutes from the time he gave up the PK which was the only goal of the game, to the end of the game when he decided to pretend to apologize, shake the ref's hand, pull the ref in to him as he was shaking his hand, and then punch him in the face with his left hand, because as he stated after the game the referee ruined his HS 'career'.

 

oh i'm not disagreeing. it is just sad that he would resort to this and jeopardize his future etc etc etc.

this despite not having much (any) info on him. just thinking 18 years old and facing jail time = sad.

 

Point taken @GoDawgsGo point taken.


So I am a bit of a putz .......

 

I would hope that the DA doesn't send the message that the first shot at a referee is a freebie that results in no jail time. I doubt that there are many high school soccer players with "priors" so, without imposing jail time and a fine that is what the DA would be saying. Failing that, maybe 2 or 3 years of no soccer for this high school would send the proper message.

TO EVERYONE.

 

It's always tragic when someone does something stupid that ruins their life.

That doesn't mean we should give anyone a pass, but I think you can acknowledge that while wanting to see justice done.

 

thanks @Eastshire hopefully this teaches this young man a valuable lesson. could be (and should be) a harsh one, especially in light of dawgs post.

 

How about the defense attorney's reported comment, that he doesn't understand why this is news?
I guess the attorney still has to do some pre hearing research.