I saw this on NBC Nightly News as the cable guy was trying to solve our little problem. We were just staring in awe together.
It is an absolute disgrace. They should spend some time in jail!! Glenbrook North is in total disrepute because of this!
I don't remember the quote in verbatim, but they interviewed one of the girls who was obviously a senior and she said something along the lines of "What's the big deal? It's not like they died or anything."
What I can't understand is why those girls would subject themselves to such abuse. Most of them were just sitting there crying like little girls. Fight back, dammit! I would've been swinging, grabbing boobs and ass and doing whatever it took to get out of that mess. And, I might've even liked it.
I've never understood "powder puff", maybe because my high school didn't do it and I'd never heard of it until a couple of years ago. But it seems like someone always gets hurt, whenever/wherever it happens. One kid I knew a few years ago in Florida broke his jaw in a powder puff cheerleading accident (sounds funny but it wasn't) and spent 2 weeks in the hospital. Is this fun? I don't get it. ...and do NOT believe for a second that the school didn't know about this. They're lying to cover their asses.
And I would've bought the DVD. You know, psychologists talk about the "fight or flight" response, but I think it should be amended to "fight, flight or sit there and crylike a girl". My HS's powder puff was flag football too, and it was part of homecoming festivities sponsored by the school. It was Seniors/Sophs vs Juniors/Freshies, mostly tame stuff.
Are they online? I just ask 'cos it's always fun to watch ladies kick the living shit out of each other.
On NBC they showed video of the party before the game. Lots of the senior girls were being held up by their feet and drinking straight from the keg. Now they are trying to find out who supplied the kegs for the party. I see some parents in mighty hot water....
Ours wasn't that bad. It was the day before homecoming saturday and it was Sr Girls (coached by sr Football players) vs Jr Girls (coached by Jr Girls)...The worst that happened to the Jrs was they got some water dumped on em and they weren't allowed to the football teams practice jerseys, pig-tails, badndannas or what not. Of course the whole thing was SET UP by the high school, and as such, had direct control over the whole thing. I'm not sure why that school had the powder puff game during the weekend and off school grounds, when they had absolutly no control over the situation
Here's one question that should be answered: In lieu of a violent tradition surrounding a powder-puff football game, just how many girls' high school athletic teams are there at Glenbrook North? Is there a Title IX violation going on there? And, who's minding these kids? Are there enough extracurricular activities so that these seniors don't have to create these monstrosities? This, IMHO, is a symptom, not a disease.
The most important thing is that this will lead to about 100 lawsuits. Everybody suing everybody. Got to luv it.