Texas HS football

[Pete]

Even if that coach did say something like "We need to get even with that ref" those kids should still take responsibility for their actions.

It seems like they are now trying to put all blame on the coach, and that is somewhat dubious, and that somehow completely absolves them.

I'm very sure he didn't say: "One of you completely crush him from behind and the other spear him with your helmet."

They still had a choice in the matter.

[bradh]

Yeah no way that coach struck that much fear in to them.

[kelroy55]

It's just not the players/coaches. The drill teams are getting in on the action too.

[Roger S]

It's just a matter of time before someone gets stabbed at a spelling bee... I'm just saying.

[dankrutka]

Yeah, a slobbering drunk woman who called a kid names pertaining to his race and questioning his manhood....a woman who was baiting a kid who had turned 18 a few hours before....a kid who was away from home for the first time and had not made friends to have a support group.....and a kid, who by all accounts since then has been a standout student.

The law in OK, per the legislatore who wrote it, allows the person who did the hitting, some leeway when he/she was baited into the act. He wasn't prosecuted and he sat out a year and did all that was asked of him and more.

Making excuses for Mixon and bashing the victim's character is shameful. You're cherry-picking your facts (several of which are contested) to tell a story to justify Mixon's actions. Maybe Mixon deserves a second chance; You won't find me here bashing his character because he's young and I don't know him or exactly what happened. But there is absolutely no excusing what he did in that moment. There is no excusing a trained athlete -- or any man -- bashing in a woman's face.

[hoya]

A guy I know saw the video of the Mixon thing. He told me the two were arguing, then she spits at him and hits him, and he responds by hitting her "harder than you can possibly imagine" (or something to that effect -- it's been a while). I'm not going to say that either person was in the right in that situation. Both were wrong. But any guy who has been out drinking at that age has seen women who do everything they can to pick a fight, thinking that nothing will happen to them because they're women. They say and do things that would get a guy beaten within an inch of his life. No man would walk up to a group of college football players and say the things she said to them. The girl in the Mixon case clearly misjudged how far she could push that situation. Now, violence isn't justified except in cases of self-defense... but there's still a certain "Darwin Award" aspect to this story that makes me smirk.

As far as the high school kids targeting the ref, these two kids need to be suspended from football for at least a year. You can't have players targeting the referee. But now it does look like the assistant coach told them to do it. And there are multiple people coming out saying that the ref was using racist language during the game. There's an ongoing investigation into his conduct as well. At the end of the day, this is a less serious situation to me than the Mixon incident. Nobody got hurt in this game. The ref just got knocked on his butt. We've seen players take a swing at a ref before. Emotions get heated during a game. And while violence isn't justified, similar to the Mixon case, I have a really hard time feeling sympathy for a victim who is also in the wrong. If this ref actually said the things he's supposed to have said, then I shed no tears for him. You bear the consequences of the things you say.

[SOONER8693]

GERMANS BOMB PEARL HARBOR! It's done folks, move on.

[jerrywall]

It's just a matter of time before someone gets stabbed at a spelling bee... I'm just saying.

Please spell... "incision".

[Roger S]

Please spell... "incision".

L-A-C-E-R-A-T-I-O-N ..... That is incorrect..... PULLS KNIFE ..... WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT IS INCORRECT???

[kelroy55]

LAKEWOOD, Calif. - A high school football game in Southern California went from rough to violent. Now, the family of one player is being criticized for allegedly attacking several opposing players last Friday night, CBS Los Angeles reported.

Lakewood High School played against Millikan High School in Long Beach on Sept. 25. A video shows a Millikan player kicking a Lakewood player, Victor Bates, in the head after his helmet was knocked off during the game.

"Just punted him, like he was kicking a ball," said a teammate, who witnessed the incident when he was on the field. "I was like 'really?' And I went to the refs, like, 'how could you not see that?'"

"No respect, no mercy, no nothing," said another teammate. "Clearly everybody saw it, as soon as it happened. I see everyone in the stands, just in awe. So it should have been a flag."

But it wasn't. The game went on, and Bates kept playing. But several parents were not happy.

"As a parent of a player, if it was my son that got kicked in the face, I'd be very upset. And I would expect the school district to basically expel the player for doing that," said parent Roger Lands.

After the game in the locker room, the family of a Lakewood player pushed passed security and attacked four Millikan players. Two were struck in the face. The other two were grabbed in the neck, according to the Millikan High School football Facebook statement.

The statement said: "This is very disgusting and breaks my heart that our players were subjected to this. Fortunately, they know who they are and arrests are the next step. Both Millikan and Lakewood administration are involved along with police reports being filed. This will not be hidden and will not go away, rest assured."

The school district spokesman said the school is aware and taking action, but refused to elaborate. Neither coach was inclined to comment.

Earlier this month, a high school football player in New Jersey was suspended after video showed him striking an opponent's head with his helmet.

[kelroy55]

Not just US football.... The Refs are fighting back

[MitchellCole]

Making excuses for Mixon and bashing the victim's character is shameful. You're cherry-picking your facts (several of which are contested) to tell a story to justify Mixon's actions. Maybe Mixon deserves a second chance; You won't find me here bashing his character because he's young and I don't know him or exactly what happened. But there is absolutely no excusing what he did in that moment. There is no excusing a trained athlete -- or any man -- bashing in a woman's face.

Would you feel any different if Mixon bashed in the face of a 5'6", 130 pound middle-aged man who was drunk (and had a checkered past) and calling him names? WTF does gender have to do with anything? Would you care if a 250 lb woman beat up a 130 pound man?