((HT: KSL-TV))
Roosevelt-Union (UT) High has had an interesting week...
They are 3-2 heading into their homecoming game this Friday, but after the coaching staff thought the team was going in too many different directions mentally, all the players on the squad were suspended. They had to earn their spot on the roster back through service to their school, parents, and community.
Last Friday was a loss to Judge Memorial Catholic. And when coaches found out that their athletes were cruising in class and even encouraging bullying through an anonymous website, they had had enough. The student that was the point of the bullying was not a member of the Union High team.
Head coach Matt Labrum told the team to hand in their jerseys...
So, it's been an interesting week of not practicing...
This is a rare example of showing that football is a privilege and not a right...
And if Roosevelt-Union High School sounds familiar, this was the school that had police go after students who were doing a traditional haka dance as a part of their football games last season. Police used pepper spray on students and it turned into a big mess...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Sunday, October 23, 2011
OSG High: Police Pepper Spray Tongans At Utah Football Game
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At a high school game in Roosevelt, Utah with Roosevelt-Union playing Uintah High School, Tongan relatives of a player were pepper sprayed during a display of support during a Haka dance.
The Roosevelt police are being accused of overreacting as they asked the kids to clear from where they were and then sprayed the crowd...
"I've never seen anything like it," Union fan Jason Kelly said. "It was totally unprovoked."
Police said the incident is under investigation. They also said many people in the crowd knew the group was going to dance, but the two officers and others didn't.
Here's the dance-off and spraying...
At a high school game in Roosevelt, Utah with Roosevelt-Union playing Uintah High School, Tongan relatives of a player were pepper sprayed during a display of support during a Haka dance.
The Roosevelt police are being accused of overreacting as they asked the kids to clear from where they were and then sprayed the crowd...
"I've never seen anything like it," Union fan Jason Kelly said. "It was totally unprovoked."
Police said the incident is under investigation. They also said many people in the crowd knew the group was going to dance, but the two officers and others didn't.
Here's the dance-off and spraying...
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