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3. Does he have a mental illness?

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:19 PM

Sep 2014

Many of these young men have mental illnesses that do not get diagnosed as they are rushed through the school system and used to promote school sport programs. It is sad but true. This young man needs help, discipline, and probably direction in his young life. Too bad, because there is probably no one in his environment who is able or willing to step up/in before he ends up in prison for life.

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High school football standout Jayru Campbell arrested a second time [View all] FrodosPet Sep 2014 OP

poor tyke just needs someone to understand him. Hoppy Sep 2014 #1

Sounds like NFL material to me KinMd Sep 2014 #2

Does he have a mental illness? Ivywoods55 Sep 2014 #3

Yeah, he's an idiot. RandySF Sep 2014 #5

DUzy shenmue Sep 2014 #39

I despise US football. longship Sep 2014 #4

Dude, no one cares ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #6

Yup! I prefer games without overt violence. longship Sep 2014 #7

Well, at least you didn't use the "thugs" dogwhistle n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #8

I prefer rational discussions. longship Sep 2014 #10

The girls in my daughters soccer league were viscous and brutal. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #11

Wait, you're a soccer fan? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #16

No violence in AFL? Are you kidding? FrodosPet Sep 2014 #17

They are 300 lb men who move like 180 lb men Drahthaardogs Sep 2014 #30

You don't know what you are talking about. cpwm17 Sep 2014 #36

Yep, not violent at all . . . toopers Sep 2014 #38

No never any violence there. former9thward Sep 2014 #9

And yup. Penalized for doing that. But that was on the field. longship Sep 2014 #13

You are living in a fantasy world. former9thward Sep 2014 #14

Classic straw man argument. longship Sep 2014 #21

From your posts in this thread, it is clear that you do not separate sport from sportsmanship; xocet Sep 2014 #33

Overt violence in the AFL FrodosPet Sep 2014 #19

Wow, I had never seen even a minute of Australian football before. rug Sep 2014 #12

I still like football FrodosPet Sep 2014 #15

Metric? Most US folks have a stunning ignorance about metric, and Aussie rules football. longship Sep 2014 #18

I've posted some videos upthread FrodosPet Sep 2014 #20

You do realize soccer is a British term? ybbor Sep 2014 #23

Many thanks for the relentless sharing of your superiority complex on this thread. Paladin Sep 2014 #32

Only in the USA MFrohike Sep 2014 #48

US football is violent, but so is any other contact sport - b-ball, hockey, footy, rugby, soccer, xocet Sep 2014 #22

Big fan of AFL... SkyDaddy7 Sep 2014 #25

No doubt! n/t xocet Sep 2014 #34

Whoopity do award for you! Oktober Sep 2014 #40

I would imagine most everyone here has heard of soccer before snooper2 Sep 2014 #41

I get so tired of these type of comparisons Iamthetruth Sep 2014 #43

I get so tired of these type of comparisons Iamthetruth Sep 2014 #44

We should start talking about steroids BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #24

Or he could end up like Tony Farmer exboyfil Sep 2014 #26

The kid's NFL contract is debateable. The 'farm teams' are colleges, and this guy reeks. Shrike47 Sep 2014 #27

Big question should he have been let back into school exboyfil Sep 2014 #28

Hard to see but this is actually his third violent incident exboyfil Sep 2014 #29

Here is an article at the time about exboyfil Sep 2014 #31

Here's what's more likely to happen.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #35

Assuming he is guilty exboyfil Sep 2014 #37

Racist much? XemaSab Sep 2014 #49

How so? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #50

They're are, no doubt, many bad guys in football. But they're are WhoWoodaKnew Sep 2014 #42

Notre Dame gave him a scholarship offer. WhoWoodaKnew Sep 2014 #45

Not just Notre Dame FrodosPet Sep 2014 #47

He has to get through college first KamaAina Sep 2014 #46