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(13,297 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2014, 11:53 AM Oct 2014

Premier High School Football Team Forfeits Games Amid Investigation into Hazing Allegations [View all]

Source: NBC4 New York

The Middlesex County Prosecutor (New Jersey) said it's investigating a report that seniors on the team hazed freshmen in various forms, some of which could be considered sexual assault. School officials declined to discuss details of the allegations, citing an ongoing investigation by police and prosecutors, saying only in a statement they were "significant" and "if true, would indicate that inappropriate conduct of a very serious nature had taken place within the high school football program." <snip>

Meanwhile, police are also investigating assistant football coach Charlie Garcia, 38, after they found more than two boxes of steroids and more than a dozen syringes during a traffic stop late last month.

* video re: Sayreville High School football team story at link *

Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Sayreville-High-School-Football-Team-Forfeits-Games-Hazing-Allegations-Investigation-278075221.html

'Sexual acts too graphic to describe' noted in the video. The school system rep in the video responded to parents' pressure to allow games to continue now:

"The safety and welfare of our students, particularly the students on that football team come FIRST.... BEFORE a football game."

Glad someone said it.

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UPDATE - Oct 7, Tuesday Morning: Sayreville High School Football Season Canceled

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Premier High School Football Team Forfeits Games Amid Investigation into Hazing Allegations [View all] tomm2thumbs Oct 2014 OP

I would end all High School and College contact team sports. It's an embarrassment. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

You forgot your sarcasm tag. joeglow3 Oct 2014 #2

You forgot your thinking cap. valerief Oct 2014 #6

Actually, it was the presence of a thinking cap that led me to post joeglow3 Oct 2014 #8

Agreed. And I played pretty much every sport in HS and College n/t broadcaster75201 Oct 2014 #4

I'm with you there! Swimming, tennis, volleyball. You can get a real workout valerief Oct 2014 #5

As the parent of a high school hockey player, I vehemently disagree hack89 Oct 2014 #7

Same with me for both football and wrestling joeglow3 Oct 2014 #11

Fuck aggressive sports, I don't want to pay for someone else's kid's fucking sports. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #12

Well shit, if that is what you want, lets all accommodate you. joeglow3 Oct 2014 #14

Good for you!!! gopiscrap Oct 2014 #27

We can have hugging competitions ! Oktober Oct 2014 #43

I love sacrcastaball joeglow3 Oct 2014 #46

Busted... Oktober Oct 2014 #47

Really?? Only the "contact team sports??" Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #30

some did a study of fans vs. non-fans... yurbud Oct 2014 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Oktober Oct 2014 #42

The coaches set the tone for the program. It's heartbreaking for those kids that they got stuck in Brickbat Oct 2014 #3

Eric Dixon Reports: Sayreville High School Cancels Football, Bullies The Good In Easy Way Out al bupp Oct 2014 #9

Publicly funded schools should NOT be about promoting aggressive sports of any form. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #10

Some of us can walk and chew gum joeglow3 Oct 2014 #15

At halftime at home games, several our of HS football players join the marching band (in their pads) Brickbat Oct 2014 #18

Exactly. It saddens me when people crusade to end just the things THEY don't like joeglow3 Oct 2014 #19

Agreed. Brickbat Oct 2014 #20

Football causes lifelong brain damage regardless of whether any of us like the sport or not. yurbud Oct 2014 #35

You might want to chime in here on "dangerous" equipment joeglow3 Oct 2014 #16

No, I just don't want to fund bullies, bully sports, bully games and bully uniforms. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #21

So anyone who plays football or wrestling is a bully? joeglow3 Oct 2014 #22

+1 Oktober Oct 2014 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author radicalliberal Jul 2015 #48

Our local HS has a great football team and a 150 person marching band hack89 Oct 2014 #17

Maybe I am mistaken but gladium et scutum Oct 2014 #23

I totally agree! gopiscrap Oct 2014 #28

canceling it for at least the year was an appropriate response though their stated reason was clumsy yurbud Oct 2014 #34

Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Aggravated Assault, Kidnapping... KurtNYC Oct 2014 #13

Sadly, the problem is that many of the fans simply don't care. radicalliberal Oct 2014 #24

This the product of our agressive gopiscrap Oct 2014 #29

Very enlightening info you got there CANDO Oct 2014 #37

Read 'Crossing the Line' shenmue Oct 2014 #25

Get rid of high school inter-varsity competative sports gopiscrap Oct 2014 #26

You'd probably have to ditch marching bands, too Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #32

Who wants a tame society? Oktober Oct 2014 #45

I blame the coaching davidn3600 Oct 2014 #31

I suspect this happened during previous seasons rocktivity Oct 2014 #36

k and r...no text.. Stuart G Oct 2014 #38

Good move to cancel the remainder of the season. roamer65 Oct 2014 #39

Exclusive: Parent Reveals Sexual Nature of Alleged Locker Room Hazing Ritual rocktivity Oct 2014 #40

are football coaches trying to make scoutmasters and Catholic priests look better by comparison? yurbud Oct 2014 #41