[BluegrassBuckeye]

The kid in Ohio who used a thumb tack in the post game handshake has plead guilty and was sentenced to 28 days in juvenile detention. McClain High School is my alma mater. GO TIGERS!

http://timesgazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=175&ArticleID=182483

[Backwoods]

The kid got what he deserved and I think he should never be allowed to step on a football field ever again as a player. He also should have been made to go through couseling for this act. He obviously has issues. He is and was an embarassment to his school,team and family. Bravo to the court system.

[toussaints]

Football can be a very emotional sport for high school kids, especially in Ohio where a loss can keep you out of the playoffs. But this kid crossed the line and then some, and he's lucky the kids he stuck didn't take in any serious diseases because 28 days isn't enough time.

[GetChili]

That's pretty dang low. He deserves to be punished...and he deserves a much worse punishment.

[Blau Vogel]

Football can be a very emotional sport for high school kids, especially in Ohio where a loss can keep you out of the playoffs. But this kid crossed the line and then some, and he's lucky the kids he stuck didn't take in any serious diseases because 28 days isn't enough time.

I think he is lucky they didn't turn around and kick his ass!

[Can you dig it?]

The kid got what he deserved and I think he should never be allowed to step on a football field ever again as a player. He also should have been made to go through couseling for this act. He obviously has issues. He is and was an embarassment to his school,team and family. Bravo to the court system.

That might be a bit much. Thinking back to age 15-17, I can understand how something like this might have been thought of as a harmless prank. It isn't, but it's not like he poked everyone with a used hypodermic needle. I think the punishment fit the crime and will hopefully cause him to rethink his actions in the future. Like Blau said, he's lucky he didn't get a can of whoop-ass opened on him right on the spot.

[macdon]

Why did they keep shaking hands with him..looks like someone would have said something.

[99PIRATEFAN]

That might be a bit much. Thinking back to age 15-17, I can understand how something like this might have been thought of as a harmless prank. It isn't, but it's not like he poked everyone with a used hypodermic needle. I think the punishment fit the crime and will hopefully cause him to rethink his actions in the future. Like Blau said, he's lucky he didn't get a can of whoop-ass opened on him right on the spot.

Well said at 15 -17 most don't thank of the out come of what they do.

[Stardust]

I think he is lucky they didn't turn around and kick his ass!

I sure hope his parents did, because mine would have gotten a kick in the tail

[LeeCoUKFan]

I think he is lucky they didn't turn around and kick his ass!

Yeah!! Thats what I am wondering? If it were me and I got stuck by the thumb tac, I would have definitely said something and probably pushed him out of the line to!! As far as the punishment goes, I think he should be banned from any high school sporting event in addition to what he got!!

[Backwoods]

That might be a bit much. Thinking back to age 15-17, I can understand how something like this might have been thought of as a harmless prank. It isn't, but it's not like he poked everyone with a used hypodermic needle. I think the punishment fit the crime and will hopefully cause him to rethink his actions in the future. Like Blau said, he's lucky he didn't get a can of whoop-ass opened on him right on the spot.

The kid will get counselling in the Juvenile detention center that he is assigned too. He should because this was a planned act that caused injury to not only one person but apparently 28 individuals. 28 times he chose not to stop his actions. Something has happened to this kid at some point that caused him too want to harm not only one targeted person,but 28 random people. It worries me that a kid like that could graduate to worse acts of random assault. This kid probably has been bullied and made to feel small and doing these type things makes him feel big and gives him power and that's why he was lucky he was caught and stopped now and not after he mugs somebodies grandmother or something to that effect. I've seen hundreds of these type cases come into Dept. of Juvenile Justice where I was once employed before retirement. I don't know how old the juvenile was but 28 day's doesn't seem like a lot and it may have something to do with his age. The Dept. of Juvenile Justic can only keep a child up until his 18th birthday and then they must be released. Unless there are certain psychiatric conditions in which they can be held up until one day before their 21 birthday. At least that's the way it was when I was employed as an assessment specialist at Bluegrass Reception and Assessment Center in Lexington,Ky 6 years ago.

[toussaints]

Why did they keep shaking hands with him..looks like someone would have said something.

the reaction wasn't fast enough to warn the rest of the team.

[Crossback]

Can you dig it has it right for back in the day but today is different. This punishment isnt going to hurt the kid and if he does have issues they will be found.
I believe a lot of kids playing football, and most sports, do some stupid things and get away with it. We have all heard the punch in the balls in a pile up, choking, deliberate cutting at the knees, a punch or hand up under the face mask. These could cause more serious injurys than a thumb tac, other than spreading an infection. Who is talking to the kids that do this? Or is it just football.
The punishment may be a bit tough for a stupid act, unless he has issues in his past.