Team accused of using weapons

umm....depressing

The helmet buckles- I get
Tounge depressors- the kid makes the tackle, slips the knife out, slashes the kid and then slides it back to its hiding spot all while the officials and other players are nearby to catch him in the act? Doubtful.

Tongue-depressors?
That's just weird.

I know this is from the bad old days of football, but there was a team we played every year who was known for taping sharpened object to themselves.
Know a number of guys who were cut by this.
Razor blades were the preferred object.

But that was long ago, nobody does stuff like this anymore-we are much more enlightened and people have gotten better and better.
OJW

I think in this particular case, film would out it pretty much right away. If there's a crew of 3-4 kids out there shanking people left and right, you're not going to be able to hide it. That or they're VERY good at hiding it and should consider becoming ninjas.

This has been buzzing locally for over a week and it is kind of sad that it was published the day that team played for the title.

From what I understand a few Greenville players wound up with several cuts in there jerseys and scrapes on there bodies that didn’t appear to be from fingernails. The all state QB had an 8 inch cut on his back that lined up with a cut in his jersey that started in the front. It was a muddy game and the tongue depressors were used to clean mud from the cleats. After finding the tongue depressor and knowing about the tears and cuts the AD jumped to the conclusion they were used on the field. I doubt they used them on the field. If any thing happened it was an individual not the team. I just like how the coach blames an internet site and drags two schools he beat into the conversation after they reported no foul play. If there is evidence on film I’m sure it will come to the light. Sadly some damage is done to that program evidence or not.

On a side note. We played a team that we thought had a FB that sharpened his helmet buckets and we had some kids with some nasty cuts. But the ref looked and saw no foul play. Cuts happen but I think the amount of reported cuts in this case raised suspicion.

I would up the ante here to be honest. It would not be hard to have turned those supposed weapons over to the police, asked for DNA tests from those who were cut to see if any of their DNA was on the depressors.

If not, then I would bring a slander suit against the Greenville coach for purposely and maliciously attacking my character. all I would ask for is 1 dollar and an apology in writing and a letter to the editor apologizing to our program.

This should be handled in private not talking to the newspaper.

That would be tough to bring a slander suit to the Greenville coach since the newspaper broke the story and the coach wasn't involved only the AD.
I don’t particularly care for either of these schools and I didn’t think much of this story, but I have seen the picture of the kids back and I have never been cut like that in all of my playing career... but I wasn’t getting tackled either.

That's it Next year I'm strapping explosives to my kids.(disclaimer: I am just kidding)