Ohio HS football fans mock student’s death with homemade t-shirt slogan
Sep 20, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT
Holy crap, Ohio, what’s up with this? We take you now to the town of North Ridgeville, where Avon High took on North Ridgeville High in the latest edition of their football rivalry on Friday. But this was special, because North Ridgeville had dedicated the game to the memory of one of its student who was killed in an accident earlier that week.
Alex Sismour, 14, was struck and killed by a car while riding his bike. But at the game, this development was not treated with the same amount of reverence by, um, everyone in attendance.
The game was being played in his memory so imagine the surprise of fans when they heard that a couple of Avon High School students allegedly showed up wearing their own shirts, with not so tasteful remarks about the accident.
Someone from Avon schools made a shirt that reportedly said ‘at least I know how to ride bikes.’
Students and parents both are calling the alleged T-shirts foul.
“I don’t know what they’re thinking. I guess they thought it was funny but it’s not.”
Excerpt from a statement released Monday by North Avon High principal Kristina Bullet:
“As of today (Sept. 19), two North Ridgeville students have come forward as having viewed three individuals wearing, mean-spirited, homemade shirts regarding the manner in which Alex died.”
“Several allegations regarding our student conduct were investigated by both North Ridgeville and Avon’s administration and were not substantiated. We will continue to work with NRHS to determine who these individuals were and will render consequences.”
The hammer of local Ohio justice is coming down, you Avon punks. Retribution will not be denied. Release the shirt-sniffing hounds!
And, wow, how did the kids wearing those shirts not get beaten to a fine powder? That’s on you, North Ridgeville.
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T-shirt causes controversy, heartache at Avon game [WKYC]
Investigation Into Allegations Of Egregious Homemade Shirts At High School Football Game [The Post Game]
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- goforthanddie - Sep 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM
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Yeah, how did those kids NOT get the Hell beat out of them?
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- southernpatriots - Sep 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM
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If this is true, proven to be true, it is a shame. If there is a “code of student conduct” which prohibits such crude behavior and ridicule of other students or behaving that way when other schools are involved in interactions, the students should receive some instruction in good behavior and some repercusions. When students such as these get older they are protesting with signs at the funerals of slain American heroes. The parents and friends of this slain student should not have to go through this, any more than family members of slain soldiers should have to experience abuse.
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- trbowman - Sep 20, 2011 at 2:51 PM
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“And, wow, how did the kids wearing those shirts not get beaten to a fine powder? That’s on you, North Ridgeville.”
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