Since I know my readers are lazy, allow me to write the gist of it: A kid at Holy Family University (a small school in Philly) on the men's basketball team was knocked over by a coach during a rebound drill. This is where you really need to watch the video to see it demonstrated. Anyways, so he gets hit and falls over. His wrist is broken. He demands action from the university, they don't do "enough" in his mind. He goes to the police. They don't go into what happens next, I assume lawsuit, because America is a beautiful country.
So he contacts the authorities and the coach is being reviewed. There's footage of the coach crying. Then the video segment interviews both the coach and the player, who are with some kind of (I assume) legal representatives.
Is this really the what goes on in America? The problem with this story is that both the coach and the player are wrong. To push this kid over was more than just "tough love." But basketball is physical, so I'll let it slide. Then he kicks him. Not hard, but it's like a kick shove. That was uncalled for, but this can't be the first time that a coach did something physical to a player. Or the first time a player was verbally abused.
And the player? What a wuss. Calling the authorities? Really dude? The coach knocked you over, so what. Learn from it. That's why he is the coach and you are the player. And if you really "don't respect" the coach after this, then just quit. When someone does something you don't respect, you don't continue to associate with that person. It's that simple. When he said "I really want to play basketball at Holy Family" that's pathetic. He really needs to aim higher. The school owes him nothing. He wasn't maliciously hit with intention to harm. He was knocked down. Playing a sport. Tough nuts dude.
There's not much more to be said. Society sickens me.
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