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Posted on: Fri, 12/22/2006 - 6:47pm
LAME: kids thrown of team for fake myspace page

Kids just being kids, but because it has to do with Myspace, they get into real trouble:

Originally posted at QuickDFW.com



Kids off teams for fake MySpace page

10:24 AM CST on Friday, December 22, 2006

Brandon Shaw, 17, is considered a top prospect to play Division I collegiate baseball – but his dreams are now in jeopardy because of what his father says was a joke gone bad.

Shaw, three other baseball players and a track team member were all kicked out of Plano Senior High athletic programs after Plano district administrators learned of a MySpace.com profile in coach David Allen's name.

"It was intended to be something that high school kids do," Ron Shaw said. "It was to poke fun."

According to some parents, however, the site contained mean-spirited and vindictive comments about the coach, his wife and son....

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Posted on: Fri, 03/09/2007 - 11:12pm #1
Re: LAME: kids thrown of team for fake myspace page

Parents need to be aware of what their kids are doing now a days. They think the internet is a baby sitter.

Posted on: Fri, 01/26/2007 - 4:41pm #2
Re: LAME: kids thrown of team for fake myspace page
All the boys in question are really at an age in which they understands and cant determine that creating a fake page was maybe the not best idea around. By placing refrences to the coaches father and child they crossed the line between playful taunting and rude behavior. Parents of these boys may feel that being kicked off a team for such behavior is unjust. Yes, of course they will argue that it was during thier free time away from school. But what I cant help but think of is the fact the just about every school maintains a code of ethics and conduct. When being part of a team a student has an added sense of responsibility and respect to school officials and the school in whole. This brings to question the concern of making an example out of a student for the greater good. Is the punishment a bit much? That I dont think anyone that isnt involved in this could really answer. I really do hope that some good comes from this and that this could serve as an example of inappropriate behavior when you are a representation of an organization.
Posted on: Tue, 12/26/2006 - 4:10am #3
Are the consequences appropriate?
Some people think that because it's the Internet, that somehow consequences for actions like this should be less severe. I think this should be treated similar as if paper billboards containing the same information were posted all over town. Off the team? Suspension? Well, whatever the "going punishment" is. I was in HS in the 70's and I would imagine I would have been suspended from school and removed from whatever activity that teacher was over. And shame on any parents for poo-poo'ing this as a common prank. Kids will be kids? Not anymore. This is a new century of harsh punishments for any kind of threat, aggressive contact or harassment. This goes for both schools and the workplace and kids need to be trained by their parents as such. Parents better wise up and drill their kids on the possible consequences of their behaviors. Too bad about the scholarship... might too severe of an outcome but it's a lesson learned.