High School Football Charge

1. I think to be charged on a criminal level for this is a bit ridiculous! What happened was obviously no accident, it was cruel and out of line but probably not enough to be put on this kids permanent record. I think all punishments need to come through the school. The boy should not be able to play sports again or atleast not football. As far as being suspended or expelled I think the punishing has to stay within sports.

2. The main reason I answered the first question the way I did is because I believe there is a certain expectation of putting your health on the line when getting involved in a contact sport. personally I am a very physical player and always perform expecting the same amount of aggression from my opponents. Although this incident was clearly done on person I would say a large percentage of injuries come from other players getting too rough. Bottom line is sports are just kind of dangerous.

3. From each stakeholder perspective I want you to answer the following:
Here are the stakeholders: both players, each players parent, police (or state), teammates of both players, the coach, the athletic director and principal. FROM EACH OF THESE PERSPECTIVES I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SO YOU SHOULD HAVE 9 different stakeholder perspectives!!

Victim
1. I would feel very unlucky that I happened to fall victim to my opponents anger.
2. I would like the player responsible to never have the privelege of setting foot on the field as a player ever again.
3. I would not press charges. I would just make sure he wasn't allowed to committ this same act twice.

Headbutter
1. I would just be kicking myself over how poor of a choice it truly was. I would be embarrassed that I couldn't hold back from acting on my initial impulse to headbutt my opponent.
2. I would take whatever punishment I got without any greif because the choice I made was so incredibly stupid I no longer have a say.
3. I would do everything in my power to show how sorry I was for the amount of pain and damage I caused.

Victim's Parent
1. I would feel terrible for my child and very angry at the player who was responsible.
2. I would want the school to suspend him from the team for the rest of his high school career.
3. I would not press charges even though it was a terrible choice on his part it was just a game.

Headbutter's Parent
1. I would question what was going through my son's head at the time and feel terrible for the person who suffered because of my child's actions.
2. I would not want the victim to press charges because of one stupid choice my son made I wouldn't want it to affect the rest of his life.
3. I would work hard to make sure nothing like this ever happened again to my child.

Police
1. I would feel sorry for everyone involved. Especially both boy's parents and each boy's team.
2. I would want the victim to reconsider pressing charges because violence is somewhat expected in football games.
3. I would do whatever I was told. If the victim decided to go through with the charges I would work to make sure he was paid every bit of money he was fighting for.

Victim's Teammate
1. I would feel terrible for my teammate and be extremely angry with the person who caused his injury.
2. I would want that boy to be punished in whatever way possible.
3. I would stand by whatever decision my teammate made about pressing charges because regardless of my opinion he is part of my team and it is an issue we should face all together.

Headbutter's Teammate
1. I would be extremely angry with my teammate because it would most likely mean I would never get the chance to play with him again.
2. I would not want him to be charged or punished because I would want to continue playing with him on my team.
3. I would deal with whatever choice was made because it is not necessarily my business to get involved with. I would have no power in this situation to change any outcome.

Headbutter's Coach
1. I would be extremely disappointed in my player because I know I would not teach them to play that way.
2. I would not want my player to be kicked off the team permanently because I would miss his athletic ability.
3. I would punish him in every way possible when it came to practice. I would make him never want to purposely inflict pain on an opponent ever again.

Headbutter's Athletic Director
1. I would feel terrible for the victim and be very disappointed in the football player responsible.
2. I would not want there to be charges placed because the negative attention makes everyone on this side of the story look bad.
3. I would want the boy to be punished in a way that he would never even think of committing the same sort of mistake ever again, but I would still fight for him to be able to play again.