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Coach Pays to Hurt an Autistic Player

In Uniontown, PA a youth basketball coach offered one of his players twenty-five dollars to throw a ball and injure another teammate during warmups. The player Keith Reese Jr. threw two balls at the autistic boy, one in the growing, and one to the ear. The coach intended on the boy being to hurt to play during the playoff game; he didn't want him to play because he didn't play as-well-as the other players. A judge sentenced 29 yr old Mark R. Downs Jr. to one to six years for his actions, and that he cannot coach any sports teams while on parole.

Personally I don't think the guy will ever get a job coaching anything again in his life. What kind of person pays a young kid to intentionally hurt an handicapped kid so they can't play in a game, in fear of losing. What about the high school basketball manager who was put into a game in the last five minutes, he was autistic and he scored about 7 three point shots in four minutes. He ended up winning the ESPY for greatest sports moment over Kobe Bryant's 80 some point game. In my opinion this coach should never be allowed to attend any sporting event for the rest of his life. I hope he has a bad time in jail, and he should be ashamed of himself

posted by Anonymous @ 10/12/2006 07:28:00 PM