6 high school football players sentenced in hazing case

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Six of the seven football players accused of hazing and sexual assaulting four other teammates in a New Jersey high school locker room were placed on probationary terms, prosecutors announced Monday night.

Each of the Sayreville War Memorial players will also have to serve 50 hours of community service as part of their sentences, but they will not have to register as sex offenders.

The sentences were imposed by a Family Court judge after four of the six players pleaded guilty to child endangerment and hazing, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said. Those four were placed on probation for two years, while the two others received a year of probation following a Family Court trial.

Carey said the victims and their families were consulted about the plea deals.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/be7b531b8e5e40adb5ade4b911180c99/6-high-school-football-players-sentenced-hazing-case

[AuntPatsy]

1. It was rape! I guess rules only apply to a select few, sickening!

[yeoman6987]

2. They were found guilty

[AuntPatsy]

3. I know but the punishment is nothing but a slap on the wrist

[yeoman6987]

5. Yeah that the victim approved

Everything isn't a conspiracy theory or unfairness. Others have gotten the same thing.

[AuntPatsy]

13. I have a feeling the victim in this case was coerced into agreeing to help wash it

away.... My opinion only

[yeoman6987]

16. That's always possible.

[markpkessinger]

7. It was arguably sexual assault . . .

. . . but whether it can be called "rape?" I'm not so sure. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/nyregion/in-new-jersey-young-players-recall-hazing.html

[AuntPatsy]

14. Penetration is arguably Rape, I read your article

[LanternWaste]

15. What specifically leads you to believe that...

What specifically leads you to believe that penetration in the course of sexual assault may not be rape?

[markpkessinger]

17. What was alleged was penetration with fingers . . .

. . . which is clearly a sexual assault (a severe enough crime in its own right).

[left-of-center2012]

8. I guess rules only apply to a select few

Were they rich white kids?

[Hoppy]

10. It is a working class town.

[brewens]

4. What the hell did they do? On my team in the 70's, anything sexually would have not been tolerated

and it would have been lucky if the coaches, administration, or law enforcement would have gotten involved in time! The rest of the team would have dealt with anyone even thinking of starting something like that, and pretty harshly!

On our team, hazing wasn't even really hazing. It was limited to basically harmless gags. Kramergesic balm (like Icyhot) in their jockstrap and stuff like that. We had to dive in a mudhole or be dragged through it, but that was kind of fun.

[yeoman6987]

6. Today you'd be arrested for putting icy hot into a jock

Nothing is allowed today.

[Unknown Beatle]

11. When I was in high school

we used Atomic Balm in a gallon tub. It was strong stuff.

[cstanleytech]

9. 50 hours? Should have been 5000 hours. nt

[tomm2thumbs]

12. Sounds like rape to me

Younger members of the team were then said to be held down while other members penetrated their rectums with fingers. Those fingers were then placed in the victims’ mouths, the report said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/sayreville-high-school-football-players-charged-sexual-assault-hazing-article-1.1970734

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Sounds like the supposed 'adults' just wanted this to go away so they can yell "play ball" again and act like nothing ever happened