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Trio of incidents create rough week off the field for NJ football
It seems like N.J. football has stepped back at least a decade this week.
First there was the announcement that Sayreville (N.J.) War Memorial High School was canceling its football season over allegations of hazing. As that news was being reported, local stations in N.J. added a footnote: elsewhere in the state, a father had been arrested for attacking his son's youth football coach.
According to USA Today,
The coach stated that after the game against the Toms River Junior Raiders, [James] Oleske ran across the field toward him and then tackled him without any provocation or warning. The two men then fought on the ground until bystanders broke them apart, according to police.
Oleske has a son on the Indians team and he was in the broadcast booth videotaping the players during the game, according to police. After the game, he found out that the coach told the players to turn in their equipment and the season would be over because of their reported ongoing bad attitudes.
In other words, the father attacked the coach because he was angry that the coach said the players had bad attitudes. In response, he said he was just acting in self defense. A report released Wednesday indicated that the coach used inappropriate language and was seriosuly berating the 13- and 14-year-old players. According to USA Today,
[American Youth Football attorney David] Schlendorf said while there is no justification for the father’s alleged assault, he has heard from some parents that the coach may have used a vulgar word for the female anatomy — among others — to characterize his young male players in assessing their performance on the field.
No arrests have been made in Sayreville, but the investigation is on-going. Oleske, who is a dentist with a private practice in N.J., was arrested at the field on Sunday and has since been released. He is awaiting a court date and has been banned from the league. His son, who reportedly jumped into the fight, has also been banned. Coach Drew Hildick has been suspended but can return next year.
As these two stories played out over the weekend, four high school football players from Lakewood (N.J.) High School were being arrested in relation to a series of armed robberies committed on Thursday and three robberies allegedly committed at gun point last month.
It's only Tuesday. Surely, this week can't get much worse for N.J. football.
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