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"No Gay Thursdays" was a tradition started by the football team at least three or four years ago, in which behavior the team normally considered to be "gay" was considered "not gay" on Thursdays, Hogan said.
Older players would come up behind younger players and put their genitals atop the younger players' heads, among other sexually explicit or suggestive acts, the prosecutor said.
BERWYN, Pa. — Three senior football players at a suburban Philadelphia high school have been charged with assaulting a freshman with a broom handle on what the team called "No Gay Thursday," a prosecutor announced Friday.
Three 17-year-old students at Conestoga High School held down a 14-year-old boy on Oct. 15 and penetrated him with the broom handle while he screamed, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said.
After the charges were announced, longtime head football coach John Vogan was suspended from all coaching duties pending the outcome of an investigation by the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District.
originally posted by: ReadLeader
"No Gay Thursdays" was a tradition started by the football team at least three or four years ago, in which behavior the team normally considered to be "gay" was considered "not gay" on Thursdays, Hogan said.
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
In this event, "No Gay Thursday" should be followed by "behind bars on Friday".
Authorities said the assault occurred after underclassmen were told to strip to their underwear and clean the team locker room
There is no evidence the coaching staff was aware of the assault on the 14-year-old or the team's hazing culture
they need to spend time in a cell w/Bubba
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
Or they can settle it in the playground-A softball team mate of mine was chastised for playing a 'gay' sport-he gave the bully a hiding-I guess softball isn't so 'soft' after all.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: ReadLeader
"No Gay Thursdays" was a tradition started by the football team at least three or four years ago, in which behavior the team normally considered to be "gay" was considered "not gay" on Thursdays, Hogan said.
I think this shows again that some of the biggest homophobes are pretty gay themselves.
'Not gay Thursday'. Too funny. The probably have 'Not racist Monday' as well.
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
I admit that was a poor example. I guess they get to wait until their captain crew cut fathers come home and introduce them to the belt-not because they picked on a gay but because they got caught.
Hazing is a crime in Pennsylvania, but it applies only to colleges, not high schools. Hogan said he would have considered charging other Conestoga football players with hazing had the charge been available to him.