Gotta love when dropping to a knee and praying, or mimicking football’s current spotlight recipient gets you kicked out of school.
Setting the stage:
Four Long Island teens caught the brunt of the blow after they paused as a “prank” in the hallway of their high school. Well. Part prank, part legitimate tribute. Two of the boys, twins Tyler and Connor Carroll, are now sitting out the last day before winter break. The other two classmates, Jordan Fulcoly and Wayne Drexel had their suspensions thrown out.
According to school officials the twins had been forewarned–the other two boys had not. According to Connor Carroll, the claimed warning is “completely false.” In all of this, over 40 students had been involved in Tebowing throughout the week–as you’ll see in the video, it’s far more than 4. Yet two are now sitting on the sidelines. Must be rough. Having to miss that last, all-important day before break. However, all four boys will have to endure a one game suspension during their next sport season, whatever that may be.
The school is standing by the merit of the suspensions, stating that the boys were causing a safety and fire hazard in the hallway when they dropped to one knee and assumed the Tebowing position. Really. A fire hazard. The district is careful to say it’s not a discrimination against religious expression, rather a punishment very fitting of the broken rules.
I’d like to argue that there isn’t really a rule against Tebowing. That if people were merely standing in the hallway, loitering, like all teenagers do in high school, they probably wouldn’t have been hammered with suspensions. Sounds like the school administration are disgruntled Jets fans who are still bitter about the level of stank that Gang Green has displayed this season. I have no doubt that if Tebow were the Jets QB, the whole school, including the administrators would be on board.
District Superintendent, Nancy Carney, has received “hate mail” from various individuals. No doubt people who strut with crosses dangling from their necks. But such is the state of the world in which we live. I could wear a rearing horse medallion and it certainly wouldn’t make me a Ferrari. Leave Nancy alone, people. She’s fragile. Enjoy the video. Utterly harmless.
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