that's sad, but it appears that in any tough physical training, especially for a sport that prizes macho toughness and grit like football, people are going to occasionally get seriously hurt or even die in practice, or even in play, if for no other reason than undiagnosed medical problems, or just bad luck. i agree, the accusation of a crime is unfair, unless it can be demonstrated the coach grossly violated the accepted standards of his sport.

as for "partisan intent" i thought that partisanship was the whole point of "current events". almost every thread there starts off with a political challenge of some kind. in the old zone, almost every board was full of gritty macho tough trashtalk and strutting.

i guess its a guy thing.