Robert E. Lee WINS It's Super Bowl

[Trevor_Cash]

Your worst dreams have now come true for the RHS faithful though. The newsleader has taken on this story and will run with it.

It’s easy to run with it as one of the student was ever so bright enough to send direct messages to the player.

Hope the red faithful are prepared for the media frenzy this will most likely create

 

[Keith_Stone33]

Your worst dreams have now come true for the RHS faithful though. The newsleader has taken on this story and will run with it.

It’s easy to run with it as one of the student was ever so bright enough to send direct messages to the player.

Hope the red faithful are prepared for the media frenzy this will most likely create

I just read the article and it states that he was called the n word, but fails to mention that he was told to "Shut up n*****", which is typically hard to prove, but the RHS player's girlfriend kind of dug them into a hole with her messages on social media, which are now being circulated across facebook and twitter as screenshots. There are some other details in the screenshots that were left out of the article as well. The initial screen shots have many shares/retweets, but there's a newer one going around now too that picks up where the player's girlfriend left off in the earlier screenshots.

One of the comments I read from what I'm guessing is a parent of a Riverheads player said that the Lee players were giving the RHS sideline and stands the "loser" L hand sign after the game... They were not giving them a loser sign, it's what they've been doing all year for the "Lead The Charge/LTC" motto, where they make an L with their hand (if they were to put it on their forehead that would mean loser, but they do not do it that way for obvious reasons).

 

[Trevor_Cash]

I’m friends with some of the Lee players older cousins. I also saw all the original comments.

The player for RHS’s girlfriend really dug the whole deep when she began direct messaging him and saying the things she was saying.

This unfortunately is another circumstance shedding negative light on the RHS fans.

Sort of like the engagement from one fan to students at Wilson after their defeat to Glenvar.


All it takes is one bad fan to paint that negative image, and unfortunately for RHS the image has now been painted even more

 

[longtimerhsfan]

There will be a right way and a wrong way to handle this. The right way will be for everyone to keep a cool tool about it and find out exactly what was said and done (or written, since social media may have been involved) and then punish the guilty parties and ONLY the guilty parties. The wrong way to handle it will be for Lee High or the Leader or anyone else to assume that Riverheads as a school is somehow responsible for this and that the school as an entity should be punished.

In fact I wonder if the Leader may have already overstepped its bounds by jumping in there so quickly with this story. As we all know, any story gets exaggerated the more it is told so once that story hits print, outraged people around the county will be saying things like "Did you hear about all those Riverheads people carrying on after they lost the other night?" That is just human nature with any news item and I wonder how wise it was for the Leader to publicize this before all the facts were in and the situation dealt with.

I personally think that the RHS administration will take it seriously and do what needs to be done. After all, during the big mascot caper of a couple years ago, the RHS principal was the one who took the high road and issued an apology to Lee when many people thought that Riverheads was OWED the apology.

As for how this incident compares to other things that might happen in the sports world, maybe I am naive but I would like to think that we are lucky around here that we don't have big time fights after games, we don't have weapons searches, etc. So let us hope that this turns out to be an isolated incident and that it will be handled to the satisfaction of all the parties involved. Most importantly of all, that the guilty party or parties will learn something from the experience.

 

[schoolboard]

Athletic directors received a sportsmanship update on this earlier this fall. It says the school(not the program) would go on Warning for a year for incidents such as this. It also says "during a contest" in the guidelines, so the fact that this allegedly happened after the contest, might not qualify for this punishment anyway. But VHSL does take this issue seriously, and everybody was put on notice about it.

 

[longtimerhsfan]

It has taken less than an hour for one of my points above to be proven. For those of you who have access to the Leader website, notice that one comment has been posted already and that the person (presumably a former Lee player) is saying that this happened to him and his teammates back in the 80s and therefore it can only mean that players (PLURAL) are teaching their kids (PLURAL) to do the same thing these days. In other words, he is not willing to treat this as what it most likely was (i.e. the immature actions of one player and perhaps his supportive girlfriend) and instead that writer is taking the position that it HAS to be a widespread problem and that many Riverheads people may have behaved in that fashion. Thanks Leader!!!!

 

[obguthr]

It has taken less than an hour for one of my points above to be proven. For those of you who have access to the Leader website, notice that one comment has been posted already and that the person (presumably a former Lee player) is saying that this happened to him and his teammates back in the 80s and therefore it can only mean that players (PLURAL) are teaching their kids (PLURAL) to do the same thing these days. In other words, he is not willing to treat this as what it most likely was (i.e. the immature actions of one player and perhaps his supportive girlfriend) and instead that writer is taking the position that it HAS to be a widespread problem and that many Riverheads people may have behaved in that fashion. Thanks Leader!!!!

I agree it's unfair to Riverheads' fans, players, and students to assume they are all like this one player. However, I would be shocked if this has never happened before. Bringing these incidences to light and dealing with them is better than pretending it doesn't happen.

 

[85straight]

It has taken less than an hour for one of my points above to be proven. For those of you who have access to the Leader website, notice that one comment has been posted already and that the person (presumably a former Lee player) is saying that this happened to him and his teammates back in the 80s and therefore it can only mean that players (PLURAL) are teaching their kids (PLURAL) to do the same thing these days. In other words, he is not willing to treat this as what it most likely was (i.e. the immature actions of one player and perhaps his supportive girlfriend) and instead that writer is taking the position that it HAS to be a widespread problem and that many Riverheads people may have behaved in that fashion. Thanks Leader!!!!

In another comment made, the question was asked, 'what is your end game here?' That is my thinking about the News Leader getting involved. Maybe I would look at the newspaper article in a more positive way if sportswriter Patrick Hite had given his experience with Riverheads football. Surely, he has either heard comments like this before or he hasn't. If not, he should have also noted that in the article.

 

[NNKD4L]

Same comments and even worse made to Essex Coaches and Players by FT. Chiswell fans a few years ago after a playoff loss. UvaCavs1 in 1A boards posted it and his experiences that day.

 

[Gunz41]

I will say this, I dont like Riverheads, as they are a rival. I dont dislike them because they are successful. When I was able, I was there to root them on for championships as they are an area team.

I absolutely hate the situation that has happened. The player and his girlfriend were ABSOLUTELY in the wrong. There should be serious consequences for their behavior. We should be a nation of LOVE not HATE. But the action of a few doesn't mean that the entire team and community feels the same way. It also doesn't mean that they were taught this by their parents or coaches. Just like you can't judge the entire community of fans on the ignorant actions of a few fans being jerks, can't for this issue either

 

[longtimerhsfan]

Thank you for that sentiment. It is nice to hear that from someone who supports a rival school.

 

[Gunz41]

Thank you for that sentiment. It is nice to hear that from someone who supports a rival school.

You're welcome. Besides, your Riverheads brethren (You know who) is my best friiiiiendddddd

 

[Xcross]

NO STIR !!!!

 

[hawknation92]

I remember in 2011 RHS moved up to 2a after coming off 1a championship. Talked so much about how they were going to dominate 2a. Went undefeated and had number one seed in playoff. Then after all the smack talking for a week they lost on their home field by a team that went on to win state. Week before same team had beat Giles in good game. Loved the atmosphere there and hospitality. Waiting for some of our players to come off the field congratulated some of Giles players coming through on how good and hard they played. Each one said thank you sir and were so gracious. Week later did the same at Riverheads and all I got from their players was a "FU". Then when Riverheads couldn't dominate 2a like they talked all year they jump back down to 1a. That has always stuck with me and while respect their program not a big fan of them.