Poem Gets HS Football Player Suspended, Removed From Team

By: Alisia Baca and David Coleman 

A high school football player in northeastern Ohio says he was kicked off the team and suspended from school after he wrote a poem for English class critical of his team.16-year-old Nick Andre was punished after reading the poem in class. The assignment was to write about something that made him angry, and he took out his frustration on the 1-7 Rittman High School gridiron team. Andre thinks he had a right to express himself. But he was suspended from school for four days and removed from the team for its final two games. 

In my opinion I think he shouldn't have gotten suspended. He was expressing his anger about the Rittman situation. He was doing what he was told to do .This poem was not bullying, Threatening , harassing or hazing . He did not say no names or giving any personal information towards any one. so I believe he shouldn't have gotten suspended for expressing  his opinion. His rights have been violated.