Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas are two young men who’ve decided to tell the nation what has been suspected all along.
One of their football coaches told them to blindside a football official near the end of their game.
The official, Robert Watts, was hit from behind by the two San Antonio John Jay High School athletes in the waning moments of their game with Marble Falls HS.
Why did they do it?
An assistant coach has some explaining to do … more than likely.
If what the boys said is true, and we still need to hear from the coach — Mack Breed — has to face a serious reckoning.
The young players shouldn’t be excused for what they did to Watts. Breed, on the other hand, needs to come clean and either confirm or deny categorically any suggestion that he incited the act of violence.
The two boys — who’ve been suspended from the team for the rest of the year — said Watts reportedly tossed a racial slur at an African-American teammate and allegedly said something of a racist nature at some Hispanic players. That drew the coach’s ire, according to the boys.
Let’s get a reality check here. We’re talking about two young, and impressionable, boys. Who in their right mind — if that’s what happened — would plant any kind of mayhem-related idea in their minds while they’re in the middle of an athletic event involving full contact?
Moreno said this morning on “Good Morning America”: “You put your trust into a grown-up, your coach who’s been there since my freshman year. I trusted him that he wants the best for me and did what was I as told.”
Rojas added: “I wasn’t thinking. I was doing what I was told.”
OK, coach. It’s your turn.
You’d better be able to explain yourself.
