Branded 'Omega' alum loses job

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker
I think the right thing would have been for him to tell these guys to wait until they're adults and out of their parents' houses and if they still want to brand themselves at that time, to go to get it professionally done so they don't get skin infections.

Exactly.

[MaryAmanda]

Originally posted by frathole
I think the moral of this story is that no matter how many brands, tattoo's, and life long infection bubbles they amass, they are still never going to beat Marist.

Ha ha ha...that's too funny.

[mccoyred]

Originally posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker
I think the right thing would have been for him to tell these guys to wait until they're adults and out of their parents' houses and if they still want to brand themselves at that time, to go to get it professionally done so they don't get skin infections. Even if the football players still went and branded themselves anyway, he wouldn't have been there and he wouldn't be a liability to the school because he had given the football players the correct advice (wait until you're older, wait until you're out on your own, go to a professional brander). And maybe, by telling them about the risk of infection if the branding is done by an amateur, the guys that are still determined to get a brand right then and there would have gone and gotten it done at a tattoo/branding/piercing parlor.

What makes you think he DIDN'T tell them that? They could have persisted (like teenagers do) or went ahead and tried to do it the wrong way and he tried to help them so that there would not be injury, etc. I think he was placed in a no-win situation: place the system in potential liability OR risk injury to his students. I think he made the right MORAL choice but clearly the wrong LEGAL choice.

BTW, in most states, if you are under 18, you cannot get tattooed/branded/pierced at a business w/o parental consent.

[DSTCHAOS]

The defensive coach was stupid.

If those idiots insisted on getting brands, he should have contacted their parents to let the parents deal with the situation. He didn't need to oversee the operation and prevent them from harming themselves. He's not the parent or legal guardian. High schoolers have been branding themselves for years with hangers, erasers and paperclips. The most those kids could have done is said they got the idea from seeing his brand.

I have no problem with consenting adults getting brands when they know the possible health risks involved. I actually "like" brands and know both men and women with them. Some of the men I know have over 20 brands. The fact that this coach would even allow himself to oversee these children getting an OMEGA BRAND makes this even the more...uh...nevermind....

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by mccoyred
I think he made the right MORAL choice but clearly the wrong LEGAL choice.

Why wouldn't the right moral choice have been for him to talk to the head coach (I'll assume he didn't since the coach was "disappointed he was there") so that the two of them could tell them that, as they are minors still living with their parents, this was not an appropriate way to show "defensive solidarity" and that if they did it anyway they would be subject to discipline -- like being suspended from the team?

[jojapeach]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
The fact that this coach would even allow himself to oversee these children getting an OMEGA BRAND makes this even the more...uh...nevermind....

The article did not give details on what was branded on the football players. It could have been a "D" for defensive or "R" for Roswell. I cannot believe that an Omega or any fraternity member would think it's okay to brand letters in anyone outside of their organization.

Did you hear about them players receiving Omega brands through a list serv? The only article that I can find is the same AP article.

[sageofages]

Originally posted by mccoyred

BTW, in most states, if you are under 18, you cannot get tattooed/branded/pierced at a business w/o parental consent.

In Iowa, you can't get branded or tattoo under the age of 18 even WITH parental consent. Parents have been prosecuted for allowing such activity.

[AXiDTrish]

There has been no mention of the students receiving an Omega brand, just a brand with a paperclip. There hasn't been a specific symbol discussed.

[DSTCHAOS]

Oh....

My fault.

The coach is still stupid.