HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) -- A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that together spelled out, "We Suck," was suspended for the prank, students said.
Kyle Garchar, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School in suburban Columbus, said he spent about 20 hours over three days plotting the trick, which was captured on video and posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. He said he was inspired by a similar prank pulled by Yale students in 2004, when Harvard fans were duped into holding up cards with the same message.
For those of us who have no interest whatsoever in the game being played on the field, the goofiness in the stands is the only thing interesting about showing up for a game. And it's not like anyone was hurt or could have been...just a good joke and some red faces for falling for the trick (and since the whole school had to fall for it for it to work, it's not like the kids who fell for it will be picked out of the crowd and hassled for it). If they wanted to teach the kids good sportsmanship, then they would not have been punished for a harmless prank, but rather would have recognized it as being all part of the fun and told the rival school to just laugh it off. If they want to continue to promote a sport that inspires competition, then don't punish kids when they have fun being competitive.