This isn’t a high school athlete with a house arrest bracelet on, right? Right? Even Louisiana couldn’t be that…yes. End that sentence before it finishes. It’s entirely possible. We just want to see what the public consensus on whether this is photoshopped or not.
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Daniel says:
It’s just one of those “tribute to Michaek Vick” sort of things, just more original than the number sticker on the helmet, or the black armbands worn by the Yankees every other week.
December 13th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
Looks real to me. It might be Robert Dunn….
December 13th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
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Techie says:
Hold on, that kid might bring back the “swagger” to Miami.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
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Coop says:
In my opinion, Photoshopped, and here is why:
1. The bracelet is over the sock. Unless they had court authority to unattach and reattach the bracelet, not happening.
2. They are wearing white jerseys, so I am “assuming” they are on the road. Thus, he, in all likelihood he had to leave the city, county, etc, which would also need a court order. That one might make more sense given that it is a school related activity.
I say no, but I am probably wrong.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
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GamecockTony says:
I say it’s photoshopped.
This would only happen in TX.. not LA.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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Erdinger says:
#4 has a great point, it’s over the sock which would require them to be able to take the thing off, and why would they want him wearing it during the game if they’re there to take it off.
plus did you notice that one sock is brown and white, while the other leg is white and brown?
December 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
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Allahver Fist says:
Finally, horse racing cheatertech has bridged the gap.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
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Braeden says:
If you look at the other players socks, they switch as well. Could be real, who knows.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
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Beergut says:
Nope, can’t happen in Texas.
We use NCAA rules, which prevent use of radio devices on the field, including tracking bracelets.
There was a situation a year or so ago when a WR at North Mesquite HS was involved in several robberies. While he awaited trial, he transfered to Lancaster HS, b/c the coach there was willing to let him play (he was being recruited by several colleges until the robbery allegations surfaced).
An article about him possibly playing with a bracelet at Lancaster made the Dallas Morning News.
One phone call from a former officials supervisor in Virginia later, and he was declared ineligible to play for the season b/c of the bracelet.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Pat Lazear (WVU; formerly of Whitman HS, Bethedsa, MD) played his senior year with an ankle bracelet on.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06258/722085-365.stm
But I suspect photoshopping here because the thing isn’t padded.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
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Fourth says:
The Bracelet being over the sock doesn’t mean anything, you could easily pull a sock up through that. Being on the road doesn’t matter either, it’s high school, could be (likely is) simply across town. As for the white/brown and brown/white sock pattern, look at the rest of the players. It’s the same for everyone.
If that’s a shop, it’s pretty good.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
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SmyrnaTiger says:
If the bracelet was loose enough you could work the sock under it, so not a death blow. I say real, it looks like the sock bunches in just the right places around the bracelet.
Also, away (white jerseys) doesn’t mean a different city, lots of towns are big enough to have two high schools.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
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Coop says:
My next question is: does this even look like an ankle monitoring bracelet?
It looks to me like more of a Casio digital watch that doubles as a calculator. The one your Chemistry or Calculus teach once wore.
We need a prosecutor/public defender/criminal attorney type to weigh in on this, as there has to be several of those on EDSBS.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
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SmyrnaTiger says:
Fourth beat me to it.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
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Fourth says:
But 10 has a good point, surely you would wrap it at least.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
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Beergut says:
#6,
The maroon and white support tights seem to be part of the uniform.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
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Coop says:
11 – What part of, “in all likelihood” don’t you understand?
Since the WVa kid wore one, this thing is obviously feasible, and not as big of a deal to me, anymore.
Meh…
December 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Here’s a picture of Lazear with the monitor wrapped up.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701712_2.html
December 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
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Fourth says:
But man, look at the way the light from the flash hits it…it’s too perfect to be a photoshop. I’ve never seen a shop that gets lights and shadows right. That’s it, I’ve convinced myself to vote real. Unless I’m wrong.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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Fourth says:
15:
I understand what likely means, thanks. And I was pointing out that it was just as likely, if not more so, that he was close enough to home for it not to matter.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
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calbearsfan says:
I would say it is photoshopped due to the fact that it over the sock, although conceivably, if it was a little loose you *could* slide the sock underneath it.
As far as actually playing with it…definitely. When I played in high school (Berkeley, CA) our TE/DE, who went on to play at San Jose St., played his entire senior season with a bracelet on his ankle. Something about assault charges. He didn’t need a court order to travel, he just had to notify his parole officer that he had a game and that he would be out past his curfew. I’m sure there was probably some other paper work involved, but he definitely didn’t need a court order. Intimidating as all hell if you ask me…you don’t know what the guy did to deserve it.
Other fun facts about my HS football team:
-Our starting FB was arrested in the locker room before practice
-Our TE my senior year had shanked someone…not stabbed, shanked. He was currently living on house arrest in a group home after he was busted for marijauna possession while on parole.
-Our backup DT ran a minor drug ring
December 13th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
It’s funnier if it’s real, therefore I will believe it is real. Ignorance is bliss sometimes people. Let sleeping dogs lie. Any other applicable clichés.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
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Martha Stewart says:
Nah, fake. My braclet didn’t look anything like that.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
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Coop says:
I am willing to be that, in Louisiana, the majority of road games played by schools, unless that school is in NOLA, are played out of town, and thus would require a court order for him to be allowed to leave town.
Again, certainly not as likely or more likely that this kid is staying in town to play his road games.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
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Murphy says:
“Ignorance is bliss, so naturally I’m miserable.” (HT: schmedulov jostokovich
Looks real to me, and I don’t give a fuck if it’s fake. Funny picture. Nuff sed.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
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Thealmightygordo says:
I think it’s real. The way the light hits the screen/display is on target. I have seen a kid not wrap one before when i watcehd a friend play in a semi-pro game.
I think it’s real…
December 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
the over the sock thing is the first thing that came to my mind. i’m proud to say i don’t know much about these things so i could easily be fooled.
bottom line: funny either way…REALLY fucking funny if its real.
December 13th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
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Keegan says:
It’s a photoshop and that is a picture of an iPod in a workout cover. There’s no way that thing would be allowed with no padding and besides why would something shine on it? They are all black like a pager.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive says:
i say real. i wore one for 6 months. looks like mine in the pic, and too real looking to be a photoshop. now if he has a breathalizer hooked to the ignition of his car i can confirm that, too.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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Cameron Siggs says:
former state attorney intern/future state attorney here. the bracelet looks legit, there are a couple types, and this is definately one of them. i’m just wondering about the possibility of this being some kind of advertisement for this brand of bracelet, showing how you can still function while on monitering.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
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Bo Jackson's Good Hip says:
an iPod and workout strap? really? you wear a helmet, don’t you- retard.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
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Will says:
I don’t see how it could be real – wouldn’t the refs look at that the same way that they would earrings or jewelry on the field? I dunno, somebody could get a finger caught in that thing and get injured.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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Fourth says:
I was just basing that off my little hometown (~50k pop) having 6 or 7 local teams, meaning about half the road games were in town. No I did not pay special attention to the degree of certainty with which people made their assertions, nor did I think people would pay attention to mine. In short: who cares, you got your panties all in a wad in #17 though so I felt the need to defend what I said.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
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Ltrain says:
The blurry dude wearing the red shirt in the back on the sideline is freaking huge.
That is all.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
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Scott M says:
I vote real, for the same flash/light reasons as stated by #19.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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M.Kishiwada says:
I know it’s happened before. Rick Reilly wrote a column on some kid who did this a few years back.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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Bo Jackson's Good Hip says:
Rick Reilly is awesome.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
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PW says:
I say fake. But very convincing.
You’d think he’d have it padded or at least have his sock covering it.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
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Anon says:
there has to be some official picture of what house arrest bracelets that are used in that county actually look like, right?
December 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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Brian says:
I wait with bated breath at the scathing commentary to no doubt be provided by Orson regarding the city of Tampa, now that it is an ACC championship game host city.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
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7-5 says:
You’re looking at Avis Commack, Florida State’s next waste of talent. When asked about Commack’s tracking device, Bowden said “Daagummit with a 4.4 40 you would think he could have out run that cop”
December 13th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
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TigerNacho says:
Picture being vetted now on tigerdroppings.com. It’s only a matter of time before this question is answered to no one’s satisfaction.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
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Strom Thurmond's dessicated tallywhacker says:
They are certainly on the road. Playing at a predominantly black school. I don’t see any white people in the stands behnid the fat guy/trainer/asst coach in red. But the home team is losing bad… no one is smiling in the stands. The visiting team is about to score again because it’s getting so ugly every one has their hands over the eyes. And the lady on third row back second from the left is certainly not proof that I was looking for love in all the wrong places.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
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TigerNacho says:
Not the right color for Commack’s high school, although that’s a very Bowden-ish quote.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
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TigerNacho says:
Seems to be a player from a New Orleans-area high school taken during a recent playoff game with a private school from elsewhere in the state by an outraged parent.
December 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
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Jahosafat says:
this type of thing is totally normal in LA.
They took the lockers out of one of the elementary schools in my hometown because the kids were having sex under them.
One of my ex-employees on why he doesn’t pay child support: “mane, i ain’t be payin no child suppote cause i know she ain’t be fuckin fo free. shit” apparently pple from certain classes here have sex and its customary to pay the woman (often in food stamps) even though she isn’t a prostitute – like when i give my old lady a high five immediately after coitus.
and about the monitors being all black – don’t some of them have labels on them?
December 13th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
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Cameron Siggs says:
for example, see this
http://media.portland.indymedia.org/images/2007/06/361403.jpg
December 13th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
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The Ghost of Steve Spurrier Past says:
I’ve never played against anyone with an ankle braclet, but I have seen an opposing teams’ buses roll in with cop cars following, containing a couple of players in full pads. The cops were on the field near the players during warmups, and on the sidelines during our game.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
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Katy says:
Regarding the anklet not being padded: if this is a high school kid who’s in a position to wear one in the first place, AND is being allowed to play with it on, do you really think he gives a damn if the thing is covered up or not?
December 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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Coop says:
49 – The player might not care but it is likely the county, city, muni, etc would care very much.
Regardless of whether the kid is at a sporting event or not, they still want to be able to track him for a multitude of reasons.
Second, those devices, I would imagine, are not cheap.
Actually, breaking such a device would not look so good in front of a judge when the sentencing came down, so I think the player would care very much, too.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pm