Ex NFL player reaches out to kids who trashed his home, parents threaten to sue

Foxhound38 · 21-09-2013 02:42AM #1

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/some-parents-of-the-kids-who-trashed-an-ex-nfl-players-house

Crazy story this. About 300 kids broke into this mans house while he was away, had a massive party, trashed the place, destroyed an urn containing the remains of his still-born grandson, and recorded themselves all over twitter doing it.

In response, the ex NFL player sets up a website showing the photos that these idiots shared with the world of them trashing his house, and attempted to reach out of them - even offering to host a picnic at the house for them and their families where they could put in a team effort to fix the mess they made (and out of 300 people at the party, only 1 showed up to help clean up).

Anyway. the apple didn't fall too far from the tree in this case. The biggest problem for the parents of these teenagers was not the behaviour of their progeny, nor embarassment at their own parenting skills being shown up, but that it might affect their little darlings college chances or put them forward in a less than positive light. It's gotten to the stage where the man who had his house broken into has recieved death threats and threats to sue him...

Crazy world we live in!

lahalane · 21-09-2013 03:01AM

This is both humourous and upsetting.

Ihatecuddles-old · 21-09-2013 03:14AM

That is absolutely heartbreaking. The urn getting smashed really hit me hard

Just so sad. Something so special to them that they can never get back

Great comment at the end.

He didn't post the pictures all over the Internet. THEY DID. Quit teaching your kids how to blame everyone else for their own stupid behavior and show them what taking some damn responsibility for their actions means

21-09-2013 03:26AM

'Murica

Arawn · 21-09-2013 03:27AM

:iterally one decent parent that made the kid show up

MonaPizza · 21-09-2013 03:31AM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/some-parents-of-the-kids-who-trashed-an-ex-nfl-players-house

Crazy story this. About 300 kids broke into this mans house while he was away, had a massive party, trashed the place, destroyed an urn containing the remains of his still-born grandson, and recorded themselves all over twitter doing it.

In response, the ex NFL player sets up a website showing the photos that these idiots shared with the world of them trashing his house, and attempted to reach out of them - even offering to host a picnic at the house for them and their families where they could put in a team effort to fix the mess they made (and out of 300 people at the party, only 1 showed up to help clean up).

Anyway. the apple didn't fall too far from the tree in this case. The biggest problem for the parents of these teenagers was not the behaviour of their progeny, nor embarassment at their own parenting skills being shown up, but that it might affect their little darlings college chances or put them forward in a less than positive light. It's gotten to the stage where the man who had his house broken into has recieved death threats and threats to sue him...

Crazy world we live in!

NFL = ghey

Can you imagine if they broke into Roy Keane's house, boy.

Dead bodies everywhere.

Arawn · 21-09-2013 03:35AM

MonaPizza wrote: »

NFL = ghey

Can you imagine if they broke into Roy Keane's house, boy.

Dead bodies everywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hernandez

well there goes your stupid statement

kneemos · 21-09-2013 03:39AM

Arawn wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hernandez

well there goes your stupid statement

Shoulder pads?Seriously?

Arawn · 21-09-2013 03:42AM

kneemos wrote: »

Shoulder pads?Seriously?

yeah and helmets too, yet it still doesn stop 280lb 6'8 guys like jj watt hurting people, but hey keep spouting out how rugby is a mans game despite the fact its a less impactful sport because players have no protection so they dont throw their bodies on the line.

Ah ignorance is bliss for some people

kneemos · 21-09-2013 03:55AM

Arawn wrote: »

yeah and helmets too, yet it still doesn stop 280lb 6'8 guys like jj watt hurting people, but hey keep spouting out how rugby is a mans game despite the fact its a less impactful sport because players have no protection so they dont throw their bodies on the line.

Ah ignorance is bliss for some people

The few bits of it I've seen could be summed up by having one set play after another which lasts a matter of seconds and requires no inititive,just the ability to block the player in front of you.
Oh and then lets have a break.

Arawn · 21-09-2013 04:37AM

kneemos wrote: »

The few bits of it I've seen could be summed up by having one set play after another which lasts a matter of seconds and requires no inititive,just the ability to block the player in front of you.
Oh and then lets have a break.

ignorance. Understanding a game helps. Never seen a guy front flip over a 6'1 guy to score in rugby.

B.A._Baracus · 21-09-2013 04:41AM

What is this world coming too. But the real messed up thing is that people will agree with suing him!

In fact I am waiting on people to post in this thread with that mentality.

Arawn · 21-09-2013 04:57AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

What is this world coming too. But the real messed up thing is that people will agree with suing him!

In fact I am waiting on people to post in this thread with that mentality.

nothing to sue over, they published the pictures into the public domain themselves

TeddyTedson · 21-09-2013 05:11AM

That's deplorable! Hopefully this will have a Duncan Ferguson type ending.

The ex footballer Duncan Ferguson had his house broken into a few years back. The burglar spent 2 days in hospital after the encounter, tried to sue him and then was instead sent to prison for four years.

MonaPizza · 21-09-2013 05:25AM

Arawn wrote: »

yeah and helmets too, yet it still doesn stop 280lb 6'8 guys like jj watt hurting people, but hey keep spouting out how rugby is a mans game despite the fact its a less impactful sport because players have no protection so they dont throw their bodies on the line.

Ah ignorance is bliss for some people

ghey!!! repeat GHEY!

MonaPizza · 21-09-2013 05:31AM

Arawn wrote: »

yeah and helmets too, yet it still doesn stop 280lb 6'8 guys like jj watt hurting people, but hey keep spouting out how rugby is a mans game despite the fact its a less impactful sport because players have no protection so they dont throw their bodies on the line.

Ah ignorance is bliss for some people

Why not just stick a guy inside a steel keg, fire a cannonball at it and call him a tough guy.

wanker sport....and .............................. GHEY

MonaPizza · 21-09-2013 05:44AM

Arawn wrote: »

yeah and helmets too, yet it still doesn stop 280lb 6'8 guys like jj watt hurting people, but hey keep spouting out how rugby is a mans game despite the fact its a less impactful sport because players have no protection so they dont throw their bodies on the line.

Ah ignorance is bliss for some people

I bet your wife would rather have Roy Keane defending the home than some NFL blimp. Roy would bate the bollix outta any intruder, boy. Your NFL blimp would call the cops and hide under his shoulder pads, boy, haha!

Turtyturd · 21-09-2013 07:45AM

Roy Keane....the football hardman who picks and chooses who he acts the hard man with?

Oh wait they were kids.. He'd 'bate the bollix outta them'.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 21-09-2013 08:03AM

MonaPizza wrote: »

NFL = ghey

Can you imagine if they broke into Roy Keane's house, boy.

Dead bodies everywhere.

MonaPizza wrote: »

Why not just stick a guy inside a steel keg, fire a cannonball at it and call him a tough guy.

wanker sport....and .............................. GHEY

MonaPizza wrote: »

I bet your wife would rather have Roy Keane defending the home than some NFL blimp. Roy would bate the bollix outta any intruder, boy. Your NFL blimp would call the cops and hide under his shoulder pads, boy, haha!

Good heavens.

Gummy Panda · 21-09-2013 09:15AM

Willa Unsightly Outfielder wrote: »

Good heavens.

If it's American, MonaPizza is anti it

Meangadh · 21-09-2013 09:20AM

Anyhoooo... Back to the actual topic kids...

What a messed up world. Doesn't surprise me in one way- so many people just don't want to take any responsibility for anything anymore.

Howard Juneau · 21-09-2013 09:26AM

Its parents blustering, nothing more. Their little prides & joy broke in, caused criminal damage & provided the pictorial evidence themselves!
The police are looking into it, you can be damn sure they aren't looking to prosecute the victim of this crime.
Hope they all get named & shamed & are made to publicly apologize & parents made contribute financially to the clean up

meoklmrk91 · 21-09-2013 11:15AM

I hate parents like this, my little darling is innocent, they would never do anything like that, even when given definitive proof. Not only are the kids responsible for their actions the parents are too.

I am not a violent person, I hate it, I think it's disgusting, but if I found out that my kid had helped wreak this poor mans house I think I would have to be held back from giving them a fine few scelps. They would be made scrub that house from top to bottom, even if it took them a year, even if they were the only one there.

These parents disgust me, it wasn't this man who hurt your brazen brats college chances it was them and your ****tard parenting skills.

darragh16 · 21-09-2013 11:22AM

Typical American compo culture. You can sue anyone for anything over there.

P.Walnuts · 21-09-2013 11:44AM

Arawn wrote: »

ignorance. Understanding a game helps. Never seen a guy front flip over a 6'1 guy to score in rugby.

That's because it's against the rules.

What were you saying about ignorance again?

tallus · 21-09-2013 11:48AM

It's surprising to me that parents with kids stupid enough to post about their collective crime with photographic evidence on twitter, think the same kids are clever enough to get into college.
Community service time cleaning up the mess they made and/or hefty fines on the parents.
I feel for the home owner, and at least he was constructive about resolving the issue.
Spoilt bastards should be made to pay one way or another.

Arawn · 21-09-2013 11:51AM

P.Walnuts wrote: »

That's because it's against the rules.

What were you saying about ignorance again?

I've played rugby and no the rules, I was pointing out the freaky athletisim involved in american football to obvious troll

Wacker The Attacker · 21-09-2013 11:55AM

darragh16 wrote: »

Typical American compo culture. You can sue anyone for anything over there.

Of course that would NEVER happen in Ireland.

21-09-2013 12:06PM

I'm assuming the cops will be involved next? I mean there's photographic evidence that these kids were trespassing at least. Their generation is, by far, the stupidest.

Arawn · 21-09-2013 12:08PM

Cops are already involved

JJayoo · 21-09-2013 12:49PM

Arawn wrote: »

ignorance. Understanding a game helps. Never seen a guy front flip over a 6'1 guy to score in rugby.

Lol brilliant. Well since you aren't allowed to jump over tackles in rugby that might answer your question. It might help if you tried understanding the game.

Ex NFL player reaches out to kids who trashed his home, parents threaten to sue

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