Judge: Boys can serve sentence after football season

Football been so good to me....
Sure woulda sucked if those dudes hadda taken rithmitik or reedin' instead of football....
AP Wire 08/16/2006 Judge: Boys can serve sentence after football season
KENTON, Ohio - A judge decided two teenagers can complete their high school football seasons before they serve 60-day jail sentences for a car crash caused by a decoy deer placed in a country road.
Judge Gary McKinley, a retired Union County juvenile judge hearing the case in Hardin County Common Pleas Court, said he knows his decision will be criticized.
When Robert Roby Jr. of Kenton swerved to miss the decoy, he crashed his car into a pole and fence. His neck, collar bone, arm and leg were broken, and he has undergone 10 surgeries. His passenger, Dustin Zachariah, has brain damage, Bailey said.
McKinley also placed the two teens on house arrest. They must pay fines and restitution, perform community service and write a 500-word essay titled "Why I should think before I act."
Zachariah now has the cognitive ability of a sixth grader..... The teens' medical bills have reached $700,000 and are expected to top $1 million...
The superintendent said he doesn't foresee any problems at football games, which typically draw about 4,000 fans. He expects the season opener Aug. 25 against defending Division IV state champion Coldwater to attract a large crowd.