In 1997 the Appleknockers won the state high school football championship. The things Coach McGee tells the kids are wholly inappropriate for high school athletics. The articles claimed that the methods used by McGee and the consequent attitudes of the players had resulted in good news and bad news for the school. They think they're entitled to have their way with you on a date just because they're Appleknockers. But none of the rest of us get any credit, because Coach McGee engages in a form of mass mind-control in which football gets touted as the only worthwhile sport.
Crass success is glorified at the expense of humanism, compassion, and the life of the mind.
Two anonymous sources, who were alleged in the article to be members of the football team, made the most damaging statements. Several members of the team held the male student at bay, roughing him up, while several others forcibly held the female student, kissing and fondling her. Neither of these two student has come forward, out of embarrassment and fear. Pursuant to standard procedure, the articles by Hopkins and Quigley were submitted to Nagel and Stone for editing and approval. The articles were then submitted to Allen Black, the High School Principal.