CaptainHook Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) Brandon Frost has sported Colts spamshirts all his life and faithfully plops himself in front of the TV on game days. His mom lives just a few yards from the Colts complex. His fan credentials are impeccable. But Brandon's latest act of dedication -- wearing a Joseph Addai jersey -- ended with the 17-year-old being tossed out of school. At an Indianapolis school, the jersey would have been fine, but Brandon moved to Louisiana three years ago. That's Saints country, definitely not Colts Nation. The principal at Maurepas (La.) High School had told students that the dress code would be lifted Friday for a black-and-gold day, the colors of the Saints. Brandon figured it was only fair for him to wear a Colts jersey. "I wasn't trying to anger them," Brandon said. "I just wanted to express myself." But he hadn't made it through first period before the principal pulled him out of class and told him he wasn't allowed to wear a Colts jersey on Saints Day. Brandon explained that he thought that wasn't fair, he said, and told the principal that his father had said to just come home if the school hassled him. That's where the story gets a bit murky. Brandon said the principal got angry and told him to do that. "About all I remember the principal saying after that is if I liked Indiana so well I should just go back," Brandon said. But Keith Martin, a Livingston Parish School Board member, told the Associated Press that the boy was told only that he couldn't wear the blue jersey at school, not that he had to go home. The dress code exemption, he said, applied only to students wearing black and gold. After a confusing day, Martin said he thinks the district understands what happened. The principal, he said, acknowledges he shouldn't have made the crack about going back to Indiana. But Brandon also had been warned the day before that he would get in trouble if he wore the Colts jersey. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana intervened on Brandon's behalf Friday, faxing the school a letter decrying the move as a violation of the boy's free-speech rights and asking that any discipline be removed from his record. When reached by the Associated Press, Principal Steven Vampran declined to comment. Brandon's mother, Lisa Frost, said she was outraged to hear that her son had gotten in trouble for wearing a Colts jersey when everyone else was out of dress code to wear Saints colors. "I was furious," she said Friday night from her home in the Oaks of Eagle Creek apartment complex, which abuts the Colts practice facility. "I was very upset about it, I didn't think it was right. They violated his rights." The way his father, Larry Frost, figures it, the school shouldn't have had a problem, given that the teenager was wearing an Addai jersey. The Colts running back is a graduate of Louisiana State University. link Edited February 7, 2010 by CaptainHook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 bad mojo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 bad mojo? don't know about that. bad form on the principal's behalf for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 don't know about that. bad form on the principal's behalf for sure. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big F'n Dave Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 He violated the dress code. Send him home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I mean . . who buys an Addai jersey? I mean really??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Maurepas (La.) High School: stay classy. Gotta love them there schools that teach kids the importance of fair play, freedom of expression, team spirit, and not judging someone harshly because they dare to be different. lol @ the ACLU getting involved. Things must be a bit slow since Obama got elected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 don't know about that. bad form on the principal's behalf for sure. Idiot Principal will ruin it for everyone. I'll bet that's the last time they get to break dress code for the Saints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Allowing days off because of the SB, sending kids home for wearing the wrong jersey... people need to get their priorities in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Allowing days off because of the SB, no reason the SB is'nt played on saturday night. Ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzkek Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The kid was warned, he broke school dress code. Send his disruptive ass home!!! He's the kid that craves selfish attention constantly. WHAHH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The kid's lucky he didn't get hammered with pi$$ ballons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I mean . . who buys an Addai jersey? I mean really??? That's what I'm talking about...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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