Barbaric: H.S. staff made arguing students duke it out in bare knuckle cage fights

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<p>"A Texas high school used cage fights to settle disputes among problem students, internal investigation documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News allege.</p>

<p>The principal and other staff at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas repeatedly put students in a steel utility cage located in a section of the boys basketball locker room to battle it out — with their bare fists and without head protection, the documents show…</p>

<p>[O]ne middle school counselor, who was fired from his job at South Oak Cliff High and has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, tells a different story.</p>

<p>“It was gladiator-style entertainment for the staff,” said Frank Hammond. “They were taking these boys downstairs to fight. And it was sanctioned by the principal and security.”</p>

<p>Charges were never brought against Moten or the hall monitors accused of setting up the fights, despite investigators’ saying the staff’s conduct, “may constitute a criminal violation,” The Dallas Morning News reported…</p>

<p>The cage fighting was uncovered during an investigation into grade-changing for student athletes that ended up costing the school their 2006 boys state basketball championship, the News said."</p>

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<p>How did I know it would be Texas? Disgusting. They should be fired and brought up on criminal charges.</p>