They pleaded guilty to holding up a total of 21 restaurants, including some that they were employees of at the time.ĭerric Evans, 17 years old, Parade Magazine All-American defensive back last year at Dallas Carter High School who lost a full scholarship to the University of Tennessee was sentenced to four 20 years armed robbery counts. Kendall sentenced the athletes to prison terms of up to 25 years for their roles in numerous armed robberies in the Dallas area over the past year. However, when it comes to violating the law, at the courthouse it simply doesn’t matter that you can run the football.’ ‘The typical American male lives vicariously … through the lives of football heroes. ‘… Despite all the public attention, you are nothing but a bunch of criminals who went out, put guns on honest working people, terrified them and took their money.’ ‘When I compare you with a typical young offender who comes before me, you are especially without excuse,’ Kendall added. Most of you have had religious and moral training, the opportunity for a decent education, and some of you have even been given by God athletic talent that would enable you to receive a free college education. ‘If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole. State District Judge Joe Kendall during the sentencing said – The robberies were part of a string of 21 armed robberies that were committed. Converse Judson was declared the state champion.Īfter the season had ended it was found that numerous Carter players were involved in a robbery gang that would add to a devastating ending for the 1988 team. Two years later in 1991 Carter High would be stripped of its Texas State Championship after a court found that it had indeed violated the no-pass, no-play law. The 1988 Cowboys playoff season was highlighted by accusations of grade manipulation of a player, the team being declared ineligible several times during the playoffs, constant trips to court to get a restraining order on University Interscholastic League (UIL) rulings, delays of games and finally winning the state championship. (2-17-22) If you plan on watching the movie Carter High and hope for an inspirational ending…about a Dallas Texas High School football team that was deemed as the best ever to come out of Texas…then you might want to pass on it.
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