Multiple High Schoolers Hospitalized After Allegedly Being Forced To Do 400 PUSHUPS As Punishment

13.01.2023 - 18:09 / perezhilton.com

A high school football coach has been placed on leave after parents say their kids were forced to do 400 pushups as a disciplinary measure.

John Harrell (pictured above) of Rockwall, Texas has come under fire by parents and students alike for allegedly forcing Rockwall-Heath High School football players to do “a large number of pushups” according to FoxNews4. The coach has been head of the football team since 2019 and previously expressed in a school video how it was his “dream” to be a head football coach one day. You can see him accepting his title as head coach in the video (below):

The punishment allegedly occurred on Friday evening during an off-season workout. Reports say football players were forced to do “hundreds” of pushups in the span of only one hour and were offered no water and given no break. And apparently parents weren’t made aware of the situation until the following Monday when principal Todd Bradford sent out a letter to let everyone know some of the students needed “medical attention” while others were “hospitalized.” Just awful!

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The Dallas Morning News‘ reports only make the situation all the more horrifying, revealing at least EIGHT of the teens had to be admitted to the hospital over the incident. One anonymous parent told the outlet their child was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, which in case you don’t know is a severe medical condition that occurs when damaged muscle tissue releases its proteins and electrolytes into the blood. This condition can be fatal or result in permanent disability of the sufferer. So heartbreaking, all of this over a high school football practice…

And shockingly, junior coach Brady Luff doesn’t