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Tourettes? Teen Banned From Soccer For Swearing
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December 7, 2012
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6:46Now Playing"In a decision his mother called "ridiculous," a British soccer league suspended a 14-year-old player with Tourette syndrome for cursing at the referee, The Sun reports.
Owen Thompson, playing goalkeeper last month for Ware Youth in the Hertfordshire Football Association, reportedly objected to a goal scored against him and told the offical to "f--- off."
Melanie Burgess, the boy's mom, said she showed the referee a medical card proving that her son has Tourette syndrome -- which can cause tics and involuntary swearing -- but to no avail, according to The Sun. He was barred for two games and fined £25.
"Football often suppresses my tics, but I cannot control them when I get upset or stressed," Thompson told the Mirror."*
Is 14-year old Owen Thompson's Tourette Syndrome to blame for him telling a referee to "fuck off" during a football game? Ana Kasparian and Kim Horcher (Host, Nerd Alert) discuss whether he can blame a very specific form of Tourette Syndrome for the outburst, and the TYT Supreme Court (Jayar Jackson, Jesus Godoy, and Rick Strom) weighs in.
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