Kosher Ham Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/21-year-old-poses-as-middle-school-football-play?urn=highschool-266086 A 21-year-old poses as middle school football playerBy Cameron Smith We're just into a new high school sports season and there has already been a troubling impostor found among the scholastic ranks. According to the Associated Press, Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times, a 21-year-old man named Julious Threatts registered to play for the 13-14-year-old Town N' Country Packers of the Tampa Bay Youth Football League on Aug. 21, and played in a game with the team the same day. Threatts, who had a past burglary conviction on his record, reportedly signed up for a spot on the team under the name "Chad Jordan" with a forged birth certificate. After further investigation, it now appears that Threatts -- an avowed Danielle Steele fan who recorded poetry readings on a personal YouTube channel -- also played in the TBYFL two years ago and another youth league in the Tampa area last year. Link to read the rest of the story. This is starting to become a scary trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Man, there was a lot of this going on in my youth league, but the kids were almost always 1 year too old. 21? Did he slam some 40s and buy a porno tape before playing against these kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I could pass as a 14 year old better than him! Actually, some people see me and assume I'm 14 :/ Just today, I was asked how I was enjoying my first day at Mason... its my senior year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I wonder if he started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfWashington Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Should we....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styx491 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Threatts -- an avowed Danielle Steele fan who recorded poetry readings on a personal YouTube channel Um, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 Um, what? I said the same thing. hahaha. Read the rest of the link about the schools interested in him. This story is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I don't understand why he did it...did he get his jollies tackling 14 year olds, or is there something else wrong with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 The rest of the article: Make no mistake: This is not a Danny Almonte case of a forged birth certificate or a high school lineman holding a signing ceremony when he wasn't recruited, this is a 21-year-old criminal taking athletic advantage of competing against 14-year-olds."Chad Jordan" might have gotten away with just playing football, but last week he tried to take his middle school imitation act to an actual middle school. Threatts attempted to enroll in Webb Middle School in Hillsborough (Fla.) last Tuesday, but his application was delayed because he lacked the proper paperwork proving his identity. When he was eventually moved to the school social worker's office -- Threatts told school officials he was homeless, so he was waiting with the social worker for the Department of Child and Families to arrive at the school -- his cell phone rang with a call from his mother, wondering where he was. School officials answered and learned Threatts' true identity from his mother, after which the 21-year-old was arrested for trespassing at the school. He has been held in Hillsborough County Jail since last Tuesday. "I brought him into this room with seven of our board members and coaches and said, 'Come on now, tell us the truth, who are you?' " [Town N' Country Packers athletic director Ray] McCloud [told the Tampa Tribune.] "He looked me right in the eye and said, 'I swear I am who I say I am. I'm Chad Jordan.' "This guy had us all fooled. I mean this guy acted just like a little kid. Everything about him was a little kid. He's a total scam artist." McCloud said Threatts' story was sufficiently elaborate to convince all the volunteers who work with the Town N' Country Packers. Threatts claimed that both of his parents were dead and that he had moved to the area from Seattle with his brother. On top of that, Threatts provided an email from Yahoo's own Rivals.com, which, naturally, knew nothing of the existence of any Chad Jordan. This also comes from the Tampa Tribune: There also was a lengthy e-mail from an alleged scout at the high school recruiting service Rivals.com analyzing Chad Jordan. McCloud said he believed Threatts also forged the e-mail. The e-mail, which circulated heavily among TBYFL coaches, said Chad Jordan was "a very special prospect" who "hasn't signed" but has "offers from USC (University of Southern California), Texas and Florida." The email included quotes and lengthy statistics. Obviously, the concern isn't just that a 21-year-old was able to convince overworked and overwhelmed youth football enrollment volunteers that he was a 14-year-old, it's that he was able to do it repeatedly. He was well on his way to playing a third year against 14-year-olds. And Threatts isn't just any 21-year-old, he's a convicted burglar and a convincing con artist. Of course, this isn't the first time that someone well beyond their prep years has posed as a scholastic athlete. Just last year a 22-year-old man in Odessa named Guerdwich Montimere claimed to be a 16-year-old Permian (Texas) High School sophomore named Jerry Joseph before finally revealing his true identity when authorities began closing in on his true identity. Months earlier, a 22-year-old man named Anthony Avalos tried to play basketball for Yuma (Ariz.) Kofa High School. Avalos was already attending the school and had played basketball for Kofa High School in the 2008-09 season before he was finally caught. Avalos was charged with forgery and sexual conduct with a minor. In both those other cases, the 22-year-olds were attempting to play high school basketball. The age difference between 18-year-old seniors and those imposters was only four years, and with basketball players, either 22-year-old could have had a body type that made for a believable high school basketball star. Threatts was trying to play football against kids that were seven and eight years younger. It's remarkable he was able to convince anyone he was that young, even if he stands 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds as reported, a believable stature for a big 14-year-old. Clearly, the Tampa Bay Youth Football League needs much higher admission standards, but the same can probably be said for youth football leagues across the country. At least the TBYFL reaction has been suitably furious. "I was angry," TBYFL president Scott Levinson told the Tampa Tribune. "My goal is to protect kids, to make sure they're all safe and taken care of. We're going to investigate this to the full extent." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 .........Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Do Itch Big Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Maybe his just trying to relive his youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upark25 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 haha wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryman of the North Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 You know you suck when you play against 14 year olds as a 21 year old AND NOBODY THINKS ITS OUT OF PLACE. If I had played against 14 year olds as a 21 year old there would have been broken children all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadKarma Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 They should up the penalties for this kind of stuff, clearly a slap on the wrist and a stay in the local jail isn't enough deterrent for desperate people to try. Send this dude away to some federal pound me in the ass prison for a few years and make it the standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 You know you suck when you play against 14 year olds as a 21 year old AND NOBODY THINKS ITS OUT OF PLACE. If I had played against 14 year olds as a 21 year old there would have been broken children all over the place. Canadiens can't play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryman of the North Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Canadiens can't play football. good thing im not canadien then, although I have known a few good players from quebec. there are more than a few Canadians playing div 1 and in the league and our semi pro national champions destroyed an american semipro team a few years ago. Id love to play an american team again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Man, there was a lot of this going on in my youth league, but the kids were almost always 1 year too old. Yep, here too. And I still can't understand why people won't put stripes on the older/lighter kids helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 You know you suck when you play against 14 year olds as a 21 year old AND NOBODY THINKS ITS OUT OF PLACE. If I had played against 14 year olds as a 21 year old there would have been broken children all over the place. I was wondering about this myself...shouldn't there have been second story about him performing acts of ruin all over the field? He must not be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney26 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Seriously ryman. You've got to be some hot garbage to play2 years with a bunch 14 year olds and not get caught. I would have wiped my whole team out during practice and doubt we would make it to a game with all of my injured teammates lol. I could just imagine me running with the ball with 4 or 5 14 year old hanging on my back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Somehow this story reminded me of this: 7t8xwpW8gJQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidmorals Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Vet min. plus incentives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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