Russellville High - Only Team with a Player Awaiting Trial for Murder

We have not used the name of the 17 year-old Russellville student arrested for murder in Florence, but two news outlets have. We won't use it here either, but according to reliable sources the young man was barred from competing in track in the weeks after the crime.

Now he's being allowed to play his senior year on the football team, possibly in search of a state championship. We don't know the case Lauderdale County has against the extremely versatile athlete, and obviously this was the coach's decision no matter the young man's guilt or innocence.

Our take? It's as bad as ****** ******.