Graphic football T-shirts stirs controversy

A T-Shirt depicting one high school mascot beheading another is stirring up controversy ahead of the rivalry football game between Austin's LBJ and Reagan High Schools. The theme for the shirts is "Death comes for everyone." The front of the shirt reads "LBJ vs. Reagan October 31,2008." The back of the shirt shows the LBJ panther mascot dressed as the grim reaper, holding a bloody scythe and the severed head of the Reagan Raider mascot. The Raider is also surrounded by a pool of blood. "If it wasn't on Halloween night, we wouldn't even have thought of anything like this," said LBJ principal Patrick Patterson. "But since it was, we did." LBJ Principal Patterson approved the design as a fundraiser for the school's Science Olympiad team and says the cartoon nature of the design negates any violent message it might promote. "We... [read full story]