Ohio mom puts sign in yard to blast school after son deemed ineligible to play football

Ohio football mom blasts school with sign in yard

BERLIN HEIGHTS, Ohio — An Ohio mother who says her son got a raw deal from his middle school’s football program has put her feelings on a marquee-style sign in her yard. Amy Ortner’s bright yellow sign in Berlin Heights in northern Ohio has letters about six inches tall and the message, “Berlin football — Shame shame — We don’t play those kind of games!”

Ortner said after her son, Keegan, trained with the team for weeks and paid $70 for a physical and cleats, she was told the student handbook said his grades weren’t good enough to play. Ortner said the school won’t pay back the $70.

A school board member and a local business owner have offered her the money to take down the sign, but Ortner claims they’re more interested in appearances than in justice for her son.

Information from: Sandusky Register, www.sanduskyregister.com/cgi-bin/liveique.acgi$schfrontpage?frontpag e