'Redneck Games' a Problem for Police

[Ian David]

Aug 8, 2007 11:50 PM (11 hrs ago)
By MATT SLAGLE, AP

DALLAS (Map, News) - More than a few athletes have been accused of doping over the years - but the competitors at the "Texas Redneck Games" might just be dopes.

These competitors forgo the shotput for the "Mattress Chuck" - in which two-man teams heave a mattress from the back of a pickup truck as far as they can. And if you aren't planning on heading to Beijing for the next Olympic Games, there's always the ugly "butt-crack contest."

By the time the latest Redneck Games ended Sunday, more than 54 arrests and citations had been issued on charges ranging from public intoxication to speeding, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Department. Officials are considering charges against the organizer and landowners where the event was held.

"I'm an old fuddy duddy and all that, but you got a vehicle, you got alcohol, and you got illegal dumping, and you're making a contest out of that?" said Lt. Pat McWilliams, sheriff's spokesman. "We are very fortunate that we didn't have a fatality."



(NICOLE FRUGE)
Blake Harris belly flops into the mud pit during the Texas Redneck Games at the Pool Ranch in Athens, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. For three days, hordes of legit and wannabe rednecks convene to drink, race their ATVs, and compete in events such as spam eating and mattress throwing. Patterned after the original Redneck Games which began more than a decade ago in Georgia, the Texas version is in its third year and attracts about 5,000 to 6,000 people. AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News,Nicole Fruge

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[BlooInBloo]

1. lol! They *want* to be the way they are, and even more so.

[The Vinyl Ripper]

2. Not everyone wants to be a button down yuppie..

I'm kind of a redneck/hippy/geek.

Everyone I know thinks I'm exceedingly strange.

[whistle]

3. Will the Redneck Sports Illustrated cover this event?

[Wilber_Stool]

5. Let's just hope they don't have a

swim suit edition.

[scrinmaster]

4. I'd have no problems with this at all,

except the drinking and driving. As long as no one gets hurt, and it's all on private property, I've got no problems with it at all.

[Javaman]

6. Let's just hope it turns into a Darwin Award event. nt