One Football Game Leaves A Mother In Tears By Tom Davis

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Headline:

Bullying Makes Two Parents Horrified, But Then the Unthinkable Happens. One Football Game Leaves a Mother in Tears.

Summary:

Jane and Jeffrey Davis had no clue what was about to happen to her son. The players at the middle school had conspired for weeks about a secret play. Their goal was to get next to the end zone without actually scoring. If they were successful, it would change one student's life forever.

Introduction:

Tom Davis was your typical middle school student. Unlike other students, he suffered from social and learning disabilities. Because of his disabilities, other students did not accept him as a friend or classmate. Many of the boys would bully him. When Tom tried to join the football team, …show more content…

They did not let him play in a single game. His parents felt awful. They wanted to send Tom to a better school where he would be accepted. Jane and Jeffrey Davis lacked the money to send him anywhere else, so they tried talking to the principal. Each week, they told the principal their complaints. Nothing changed. As the situation became more serious, Tom's parents contemplated homeschooling him to keep him away from the bullies.

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Jeffrey was hopeful about the future. He believed that finding a better job would give him enough money to put Tom into a better school. Hopefully, a better school would mean that Tom would no longer have to deal with the bullies.

Each night, Jeffrey arrived home completely exhausted from work. Despite his fatigue, he spent hours scouring job sites and applying to better jobs. As he searched for a new job, Jeffrey noticed an advertisement for an online casino. It offered 70 free spins for a small deposit. Immediately, Jeffry started dreaming of how any money could help his family's situation.

With nothing to lose, Jeffrey decided to try the promotion. As he started to play, he had no clue that he would hit a jackpot of $2,040,619 in just 34