This guy is one of the "stars". Some really testosterone fueled dudes on this show. These guys look like they can snap the average man like a twig.
http://www.journal-news.net/page/conten ... l?nav=5006RANSON - A Jefferson County Youth Football League coach has been barred from Marcus Field in Ranson after being criminally charged for allegedly sucker punching the league's president.
Travis Bagent, 36, of Beltline Avenue, Ranson, was arraigned Monday on a warrant charging him with one misdemeanor count of battery of an athletic official.
Bagent, an eight-time world-champion arm wrestler, currently remains free on $7,500 bail. As part of the conditions of his release on bond, Bagent is not to be on Marcus Field and is barred from having any contact with any child at the football field or league president James "Jimmy" Pierson.
According to court records, police responded to the football field at about 6:10 p.m. Saturday for a report of battery. A few people were found tending to Pierson, who was on the floor suffering from an abrasion on his stomach. Medics subsequently arrived at the scene and transported Pierson to Jefferson Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
A witness told police that Pierson was called to the field because of a complaint about Bagent's behavior. Bagent is the coach of the Razorbacks, a team consisting of 7- and 8-year-old children. The witness said Bagent and Pierson were talking in the trophy room about a game that had just finished.
The witness said he heard Pierson tell Bagent that he was finished with the league because of his behavior. After Bagent was told to leave and not to come back, the witness said he saw the coach strike Pierson.
Pierson, who fell to his knees, told the witness to call police, because he wanted Bagent arrested.
A member of the coaching staff of the Spartans, the team that had just played the Razorbacks, told police he asked Bagent to "show some sportsmanship for the kids," but Bagent allegedly pushed the opposing coach and started cursing at him, records show.
Pierson told police at the hospital that he got a call about about Bagent "acting up," records show.
Pierson said he received complaints about Bagent cursing on the sidelines and that a cheerleader from one of the teams was afraid of the coach. Pierson told police the punch caught him off guard and knocked the wind out of him, records show.
Bagent denied touching or hitting Pierson when questioned by police. He alleged that Pierson came at him and fell to the ground. Bagent was also questioned about the alleged coach-shoving incident that preceded the alleged battery.
Bagent told police that, as the two teams were shaking hands on the field, Newman came up to him and put his hand on his arm. Bagent said he nudged Newman's arm off, stating that it "wasn't really a push," records show.
He told police he wanted to file charges against Pierson for "coming at him the way he did" while inside the trophy room. When Bagent was told about the injury observed on Pierson's stomach, the accused coach said that Pierson must have hit it when he fell, records show.
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