Tourettes? Teen Banned From Soccer For Swearing

"In a decision his mother called "ridiculous," a British soccer league suspended a 14-year-old player with Tourette syndrome for cursing at the referee, The Sun reports.

Owen Thompson, playing goalkeeper last month for Ware Youth in the Hertfordshire Football Association, reportedly objected to a goal scored against him and told the offical to "f--- off."

Melanie Burgess, the boy's mom, said she showed the referee a medical card proving that her son has Tourette syndrome -- which can cause tics and involuntary swearing -- but to no avail, according to The Sun. He was barred for two games and fined £25.

"Football often suppresses my tics, but I cannot control them when I get upset or stressed," Thompson told the Mirror."*

Is 14-year old Owen Thompson's Tourette Syndrome to blame for him telling a referee to "fuck off" during a football game? Ana Kasparian and Kim Horcher (Host, Nerd Alert) discuss whether he can blame a very specific form of Tourette Syndrome for the outburst, and the TYT Supreme Court (Jayar Jackson, Jesus Godoy, and Rick Strom) weighs in.

*Read more from Ron Dicker/ Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/owen-thompson-tourette-syndrome-socc...