School Busts 5th Grader For Organizing NCAA Tourney Pool

[stevenash]

An elementary school plays bracket buster to one fifth grade boy.Columbian Elementary in Omaha shut down an NCAA tournament pool put together by 11-year-old Max Kohll, the Omaha World-Herald reports.“I got in trouble because I was filling out a bracket with my friends and we bet money,” Kohll told the World-Herald. “We each brought $5 each.”When Kathy Nelson, the school’s principal, found out about the pool, she put an immediate stop to it and called Kohll’s mother about the situation. Janet Kohll was quite amused at what her son did.“My policy has always been you get in trouble at school, you get in twice as much trouble at home, but this was just too funny,” she told the paper.Max did not receive any disciplinary action from the principal for setting up the pool.“It’s not ok to gamble,” he told the paper. “It’s like illegal, sort of.”Max has North Carolina going all the way.

[stevenash]

I predict the kid will be a power poster at SBR within 18 months.

[Carseller4]

There is hope for the next generation!

[Roadtrip635]

That kid is gonna be big time!

[ZBOIZ]

[Vitooch]

“It’s not ok to gamble,” .... Words of a true gambler

[msu5611]

There is hope for the next generation!

Exactly what I thought while reading that haha

[Mr KLC]

Can I get a look at this kid's bracket? There might be some winners there.

[HoulihansTX]

Bright future for the kid. Booking bets is better than laying them 100% of the time.

[Deuce]

Brock's boy????????

[a4u2fear]

What a joke

[BiffTFinancial]

i want my country back.

[sweep]

kid is sharp

[jinxpro13]

max = bassmaster?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

GMAFB, I guess I would have been considered an 11-year old criminal, too.

[onlooker]

Sign him up if he had Norfolk State and Lehigh advancing to the Round of 32.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

I predict the kid will own SBR within 18 years.

fyp

[flyingillini]

This kid will be the next AAO of the forums!

[GOIRISH]

is there a link to this article?

[bobby heenan]

i ran one of these at a private catholic school in the 5th grade too....got busted up by a teacher.....didnt get in any real trouble...didnt make national fuckin news thats for sure

[Robber]

He wasn't booking

Just organized pool and competed vs classmates

[stevenash]

is there a link to this article?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/grader-omaha-nebraska-starts-ncaa-tournament-pool-school-broken-principal-article-1.1039671?localLinksEnabled=false

[Cuse0323]

Kid will be handing out parlay cards by high school, good for him.

[Mr KLC]

[thetrinity]

some religious bitch teacher made a stink about this in high school. dont think anything was ever done about it.

[Smoke]

Reminds me of myself at that age