Carter High

All rise.

Judge Kendall presiding.

You may be seated.

Gentlemen,

all the evidence in this case indicates to me

that your true motive

was the most common of all motives for crime,

and that is greed.

And despite all of the media and public attention

that this trial has received,

today, here in my courtroom,

you are nothing more than a bunch of common criminals.

And for that reason, I intend to make it

very clear here today

that even rising star athletes

are not above the law.

When I call your name, would you please stand?

What's up, D?

What you getting into tonight?

Man, you a fool.

I can't believe we tied that game tonight, man.

Tied? Shit, I feel like we lost.

That'll be two dollars, dawg.

Man, nah, dawg, that was a tie, man.

Break yo' self, fool.

Man, your ass play around too much.

Always trying to act like a gangster.

Thanks, dawg.

Man, what... what you doing?

Come on, dude.

Thanks, dawg.

Freddie... it was just a tie.

Ah. Good game this weekend.

- It was a tie. - See, that was good, though.

That should keep...

people's focus.

How do we get a tie, anyway?

Well, the, uh, score we had and the score

the other team had was the same.

Now, I know...

your blind ass ain't trying to be funny.

All right, y'all settle down,

everybody take a seat.

When the bell rings I will

pass out your weekly grade reports.

Derric, stop. No.

Damn, Derric, let's go.

Get off of me.

- Stop. Let's go. - Stop.

I know you see those people coming. Let's go.

Move.

Mo... Get back. Let's go.

Man.

I'm-a chill here till lunch.

That's in ten minutes.

I'm-a holla at you later.

This is the last time. For real.

Hey, do you know what they're having for lunch, though?

Jay, you decide on a school yet?

- Not yet. - Nope.

Come on, fellas,

I need something for the school paper.

You should be able to see where they're going with them

thick lenses you got on.

With your blind ass.

What's up?

Oh, it's nothing.

I'll catch up with you later.

All right, cool.

Mr. Bates,

I think you gave me the wrong grade.

All right. Well, let's see.

Uh...

Here we go.

Yeah, see, here it is. Uh, the third week

you failed to complete a homework assignment,

so I've given you an NC.

- A what? - NC. It simply

stands for, uh, "not complete".

So, I didn't get a grade for the homework?

Athletes don't get special treatment in my class.

Special... I did the homework.

But you didn't complete it.

I just wanted you to know

that whenever Derric is late

it is for a legitimate reason, okay?

- Whenever Derric's late? - Yes, whenever Derric is late.

- Well, Ms... -I don't... Hey, Gary. How you doing?

- How you doing, Ms. Evans? - Oh, I'm doing just fine.

Hey, let Derric know that I handled that for him, okay?

- Okay. -Let him know that the money is under

- the bread box, all right? - Yes, ma'am.

- Gotcha. - All right. Well, I'll see you.

- All righty. - Okay. Bye, now.

Okay, so are we good?

I mean, do you need a note from me or something?

Coach, they didn't have tuna so I got you turkey.

With peanuts on the side.

I ain't eat peanuts since my days at PV.

Yeah, bad luck, right? Oh, no, no, I heard.

Hey, remember...

when I hired you and you claimed

to be an offensive coordinator?

Yeah, you said, "I sure hope you know how to stop a good offense,

because you're now my defensive coordinator."

Look, Coach, I know

we can't expect to give up 24 points and win the game.

- And defense... -And defense wins championships. I know.

Coach James, please report

to the principal's office immediately.

But do you know why?

Oh, good afternoon, Coach James.

How you doing?

Just fine.

Never expected to see that tie this past weekend.

Um, you know, a Dallas team

hasn't won state in football since...

1950.

Have a good one, Coach.

Whoa.

Okay, who started it?

I said

who started it?

It was a accident, Coach.

So, how are you gonna accidentally

start a food fight?

Oh. I thought you was

talking about the fire alarm earlier.

Mm-hmm.

All right.

Come on, I don't have all day.

What's up, Coach? See you watching game film.

Look... I just wanted to apologize

for the whole food fight incident

and apologize

for me and the other teammates.

Son...

do you know why we, um,

study game film?

To find our mistakes.

See what we do well

and where we need

improvement.

Or...

to find the tendencies

of our opponent,

good or bad.

You...

don't have the, uh,

luxury to rewind your life.

So make good choices

the first time.

Any word back on that summer incident?

Not yet.

But you did do the homework?

Yes, sir.

And you didn't get a grade for it?

As for now, I got a zero.

Mr. Russeau, I think it would be best

if we have Gary taken out of Mr. Bates' class

before it's too late.

Well, now, we got a policy

about letting students transfer out of classes.

Especially this late in the six weeks.

I definitely understand, but I'm asking you, please,

to make an exception

under the circumstances.

Please.

W-Wait a minute,

where your money at, homeboy?

I got something better than that.

What the hell is that?

- Get out of jail free card. - Hey, let me get one...

- Shoot the damn... - Keep your voice down.

Shoot the dice.

All day.

Come on, dawg.

Are you gonna shoot the dice or blow the damn dice?

- Shit. -Same... same stuff, every time. -

Pass this, come on.

Mmm, mmm, mmm. Now, come on.

Man, swing it my way. You got love for me, PK.

- Cool, cool. - You can have it.

Now, don't get scared now. What you shootin' for?

I got five on it right here.

Nine, my point. We...

Nine. I see that. I like nine.

Get up, Derric.

My bad, Coach.