Disgusting. I suppose that there is an element of sadness to the way these punks destroyed their lives. It's always sad when a young person goes astray.
But compared to the way they destroyed their victim's life, that element does not deserve the dignity of mention in a news story, let alone to have it be the feature. Once they were convicted of rape, they are no longer "high school football stars", they are just "convicted rapists", and all that goes with it.