$50,000 Mixup

Here is a pretty cool story for the Oops Award of the week. An 11-year-old boy from Minnesota, Nate Smith, participated in a contest where he had to shoot a hockey puck from 89 feet out into a small goal. If he made it, he would win $50,000. The boy stepped up and made the ridiculous shot. There was only one problem: his twin brother, Nick was supposed to take the shot.

Their dad bought three raffle tickets to enter his kids into the competition but it was Nick who actually got the chance to make the shot. However, his brother stepped in his place when he stepped outside. Their father later came clean about what happened, saying he wanted to set a "good example" to his kids about honesty. It's still being debated whether the boys will receive the prize money or not.

Wow! This was a pretty big mixup. I think the famiily should get the money anyway because they were honest (a rare thing these days) and it wasn't like they planned it on purpose. Plus, the twins said they will use the money for college so at least it'll be for a good thing!