Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Hockey player gets 3 games for using racial slur; Opposing coach gets suspended for a year
During an amateur hockey game in mid-November in Peterborough, Canada, a 16-year-old kid gets angry at an opposing player – who happens to be black – and uses the N-word. The racist kid is benched by his coach for the remainder of the period, but then comes back to play in the next period, as … Continue reading
More warnings about Athletes, Coaches, and the Internet
Coaches and parents…here’s a lesson you need to get across to your son or daughter. When they first start to learn about Facebook or blog posting or texting, that’s the moment to teach them that whatever they post online will stay there forever. Please. Don’t put this parenting or coaching lesson off. Too often kids … Continue reading
Are Today’s Athletes “Softer” than Our Generation?
Let me start by emphatically saying that I don’t think there’s any question that young athletes today are bigger, stronger, and faster than when I was growing up. Whether it’s better nutrition, better training, whatever – today’s athletes are the best ever. However, I do think a case can made that perhaps kids today, in general, … Continue reading
What Kind of Message Did the NCAA Send with the Cam Newton case?
So let me get this right…Cam Newton – the star QB of Auburn University and the favorite to win the Heisman – didn’t know a thing about his Dad shopping him around to various top D-I colleges, and that his Dad was looking for a payment of $100,000 to $180,000 for his son to sign a … Continue reading
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