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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
October 17, 2018 - Lebanon, OH - Another Youth Sports League Out Thousands; How To Prevent Theft From Your Organization, reported by Karin Johnson, WLWT Channel 5, Cincinnati, OH.
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October 16, 2018 - Youth Sports Still Struggling With Dropping Participation, High Costs and Bad Coaches, Study Finds, reported by Jacob Bogage, Washington Post,
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October 12, 2018 - Penn Hills, PA - Charges of racism from elite white school lead to tension at contests. Connellsville High School's opponents didn't take too kindly to Connellsville's alleged racism. Some schools didn't want to play Connellsville. Others play, but clearly there's racial tension. The high school governing body found the allegations against Connellsville to be "reasonably credible" but could not substantiate them. Connellsville has started bringing armed guards to their away games. They claim this is a routine practice for big games, but their opponents say that this is a racist assumption about their opponents. See Armed Security Escorting Pennsylvania High School's Athletes Amid Racial Slurs Allegations Against Its Soccer Team, AP report in Pennsylvania Morning Call, October 12, 2018.
October 12, 2018 - Dayton, OH - Ponitz To Forfeit Friday's Game After On-Field Altercation, reported by Marc Pendleton, Dayton Daily News, October 18, 2018.
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October 11, 2018 - Lansing, MI - Why Referee Shortage May Have Long-Term Consequences For High School, Youth Sports, reported by Eric Lacy, Lansing State Journal.
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October 5, 2018 - Brownsville, TN - Army Vet Stops Shooter Outside High School Football Game, WFLA (Florida), October 9, 2018.
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October 4, 2018 - Charlotte, NC - Racist, Sexual Comments Shouted During High School Volleyball Game, reported by Kristin Leigh, WSOC TV 9.
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October 3, 2018 - Wise, VA - Coaches Brawl Erupts On Field At Pee Wee Football Game, NBC Nightly News, October 4, 2018.
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October 3, 2018 - Zebulon, GA - Pike County HS Linebacker Seriously Injured In Football Game Dies, reported by Michael King, Adrianne Haney, 11 Alive News, Atlanta.
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October 2, 2018 - Gunnison, UT - Teen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fellow Students In Hazing Incidents, reported by Pat Reavy, Deseret News. And it gets worse. See More Victims Come Forward In Gunnison High School Sexual Assault Case; Two More Teenagers Charged, reported by Paighten Harkins, Salt Lake City Tribune, October 6, 2018.
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October 2018 - Find The Sport That Meets Your Health Needs. See The Aspen Institute's Healthy Sport Index. Click here to see how the Healthy Sport Index works.
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September 30, 2018 - If Football Dies, It'll Be Through Attrition, Not Legislation, reported by Bob Cooke, Forbes.com.
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September 28, 2018 - Pittsburgh, PA - Plum High School Football Player Allegedly Assaulted By Coach, CBS-TV (Pittsburgh), September 29, 2018.
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September 22, 2018 – Chapel Hill, NC - If football dies, this is how it will start. See ‘The Sport Is Literally Dying’: Local High Schools Grapple With Football’s Decline, reported by Jack Frederick, The Daily Tar Heel (The University of North Carolina’s student paper).
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September 13, 2018 - Knoxville, TN - Anderson County, Clinton Football Coaches Suspended Following Altercation After Rivalry Game, reported by Tom Kreager, Knoxville News Sentinel. You read it right. The coaches fought each other in the post-game handshake line. The losing coach thought the winners left their starters in too long.
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September 11, 2018 - Beauregard, LA - Parents, Coaches Lead To Officials Shortages Across State, reported by Chris Schoonover, Beauregard Daily News.
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September 7, 2018 - Holmdel, NJ - Former NFL Player Turned High School Coach Threatens Transfer Student. See Ex-NFL Player Charlie Rogers Fired From High School Job For Threatening 11-Year-Old In Voicemail, reported by CBS Sports.
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September 6, 2018 - Penn Hills, PA - Connellsville Students Accused of Yelling Racial Slurs During Game Against Penn Hills, reprted by Brenda Waters, CBS Channel 2, Pittsburgh, PA - September 12, 2018.
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September 1, 2018 – Monroe, LA – Umpire Who Says He Was Assaulted By A Coach At Monroe Youth Softball Game Speaks Out, reported by Connor Ingalls, myarklamiss.com, September 5, 2018.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Association Intervention, Referee Magazine, May 2018, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
December 24, 2017 - Mexico - Another Soccer Referee Is Killed By A Player. Mexican Referee Dies In Hospital After Being Attacked By Player He Sent Off, Sports Illustrated, January 1, 2018.
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August, 2015 - Title IX has done a lot for girls, but the benefits of Title IX are slower to trickle down to schools with high concentrations of minority and low-income students. See Finishing Last: Girls of Color and School Sports Opportunities, National Women's Law Center Report.
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Of The People, By The People: How To Ensure That Legislators Hear Your Voice, Referee Magazine, July 2001 page 42 (co-authored by Jennifer Rardin).
