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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2022
November 23, 2022 - California - 'They Were In Tears': Unruly Fans Force California High Schools To Take Action, reported by Connor LeTourneau, San Francisco Chronicle.
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November 18, 2022 - San Antonio, TX - San Antonio High School Basketball Player Faces Racist Taunts During Marble Falls Game, reported by Michael Karlis, San Antonio Current, November 21, 2022.
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November 17, 2022 - Seattle, WA - Is this the next Lia Thomas? Is it no big deal? Or is it somewhere in between? See Transgender Female Cross-Country Runner Dominating New Competition After Struggling Against Boys, reported by Ryan Morik, Fox News. A brief note: the headline somewhat overstates how good the student is. She's not really dominant. However, she did go from being a low level male runner to being a top tier high school girls runner who can win league races and compete with the best high school girls' runners at the State/post-season level. This runner might be a litmus test as to where one feels the line should be drawn between letting transgender athletes compete and protecting women athletes from intrusions from transgender female athletes.
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November 11, 2022 - Indiana - Lawsuit over Indiana Transgender Sports Ban Heats Up. See Democratic States Support Challenge To Indiana Transgender Sports Ban, reported by Brendan Pierson, Reuters.com. Click here for the text of Indiana's House Bill 1041 (2022 session). Click here for the docket in A.M. v. Indianapolis Public Schools (US District Court, S.D. Indiana 2022).
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November 11, 2022 - Windsor, CA - Bay Area High School Football Team Ends Blowout Loss With Wild Cheap Shot, reported by Gabe Fernandez, sfgate.com, November 14, 2022.
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November 11, 2022 - Mike Pereira, the former head of NFL Officiating, works with military veterans to attack the officiating shortage. Click here for information on the Battlefields to Ballfields program. Click here to see How Battlefields To Ballfields Is Training Veterans To Become Football Officials, reported by Ryan McGee, ESPN.com, November 11, 2022. For more on Battlefields to Ballfields, click here for the San Diego Union Tribune's article, Military Seen As Hotbed For Recruiting Sports Referees, reported by Tod Leonard, June 28, 2017.
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November 10, 2022 - Talladega, AL - Talladega College Volleyball Team Receives 'Racially Motivated Picture', SSAC Responds, reported by Caleb Turrentine, ABC News, Birmingham, AL.
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November 2, 2022 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore High School Football Fight Leads To Teams' Suspension From State Playoffs, reported by Chantz Martin, FoxNews.com.
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October 29, 2022 - Upper Marlboro, MD - Bronny James, Sierra Canyon Rushed Off Court After Gun Scare During Game, reported by Joseph Zucker, Bleacher Report, October 31, 2022.
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October 26, 2022 - Mason, MI - Youth Referee, Coach Arrested For Sexual Assault of Minor, reported by Krystle Hollmen, WILX TV (Lansing, MI).
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October 24, 2022 - Landmark Title IX Case Could Change HS Sports Forever, reported by Andy Berg, Athletic Business. It is not clear whether this case will really change high school sports forever, but it's not clear why the defendants didn't settle a case that they likely can't win.
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October 21, 2022 - St. Paul, MN - Fight Leads To Playoff Ban For 2 St. Paul High School Football Teams, BringMeTheNews.com (Edina, MN).
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October 21, 2022 - Dothan, AL - Viral Video Shows High School Head Football Coach Pushing Assistant Down, reported by Michael Rinker and Robert Smith, Fox 8 TV, Greensboro, NC, Oct. 22, 2022.
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October 21, 2022 - Monroe, LA - Nine coaches suspended, arrest warrants issued for three of them after high school football brawl. See Franklin Parish Sheriff Issues Warrants To Three Carroll Football Coaches, reported by Josh Harvison, Brendon Fairbairn, and Aaron Dietrich, KNOE TV 8.
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October 19, 2022 - Cincinnati, OH - Hundreds Gather At Vigil For Youth Football Coach Killed Leaving Practice, reported by Danielle Dindak, WLWT TV.
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October 18, 2022 - Cherokee County, NC - District Cancels Girls Volleyball Games Against School With Trans Player, Cites Safety Concerns, reported by Alec Schemmel, TV 12 (New Bern, NC).
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October 12, 2022 - Black Hills, WA - Washington High School Football Team Threatens One-Year Ban For Parents Who Confront Coach, reported by Zach Shugan, SB Live.
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October 11, 2022 - McFarland Unified School District Cancels Athletic Events Following 'Rash of Violence', reported by Jacqueline Gutierrez, KGET TV (Bakersfield, CA).
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October 8, 2022 - Winston-Salem, NC - Person Hit In The Head With Sledgehammer Prop During Massive Fight At Youth Football Game At Glenn High School, reported by Brayden Stamps, Fox 8 TV, Greensboro, NC.
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October 7, 2022 - Oakland, CA - Monday Morning Lights: Why Mother's Email About McClymonds Hit Right Note, reported by Joseph Dycus and Alex Simon, San Jose Mercury News, October 10, 2022.
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October 7, 2022 - Whitmer, Ohio - Three Shot Outside Whitmer High School During Football Game, The Toledo Blade, October 8, 2022.
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October 6, 2022 - Cheating Can Occur In Any Competitive Venture! See It's Like The Godfather: Irish Dancing World Hit By Cheating Allegations, reported by Rory Carroll, The Guardian (US Edition). See also Miss USA Rocked By Favoritism, Cheating Claims As Contestants Storm Off State, reported by Mark Gray, Wonderwall, October 7, 2022.
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October 5, 2022 - Great Britain - British Rowing Chair Calls for Open Category For Transgender Athletes, Reuters Wire Report on ESPN.com.
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October 4, 2022 - Investigation Finds Systemic Abuse and Misconduct Within Women's Professional Soccer, reported by David Close and Eric Levenson, CNN. The report was commissioned by the US Soccer Federation. The worst part of this report is the finding that, "Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women's soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players." See also, FIFA Backs Executives After Failure To Tell Players About Sexually Abusive Coach, The Guardian, November 3, 2022.
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October 3, 2022 - Hogansville, GA - 2 Arrested After Fight Breaks Out At Youth Football Game In Hogansville, Fox 5 Atlanta, October 5, 2022.
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October 1, 2022 - Gilbert, AZ - Video Shows Parents, Coaches Brawl At Youth Football Game In Gilbert, reported by Michael Doudna, TV 12 (Phoenix), October 3, 2022.
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October 1, 2022 - Indonesia - Indonesian Soccer Match Stampede Leaves 125 Dead, Associated Press report on ESPN.com, October 2, 2022.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Collins Retires As CIF-San Francisco Section Commissioner, It's Official, Monthly Newsletter of the National Association of Sports Officials, April 2022, page 4.
Contract Unfulfilled, Referee Magazine, December 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
IC Chaos in California, Referee Magazine, January 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Gig Economy Bill, Referee Magazine, January 2020, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Background Check Standards, NASO Advisor, July 2020, page 4 (National Association of Sports Officials).
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).
