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JULY/AUGUST
August 14, 2019 - Clayton County, GA - High School Basketball Player Dies After Practice In Extreme Heat, Sources Say, reported by Tom Jones, Channel 2, Atlanta, GA.
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August 14, 2019 - Cleveland, OH - 18-Year-Old Charged With Rape For Hazing Incident At CWRU Football Camp, reported by Drew Scofield, ABC News Channel 5.
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August 13, 2019 - Wynne, Arkansas - We've heard of some strange things, but this may be the first case of someone being stopped for fundraising while black. See Jail Administrator's Wife Accused of Pulling Gun On Students Going Door-to-Door For School Fundraiser, reported by Kendall Downing, WMC TV 5, Memphis, TN.
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August 14, 2019 - Hanover, NH - Cutting Injuries and Concussions the High Tech Way. See Virtual Reality and Robotic Tackling Dummies - How Dartmouth Is Shaping The Future of Football, reported by Hallie Grossman, ESPN.com
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August 12, 2019 - Salt Lake City, UT - Real Salt Lake Fires Coach Mike Petke Over Homophobic Tirade Against Referees, reported by Alex Vejar, Salt Lake Tribune.
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August 11, 2019 - Are we pricing out some kids from sports? See Kids Aren't Playing Enough Sports. The Culprit? Cost., reported by Kelly Cohen, ESPN.
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August 8, 2019 - The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) was the subject of a June 2019 Title IX complaint over its transgender policy by three high school girls claiming the CIAC's transgender policy discriminates against cisgender girls, denying them the chance to win, and an opportunity for scholarships. See Connecticut High School Athletes File Complaint Over Transgender Policy, reported by Alex Putterman and Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, June 18, 2019. Some Connecticut transgenders reacted to the complaint by speaking out. See Connecticut High School Transgender Athletes 'no longer want to remain silent" Following Title IX Complaint, reported by Dan Brechlin, Hartford Courant, June 20, 2019. Click here for the complaint. August 8, 2019 UPDATE - We're off to court in what could be a landmark high school Transgender Athlete Case. See Federal Office of Civil Rights Agrees To Investigate Connecticut's High School Transgender Athlete Policy, reported by Dan Brechlin, Hartford Courant.
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August 4, 2019 - The Aspen Institute's Project Play Launches Its Don't Retire Kid Project in conjunction with ESPN. The new project will hopefully counter attrition in youth sports where a Project Play survey shows that the average child quits by age 11.
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July 2019 - Click Here For The NASO Sports Officials Legislative Scorecard.
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July 31, 2019 - Sonoma, CA - California's Sonoma and Petaluma areas experience a Growing Referee Shortage, reported by Greg Clementi, Sonoma West Times and News.
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July 20, 2019 - Baton Rouge, LA - Louisiana already had a law criminalizing batteries upon sports officials. But what about all the misconduct that scares, intimidates, threatens, and harasses officials? Well, a new Louisiana law addresses that. See Blame Games? New High School Sports Harrassment Law Takes Aim At Fan Abusing Officials, reported by Robin Fambrough, The Advocate (Louisiana).
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July 19, 2019 - Philadelphia, PA - Former West Catholic Football Coach Brian Fluck Charged With Theft, reported by Aaron Carter, Philadelphia Inquirer.
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July 12, 2019 - Strasbourg, France - Where there is an incentive to win, there is cheating. This time it surfaced in chess. See Chess Grandmaster Accused Of Cheating After Using Phone On Toilet During Tournament, reported by Leon Watson, The London Telegraph.
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July 11, 2019 - Overuse Injuries Impact Basketball. See ESPN's Special Report. Part I: These Kids Are Ticking Time Bombs: The Threat of Youth Basketball, reported by Baxter Holmes, ESPN.com; and Part II: Under The Knife: Exposing America's Youth Basketball Crisis, reported by Baxter Holmes, ESPN.com, July 12, 2019.
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July 9, 2019 - Hayward, CA - Tennyson High School Coaches File Sex Discrimination Complaint Over Field, Equipment, reported by Betty Yu, CBS Channel 5.
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July 3, 2019 - New Orleans, LA - The incentive to cheat goes beyond sports. See State Probe: Alleged Grade Fixing Just One Of Several Issues at Kennedy High, reported by Della Hasselle, Times-Picayune.
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July 1, 2019 - Oregon. Can the Oregon legislature solve the sportsmanship crisis? They're giving it a shot - Oregon's sportsmanship bill goes into effect on July 1, 2019, but not everybody wants the legislature to interfere with high school sports. See Editorial: Give OSAA Group Time To Work, The Bulletin (Central Oregon), April 15, 2019. Also, Click here to see the legislation:
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Social Media Blasts, NASO Advisor, March 2019, page 6 (National Association of Sports Officials).
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Social Media Exposure, Referee Magazine, December 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).
