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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER NEWS
BASEBALL MEDICAL CONFERENCE SET FOR OCTOBER. See Baseball 2017 Youth to the Big Leagues: Managing The Developing Player, October 11 - 13, Rosemont, Il.
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October 7, 2017 - Portland, OR - Free Baseball Clinic Brings Awareness of Decline In Youth Sports Participation, reported by Lyndsey Hewitt, Portland Tribune.
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October 4, 2017 - Springfield, MO - Drury Bans Hazing, Sets Stiff Penalties For Students Engaged In Hazing, reported by Claudette Riley, Springfield News-Leader.
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September 29, 2017 - Chester, PA - In Chester, The Struggles of Playing Youth Football In One of The Country's Most Dangerous Cities, reported by Erin McCarthy, Philadelphia Inquirer.
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September 28, 2017 - What's Lost When Only Rich Kids Play Sports, reported by Linda Flanagan, TheAtlantic.com.
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September 28, 2017 - Bossier, LA - 34 Schools In Louisiana Told By District That Athletes Should Stand For Anthem: It's a Lawsuit Waiting To Happen, reported by Sebastian Murdock, Huffington Post. It is indeed a lawsuit waiting to happen. Public schools cannot advocate for or against anthem protests. We must remember that public schools are government entities. A private school, on the other hand, is not a government entity and will have a much greater chance of cracking down on a protester. But a private school can still lose a lawsuit. The lawsuit wouldn't be a First Amendment suit. But, most private schools publish conduct codes and the litigation would focus on whether the code was written sufficiently well to capture an anthem protest. The best guidance on high school anthem protests will probably come from law on students who have objected to standing for or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge is simply recited far more often than the National Anthem is sung, and so has a more developed body of law. See The Vanderbilt First Amendment Center for some examples of articles on the Pledge and the law.
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September 26, 2017 - England - Concussion Concerns Hit English Youth Rugby. See Tackling and Scrums Should Be Banned From School Rubgy Government Urged, reported by Mark Waghorn, Bexhill-On-Sea Observer.
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September 24, 2017 - Students Have A Right To Protest During National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, reported by Evie Blad, Education Week.
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September 23, 2017 - Denver, CO - Confederate Flag, Racial Slurs Spark Conflict at Weld Central v. Manual High Football Game, According to
Principal, reported by Ann Lauricello, Fox 31 TV. Citing a lack of evidence, Weld Central denies that their fans displayed a confederate flag. So far, no video evidence has been found as this ugly situation devolves into a he said/she said morass. See Racism Allegations from Manual HS Principal Prompt Rebuttal from Weld Central, reported by Kevin Massey, Dan Grossman, Katie Eastman and Jacob Rodriguez, KUSA TV9.
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September 22, 2017 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Dwyer High School ended their 2016 with an ugly brawl after a playoff loss. Click here for details.
Think they'll aim for good sportsmanship in 2017? Think again. It may be early in 2017, but Dwyer's in end of year form, refusing to shake hands with Palm Beach Gardens High School, not after a heated contest, but prior to the game. See Fla. Player Kicked Out of Captains' Meeting For Refusing To Shake Hands, reported by Wells Dusenbury, Florida Sun-Sentinel article republished in USA Today.
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September 22, 2017 - San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Chronicle makes the case for licensing athletic trainers, and asks why California is the only State that doesn't do so. See How California Puts High School Athletes At Great Risk (titled Safety Sidelined in the paper edition), reported by Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, page A1. The Chronicle is not the only paper to notice that California is the only State that doesn't license certified athletic trainers. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has picked up on the story, too. See Local Athletic Trainers Back Push For State Licensing Program, reported by Lori A. Carter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 11, 2017. Part of the reason that California doesn't license athletic trainers is because California's Governor has vetoed previous legislation. It is possible that the Governor may not know what an athletic trainer is. That's about the only rational explanation for vetoing a fairly non-controversial proposal that has passed in every other State. Note: It's nice to see the mainstream media picking up on this story; I've been on top of this for years. See California Sports Administrator Puzzled By Governor Brown’s Veto of AB 1890, MomsTeam.com, August 4, 2014.
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September 19, 2017 - Boston, MA - New Boston University Study Links Youth Football To Significant Health Risks Later In Life, reported by Cam Smith, USA Today.
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September 19, 2017 - Wheaton, IL - 5 Wheaton College Football Players Face Felony Charges In Hazing Incident, reported by Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune.
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September 17, 2017 - New York, NY - Boy Killed By Falling Soccer Goal Post In Midtown, Police Say, reported by Alison Fox, AM New York.
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September 10, 2017 - Fashion Over Function: A Safer Helmet Battles the 'Cool' Factor, reported by Sheil Kapadia and Tim McManus, ESPN.com
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September 8, 2017 - Little Rock, AR -1 Juvenile Shot After Fight Outside NLR High School Football Game, reported by Price McKeon, Arkansas Matters.
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September 7, 2017 - United Kingdom - Head's Gone: Shocking Moment Rugby Player Mark Meafua Hits Referee As He Was About To Be Carded That Saw Him Banned For Ten Years, reported by John Hutchinson, The Sun. A 19-year old junior rugby player loses it when carded and punches an 18-year old ref. The player will pay a steep price for launching his blow against the ref as he has received a ten year ban from rugby.
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September 4, 2017 - You've got to have money to play this game! See Kid Sports Inc: How Your Child's Rec League Turned Into A $15 Billion Industry, reported by Sean Gregory, Time Magazine, page 42 (note - the online version of the article is entitled How Kids' Sports Became A $15 Billion Industry).
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September 1, 2017 - Concussion Research Might Be Gradually Finding Ways to Cure CTE .... In Mice. Humans will have to wait at least a decade if the science advances. See The Race Is On For A 'Concussion Pill" As New NFL Season Begins, reported by Mike Tanier, Bleacherreport.com.
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September 1, 2017 - Kansas City, MO - The Park Hill School District requires all elementary and middle school students attending its football games to be accompanied by an adult in the aftermath of a number of spectator brawls. See Adult Supervision Required at High School Football Games After Park Hill School District Fight, reported by Ariel Rothfield, KSHB TV, September 8, 2017; and A Fight in The Stands at Park Hill Causes High School Football Game to End Early, reported by Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, September 1, 2017.
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September 1, 2017 - Where are all the poor kids in youth sports? How come there aren't more blacks in baseball? How come the private schools keep beating the public schools? Well, sports appear to have gotten so expensive that the poor folks got priced out, and now the middle class folks are feeling the crunch, too. See Parents Speak Out About The Skyrocketing Cost of Youth Sports, ABC News.
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September 1, 2017 - Bogart, GA - Girl Not Allowed to Play Football, Prompts Debate At Private Schools, reported by Todd Holcomb, Atlanta Journal Constitution. You may think there's a Title IX issue here, but the Prince Avenue School appears to be a Christian school that receives absolutely no federal funding, making it exempt from Title IX. The short version of this is that Prince Avenue is a Christian school and doesn't let boys and girls play on the same sports team. But, there is a long-winded, pompous version promulgated by the most distinguished Col. Seth Hathaway, the head of School. Col. Hathaway argues that the combination of Prince Avenue being a K - 12 school and a Christian school prevents the school from letting girls and boys play on the same team. But, Col. Hathaway doesn't just come out and say this, oh no. Col. Hathaway came out and said this, according to the Journal Constitution: “While the school recognizes the changing roles of girls in organized sports, its covenantal partnership does not support the belief that mixed athletic contact sports should traverse a spectrum from high school varsity all the way down to the second grade,” Hathaway said in the statement. “This is a challenge unique to a PreK-12 school that is not a factor in traditional 9-12th grade high schools.” And when you put it that way, who's going to dispute it?
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Don’t Be Liable For A Member’s Mistake, NASO Advisor, April 2017, page 6 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Should I Sign The Waiver?, It’s Official, Monthly Newsletter of the National Association of Sports Officials, April 2017, page N8.
All Pre-participation Evaluation Forms Are Not Created Equal, momsteam.com, May 2008 (updated July 25, 2017).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
January 6, 2017 - See Forbes.com's Bob Cook's insightful piece on how poorer kids - especially girls - simply have fewer sports participation opportunities. This article illustrates Title IX issues at poorer schools and it touches upon the root causes of many of the public/private issues that plaque youth sports. There is a reason that the richer schools win. Cook nails it. See It's Tough For Low Income Kids, Especiallly Girls, To Participate In Sports.
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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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BASEBALL MEDICAL CONFERENCE SET FOR OCTOBER. See Baseball 2017 Youth to the Big Leagues: Managing The Developing Player, October 11 - 13, Rosemont, Il.
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October 7, 2017 - Portland, OR - Free Baseball Clinic Brings Awareness of Decline In Youth Sports Participation, reported by Lyndsey Hewitt, Portland Tribune.
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October 4, 2017 - Springfield, MO - Drury Bans Hazing, Sets Stiff Penalties For Students Engaged In Hazing, reported by Claudette Riley, Springfield News-Leader.
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September 29, 2017 - Chester, PA - In Chester, The Struggles of Playing Youth Football In One of The Country's Most Dangerous Cities, reported by Erin McCarthy, Philadelphia Inquirer.
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September 28, 2017 - What's Lost When Only Rich Kids Play Sports, reported by Linda Flanagan, TheAtlantic.com.
---------------------------
September 28, 2017 - Bossier, LA - 34 Schools In Louisiana Told By District That Athletes Should Stand For Anthem: It's a Lawsuit Waiting To Happen, reported by Sebastian Murdock, Huffington Post. It is indeed a lawsuit waiting to happen. Public schools cannot advocate for or against anthem protests. We must remember that public schools are government entities. A private school, on the other hand, is not a government entity and will have a much greater chance of cracking down on a protester. But a private school can still lose a lawsuit. The lawsuit wouldn't be a First Amendment suit. But, most private schools publish conduct codes and the litigation would focus on whether the code was written sufficiently well to capture an anthem protest. The best guidance on high school anthem protests will probably come from law on students who have objected to standing for or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge is simply recited far more often than the National Anthem is sung, and so has a more developed body of law. See The Vanderbilt First Amendment Center for some examples of articles on the Pledge and the law.
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September 26, 2017 - England - Concussion Concerns Hit English Youth Rugby. See Tackling and Scrums Should Be Banned From School Rubgy Government Urged, reported by Mark Waghorn, Bexhill-On-Sea Observer.
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September 24, 2017 - Students Have A Right To Protest During National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, reported by Evie Blad, Education Week.
------------------------
September 23, 2017 - Denver, CO - Confederate Flag, Racial Slurs Spark Conflict at Weld Central v. Manual High Football Game, According to
Principal, reported by Ann Lauricello, Fox 31 TV. Citing a lack of evidence, Weld Central denies that their fans displayed a confederate flag. So far, no video evidence has been found as this ugly situation devolves into a he said/she said morass. See Racism Allegations from Manual HS Principal Prompt Rebuttal from Weld Central, reported by Kevin Massey, Dan Grossman, Katie Eastman and Jacob Rodriguez, KUSA TV9.
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September 22, 2017 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Dwyer High School ended their 2016 with an ugly brawl after a playoff loss. Click here for details.
Think they'll aim for good sportsmanship in 2017? Think again. It may be early in 2017, but Dwyer's in end of year form, refusing to shake hands with Palm Beach Gardens High School, not after a heated contest, but prior to the game. See Fla. Player Kicked Out of Captains' Meeting For Refusing To Shake Hands, reported by Wells Dusenbury, Florida Sun-Sentinel article republished in USA Today.
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September 22, 2017 - San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Chronicle makes the case for licensing athletic trainers, and asks why California is the only State that doesn't do so. See How California Puts High School Athletes At Great Risk (titled Safety Sidelined in the paper edition), reported by Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, page A1. The Chronicle is not the only paper to notice that California is the only State that doesn't license certified athletic trainers. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has picked up on the story, too. See Local Athletic Trainers Back Push For State Licensing Program, reported by Lori A. Carter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 11, 2017. Part of the reason that California doesn't license athletic trainers is because California's Governor has vetoed previous legislation. It is possible that the Governor may not know what an athletic trainer is. That's about the only rational explanation for vetoing a fairly non-controversial proposal that has passed in every other State. Note: It's nice to see the mainstream media picking up on this story; I've been on top of this for years. See California Sports Administrator Puzzled By Governor Brown’s Veto of AB 1890, MomsTeam.com, August 4, 2014.
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September 19, 2017 - Boston, MA - New Boston University Study Links Youth Football To Significant Health Risks Later In Life, reported by Cam Smith, USA Today.
--------------------------------
September 19, 2017 - Wheaton, IL - 5 Wheaton College Football Players Face Felony Charges In Hazing Incident, reported by Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune.
---------------------------------
September 17, 2017 - New York, NY - Boy Killed By Falling Soccer Goal Post In Midtown, Police Say, reported by Alison Fox, AM New York.
----------------------------
September 10, 2017 - Fashion Over Function: A Safer Helmet Battles the 'Cool' Factor, reported by Sheil Kapadia and Tim McManus, ESPN.com
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September 8, 2017 - Little Rock, AR -1 Juvenile Shot After Fight Outside NLR High School Football Game, reported by Price McKeon, Arkansas Matters.
-----------------------------------
September 7, 2017 - United Kingdom - Head's Gone: Shocking Moment Rugby Player Mark Meafua Hits Referee As He Was About To Be Carded That Saw Him Banned For Ten Years, reported by John Hutchinson, The Sun. A 19-year old junior rugby player loses it when carded and punches an 18-year old ref. The player will pay a steep price for launching his blow against the ref as he has received a ten year ban from rugby.
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September 4, 2017 - You've got to have money to play this game! See Kid Sports Inc: How Your Child's Rec League Turned Into A $15 Billion Industry, reported by Sean Gregory, Time Magazine, page 42 (note - the online version of the article is entitled How Kids' Sports Became A $15 Billion Industry).
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September 1, 2017 - Concussion Research Might Be Gradually Finding Ways to Cure CTE .... In Mice. Humans will have to wait at least a decade if the science advances. See The Race Is On For A 'Concussion Pill" As New NFL Season Begins, reported by Mike Tanier, Bleacherreport.com.
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September 1, 2017 - Kansas City, MO - The Park Hill School District requires all elementary and middle school students attending its football games to be accompanied by an adult in the aftermath of a number of spectator brawls. See Adult Supervision Required at High School Football Games After Park Hill School District Fight, reported by Ariel Rothfield, KSHB TV, September 8, 2017; and A Fight in The Stands at Park Hill Causes High School Football Game to End Early, reported by Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, September 1, 2017.
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September 1, 2017 - Where are all the poor kids in youth sports? How come there aren't more blacks in baseball? How come the private schools keep beating the public schools? Well, sports appear to have gotten so expensive that the poor folks got priced out, and now the middle class folks are feeling the crunch, too. See Parents Speak Out About The Skyrocketing Cost of Youth Sports, ABC News.
----------------------------
September 1, 2017 - Bogart, GA - Girl Not Allowed to Play Football, Prompts Debate At Private Schools, reported by Todd Holcomb, Atlanta Journal Constitution. You may think there's a Title IX issue here, but the Prince Avenue School appears to be a Christian school that receives absolutely no federal funding, making it exempt from Title IX. The short version of this is that Prince Avenue is a Christian school and doesn't let boys and girls play on the same sports team. But, there is a long-winded, pompous version promulgated by the most distinguished Col. Seth Hathaway, the head of School. Col. Hathaway argues that the combination of Prince Avenue being a K - 12 school and a Christian school prevents the school from letting girls and boys play on the same team. But, Col. Hathaway doesn't just come out and say this, oh no. Col. Hathaway came out and said this, according to the Journal Constitution: “While the school recognizes the changing roles of girls in organized sports, its covenantal partnership does not support the belief that mixed athletic contact sports should traverse a spectrum from high school varsity all the way down to the second grade,” Hathaway said in the statement. “This is a challenge unique to a PreK-12 school that is not a factor in traditional 9-12th grade high schools.” And when you put it that way, who's going to dispute it?
-------------------------------
LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Don’t Be Liable For A Member’s Mistake, NASO Advisor, April 2017, page 6 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Should I Sign The Waiver?, It’s Official, Monthly Newsletter of the National Association of Sports Officials, April 2017, page N8.
All Pre-participation Evaluation Forms Are Not Created Equal, momsteam.com, May 2008 (updated July 25, 2017).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
January 6, 2017 - See Forbes.com's Bob Cook's insightful piece on how poorer kids - especially girls - simply have fewer sports participation opportunities. This article illustrates Title IX issues at poorer schools and it touches upon the root causes of many of the public/private issues that plaque youth sports. There is a reason that the richer schools win. Cook nails it. See It's Tough For Low Income Kids, Especiallly Girls, To Participate In Sports.
-----------------------------------------------
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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