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June 24, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - At least 40 people involved in brawl at basketball tournament, parents say, reported by Tom Jones, WSB-TV 2 Atlanta, June 29, 2018
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June 21, 2018 - Red Creek, NY - Red Creek Parent Is The Latest To Find Out That Courts Do Not Exist To Act As Review Boards For Officials' Calls. See Judge tosses Red Creek parent's lawsuit over basketball player's ejection, reported by Jeff DiVeronica, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. DiVeronica quotes New York Supreme Court Judge Scott Odorisi, who wrote, "Courts are valuable tools to resolve disputes," Odorisi wrote in his decision, which was released Thursday, "but they should not be transformed into a Replay Command Center or GameDay Central for every school, or even recreational, sporting squabble." Despite Odorisi's wise counsel, it's only a matter of time before some other parent sues to reverse an official's call.
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June 16, 2018 - Kingsport, TN - Parents Brawl During Youth Sports Tournament at Brickyard Park, reported by Matthew Lane, Kingsport Times-News, June 19, 2018.
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June 15, 2018 - Kent, OH - You've Gotta Have Money To Play Youth Sports - Even In Middle-America. See Has Playing Youth Sports Become A Luxury, reported by Michael Leonard, MytownNeO.com.
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June 14, 2018 - Pennsylvania - Guilty Plea Entered In The Hazing Death of Penn State University Fraternity Pledge, reported by Darran Simon, CNN. For details on this incident, see Death At A Penn State Fraternity, reported by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, November, 2017.
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June 8, 2018 - Chicago, IL - Sexual Abuse Crisis Hits Chicago Public Schools - And It Goes Well Beyond Abusive Coaches. See Betrayed: Chicago Public Schools Fail To Protect Students From Sexual Abuse, Leaving Lasting Damage, reported by David Jackson, Jennifer Smith Richards, Gary Marx, and Juan Perez, Jr., Chicago Tribune. System-wide failures, including weak background check procedures, and weak child abuse reporting procedures played a major role in this crisis.
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June 7, 2018 - Lockport, Ill - Illinois high school starts an officiating class to address severe shortage of officials. See Lockport High School Class To Address 'Worst Shortage of Officials' For Youth Sports, reported by C.R. Walker, Chicago Tribune's Daily Southtown Newsletter.
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June 4, 2018 - Connecticut - Will Feelings On Transgender Athletes' Participating Change When The Transgender Athletes Win? We're seeing it in Connecticut where two transgender girls won State track medals. This is different than the Texas wrestling case where a transgender boy on medical testosterone couldn't participate as a boy because Texas makes you compete in your birth gender. The transgender boy won the State girls' wrestling championship - showing the limits of restrictions on transgender athletes. But, Connecticut embraces transgender athletes. They're not Texas. However, they have a Texas problem as some Connecticut coaches who were pleased to have transgender athletes compete may not be all that happy now that transgender athletes are starting not only to compete, but to win. See No Easy Answers When It Comes To Transgender Athletes, reported by Jeff Jacobs, Connecticut Post. And it didn't take long for the backlash to come! Indeed, some people do feel differently when the transgender athletes win. See Some Calling For Rule Change After Transgender Track Stars Smoke Competition, reported by Amy Hudak, WTNH-TV (New Haven, CT), June 13, 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).
