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FEBRUARY/MARCH, 2025
March 21, 2025 - Northville, NY - Longtime High School Basketball Coach Fired After Yanking Girl's Hair: 'My Jaw Was On The Floor', reported by Gabrielle Fahmey, New York Post.
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March 20, 2025 - Portland, OR - The controversy over transgender athletes in women's sports continues to simmer. See Transgender Runner Blows Out Competition, Sets Season Records in Girls' Races At Orgeon High School Track Meet, reported by Scott Thompson, Fox News.
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March 19, 2025 - Santa Ana, CA - California high school signs groundbreaking media rights deal. See Mater Dei High School Signs Seven-Figure Media, NIL Deal With Playfly, reported by Eric Jackson, Sportico.
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March 19, 2025 - Trump Administration Goes on The Attack Against Schools and Universities With Transgender Athletes. See Trump Admin Pauses $175M In Federal Funding to UPenn Over Inclusion of Trans Athletes In Women's Sports, reported by Paula Dedaj, Fox News.
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March 5, 2025 - NIL Contracts Have Employment and Pay-For-Play All Over Them, Experts Say, reported by Dan Murphy, ESPN.
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March 4, 2025 - Lynchburg, VA - High School Runner Hit In Head With Baton During Track Meet, reported by Jason Freund, WSLS - Richmond, VA, March 10, 2025. The athlete who swung the baton gave an ill-advised interview, stating that it's not her fault, and it's all a big misunderstanding. See I.C. Norcom Track Star Speaks Out After Hitting Opponent In Head With Baton, reported by Markeshia Jackson, WAVY-TV (Portsmouth, VA), March 9, 2025.
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March 3, 2005 - Lancaster, PA - Atlantic East Launches Women's Flag Football As Varsity Sport, reported by Michelle Steele, ESPN.
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March 3, 2005 - Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota Vikings, NFL Help Launch Collegiate Women's Flag Football League, reported by Alicia Esteban, CBS News. This is big news for flag football, which is on track to becoming an NCAA approved emerging sport for women. See Flag Football Gets Recommendation To Join NCAA Emerging Sports For Women Program, NCAA Press Release, February 12, 2025.
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March 1, 2025 - Reynoldsburg, OH - Reynoldsburg Boys Basketball Player Punches Opponent In Groin During OHSAA Tournament Game, reported by Andy Resnik, Columbus Dispatch, March 4, 2025.
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February 26, 2025 - Dowagiac, MI - Official Attacked With Ball, and Bottles Allegedly Thrown By An Assistant Coach, Player, and Spectators. See Assistant Coach Fired After He , Player Pelt Referee With Water Bottles After Loss, reported by Todd Adams, USA Today High School Sports, March 10, 2025. See also, Benton Harbor Players, Coach Threw Objects At Referee After Basketball Game, Dowagiac Police Say, reported by Mark Peterson and Melissa Stephens, WNDU TV (South Bend, IN), February 28, 2025.
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February 22, 2025 - Collingswood, NJ - Father of 3-Time State Wrestling Champ Led Away In Handcuffs After Brawl At State Tourney, reported by Brian Deakyne, NJ.com. This brawl led to the suspension of New Jersey's top wrestler, followed by the wrestler winning an injunction to suspend the suspension. For the latest, see NJ Wrestler Anthony Knox, Jr. Learns State Title Fate After Brawl Controversy, reported by Christian Arnold, New York Post, March 5, 2025.
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February 18, 2025 - Detroit, MI - Ex-Detroit High School Basketball Coach Mark White Charged With Criminal Sexual Misconduct, reported by Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press.
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February 15, 2025 - Beaumont, TX - A High School Basketball Game In Beaumont Turned Into Chaos After A Brawl Breaks Out, ABC-TV 13.
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February 4, 2025 - Welch, WV - Flying Kick, Ensuing Brawl Ends Local High School Basketball Game Early, reported by Brandon Earnes, WVNS-TV.
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February 4, 2025 - The Marketing Of High School Athletes: A Rolling Tide, reported by Andrew Perloff, Education Next.
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February 4, 2025 - Pasco, WA - The ultimate dirty play triggers a racially charged basketball fight that devolved into a riot. See Suspensions and Controversy Erupt Following Basketball Brawl Between Pasco and Hanford High Schools, reported by Monique Ledesma, Apple Valley News Now, February 7, 2025. Click here for the video of the dirty play and the brawl.
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February 3, 2025 - Department of Education Reverts To Trump's Title IX Rule, reported by Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed.
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February 2, 2025 - Detroit, MI - One Detroit High School Is Chasing Football Glory, But At A High Ethical Price. See In Hiring Jermain Crowell, River Rouge Is Chasing Wins, But Actually Landing A Clown, reported by Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Assigning Shortage Liability, It’s Official, Monthly Newsletter of the National Association of Sports Officials, April 2024, page 8.
I.C. for U And Almost All, Referee Magazine, March 2024, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
California Celebrates State Day, It's Official, October 2023, page 4 (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).
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