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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER, 2023
November 23, 2023 - Los Angeles - They Claimed Their High School Coach Sexually Abused Them, Now He's In Custody, reported by Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times.
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November 22, 2023 - St. George, UT - Utah Tech Women's Basketball Coach Receives Suspension After Investigation Into Misconduct Allegations, reported by Eric Walden, Salt Lake Tribune.
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November 18, 2023 - Stewiacke, Nova Scotia - Coach in Nova Scotia Accused of Assaulting Referee During Minor League Hockey Game, reported by The Sports Network, CA. This alleged attack is even more unseemly when one realizes that this Canadian "minor" league game involved ten-year olds - in the States, we'd call it a youth league.
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November 16, 2023 - New York, NY - NYC Flag Football Coach Paid At Least Four Kids As Much as $1.6K for Nude Pics: DA, reported by Priscilla DeGregory and Kyle Schnitzer, New York Post.
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November 14, 2023 - Reidsville, GA - Tattnal County High School Football Coach Holds Baptism For Players, Fired From Coaching, reported by Kaley Fedko, WSAV TV (Savannah, GA).
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November 12, 2023 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Gymnastics Coach Tom Farden Placed On Administrative Leave, reported by Trent Wood, Salt Lake City Deseret News. Coach Farden is accused of verbal and emotional abuse.
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November 10, 2023 - Virginia - Virginia High School Football Team Routs Opponent 104-0 In State Playoffs, reported by Paulina Dedaj, Fox News.
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November 6, 2023 - California - NIL Lawsuit Granted Class Action Certification. $1.3 Billion at Stake in In re College Athlete NIL Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 4:20-cv-03919-CW. See US Judge Says NCAA Athletes Can Pursue Class Actions Seeking Over $1.3 bln, reported by Mike Scarcella, Reuters.
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November 6, 2023 - Tampa, FL - Video: Jesuit High School Assistant Football Coach Fired After Being Caught On Camera Punching Player, reported by Fox 13 TV, Tampa Bay.
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October 30, 2023 - Oxnard, CA - Brawl Breaks Out After California High School Football Game, reported by Tarek Fattal, SB Live Sports, reprinted in SI,com.
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October 27, 2023 - Rancho Cucamonga, CA - Hazing or Horseplay? Los Osos Football Locker Room Video Sparks Mother's Outrage, reported by Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register.
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October 25, 2023 - Riviera Beach, FL - High School Football Fight Between Inlet Grove, Clewiston Under Investigation, reported by Chris Gilmore, WPTV (West Palm Beach, FL).
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October 21, 2023 - Irvine, CA - SoCal Soccer Team Kicked Out of League For Brawl At End of Irvine Game, reported by Jonathan Lloyd, NBCTV-Los Angeles, October 25, 2023.
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October 21, 2023 - Corona, CA - H.S. Basketball Ref Punches Coach After Verbal Altercation ... Arrested, reported by TMZ, October 27, 2023. Note: This contest appears to be a rec-league contest as opposed to an in-season contest run under a high school league or governing body. That will bring little solace to the coach who was punched, but it does indicate some possibility that the referee, a gentleman named Brandon Knapper, is not going to be working sanctioned high school games.
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October 20, 2023 - Vallejo, CA - Friday Night Fights: Vallejo Football Game Called, reported by Thomas Gase, Vallejo Times-Herald.
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October 20, 2023 - Teens Are Quitting Sports As Social Media Ups Body Image Concerns, reported by Amy Norton, US News - Healthday.
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October 18, 2023 - Washington, D.C. - Sen. Maria Cantwell Says She Wants Any NIL Legislation To Also Address NCAA Athletes' Rights, reported by Steve Berkowitz, USA Today.
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October 18, 2023 - Sports Parents Are Out of Control and Officials Don't Feel Safe: Here's What's At Risk, reported by Stephen Borelli, USA Today, Section C, Page One.
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October 17, 2023 - Washington, D.C. - NIL Hearing Shows Desire To Pass Bill To Help NCAA. How It Gets There Is Uncertain, reported by Steve Berkowitz, USA Today.
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October 17, 2023 - Washington, D.C. - NCAA Focused On Employment Status of Athletes At Senate Hearing, AP Wire Service Story on ESPN.com.
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October 13, 2023 - St. Louis, MO - St. Louis Youth Football Coach Says He Was Shot By Parent Over Son's Playing Time, reported by Kim Bell, St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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October 5, 2023 - Los Angeles, CA - Narbonne Rallies For Win Over Banning In Game That Ends With A Fight, reported by Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times. This Narbonne vs. Banning football game had it all. Trash talk between the two coaching staffs right in front of the players. Visiting Narbonne irritating the Banning team by showing up in their home jerseys. A tight game that went down to the wire. And it all ends with a player celebrating the Narbonne win by carrying a Narbonne flag suddenly being chased around the field as all hell broke loose.
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October 4, 2023 - Indianapolis, IN - The NFHS Responds To The Threat of State Legislatures Taking Over High School Sports. See The NFHS Video Voice on youtube.
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October 3, 2023 - San Jose, CA - Gunshots in The Grandstands: Why Violence At High School Football Games Is Spiking and What Can Be Done, reported by Jason Mastrodonato, San Jose Mercury News, Page A-1.
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October 2, 2023 - Raleigh, North Carolina - Legislature Strips North Carolina High School Athletics Association Of Much of Its Authority. Power is placed in the hands of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction effective in the 2024-25 academic year. The superintendent of public instruction could opt to have the NCHSAA continue on, but it could be difficult. The NCHSAA is barred from accepting corporate sponsorships, and even giving scholarships to students. See New High School Sports Legislation Will Become Law Without Governor's Signature, reported by Nick Stevens of High School OT, for WRAL.
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October 1, 2023 - China - Athletics Official In Stable Condition After Being Hit By Hammer, reported by Martin Pollard, and Dylan Martinez, Reuters News Service.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Former Sac-Joaquin Section Commissioner Pete Saco Dies At Age 70, reported by Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2023.
I Stand Accused, Referee Magazine, July 2022, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Show Me The Money, Referee Magazine, May 2022, 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
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).
Student Athlete Surmounts Obstacles On and Off The Field by Amanda Pazornik, JWeekly, June 10, 2010.
