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Post by aahhbigboy on May 21, 2009 20:47:15 GMT -5
Yeah. We'll always get jived on the tax dollars. It's worthless, but what can you do?
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Post by The Professor on May 22, 2009 13:48:16 GMT -5
Fire that A@@. What till the lawsuits from Nothern start coming in. Notice they haven't realsed how much this investagation has cost
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Post by SixtiesAggie on May 22, 2009 22:41:59 GMT -5
Northern broke the rules, plain and simple Counterpoint:
By Gayle G. Ferguson
As the scandal at Northern Guilford High School has unfolded, I have to say I have been amazed, but not surprised, at the reaction of the coach, the parents and the public to the situation. As a veteran coach in swimming who is retiring this year, I am saddened that the focus of the anger and frustration of parents is aimed at an administration that has investigated and determined that the rules set out by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association have not been followed.
These rules are published for the benefit of all administrators and coaches and are available to parents and athletes online.
NCHSAA procedures have been put in place due to similar scandals elsewhere in the state to make parents and athletes aware of the eligibility rules. Athletes, parents and coaches are required to complete a form that takes them through the eligibility requirements and that outlines the loss of eligibility and consequences, should they lie on the form.
As is true in the larger world, a failure to understand the rules does not protect you from the consequences of breaking them. While it may be the assigned duty of the athletic director and school administration to educate the parents about these rules, it is the responsibility of all members of the athletic community to enforce them.
At the core of student athletics is a responsibility to fair play, a covenant that has been largely disregarded in this discussion.
When you break the rules, you cheat.
From the ensuing finger-pointing, it is apparent that some have missed this central premise.
Apparently, some parents and coaches think that success on the field, at the gate and in the record books is more important than teaching and modeling the lessons that this situation illustrates to the athletes for whom the coaching program was designed.
Cheating is wrong. The continued rancor aimed at an administration that is supporting that central point is inappropriate.
Parents and coaches: Shut up, or better yet, admit that adults made mistakes here that have consequences on innocent third parties — the students. Own your mistakes so your children learn that they must admit theirs.
Your continued protest has the effect of telling the student-athletes that rules are not important and that winning at any cost is OK, just don’t get caught.
On the playing field that only costs a season, but in the world, such attitudes cost a life. Eventually, we reap what we sow.
The writer is swim coach at Reidsville High School.
Posted by News & Record on May 22, 2009 3:01 AM | Permalink
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Post by The Professor on May 30, 2009 14:24:26 GMT -5
This coming from a school that is basically the only one in the d@mn county
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