What disquailfies a coach?

[Wooahhhh]

what do you think about tax or insurance fraud? it is obviously business related but does this also make you stop and think about him teaching your daughter?

[Joe]

what do you think about tax or insurance fraud? it is obviously business related but does this also make you stop and think about him teaching your daughter?

Hmmmm...never thought about it that way. I'll ask our coach Madoff what he thinks.

[bruisedshins]

Scenario #1-Drunken dad is ragging on wife, 17 year old son steps in to defend, and when attacked defends himself. Police take both parties for domestic violence, and public defender advises kid to plead out and take probation. Guilty of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Scenario #2-Seventeen year old goes to first party, succumbs to peer pressure and has a few beers, then gets popped for DUI.
Scenario#3-Police pull over car with 6 teens; one of them is holding a joint, but tosses it under the seat. Police pull everybody out of the car, find the joint, and since nobody claims it, charge all 6 with misdemeanor possesion. Again, public defender advises to plead out.

I worked the streets myself for years, so don't come back at me as a bleeding heart; I've seen all of this first hand.
Assuming this all happened 20 years ago, which of these people has exhibited that they are a huge threat to my DD?

[NewCoach]

Saw the inside of the Harris County jail over twenty years ago. I would say that since then I have walked a straighter line than 99% of the population(Priests and Judges not withstanding). Not all people with convictions are a threat, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...The good Lord gave you the ability to make a judgement for a reason.

[aquarius]

I happen to know a couple of coaches who actually failed to come to a full stop at an intersection once - I saw it. One of them even admitted to me that he actually talked back to his mother (twice) as a kid. Didn't wanna do this but I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

Git a rope.................

[HIGHNTIGHT]

It looks more like A) Qualifications to coach High School football in Texas.
B) Qualifications to play in the NFL
C) Qualifications to run for Congress.

[Sheriff10]

I'm more curious why Mafia has such a dislike for Texans yet lurks in the Texas forum!!??

Mafia, where are you from that makes you dislike Texans so much?

[c'ya]

Idiot...it sure would disqualify you for a government clearance..so why shouldn't it disqualify
you from coaching my daughter. Once a skunk always a skunk....open wide Joe here it comes.

Joe is right. It would NOT disqualify you from a government clearance. Just ask your local congressman.
The same system should be used that most employers use. A time frame system. For example: A DUI in the past five years would disqualify a person. Any felony convictions should be a NO.

[pbj2000]

We've all fallen short...I think anyone with any convictions above within last 5 years should definately be on the short list...but other then that...the first person who has never sinned can coach my dd's team...oooops guess that eliminates everyone!

play the game!

[tex]

I believe there should be back ground checks on anyone that desires to coach our youth, not only for crimes but also for their abilities to coach our children in a good and proper matter leaving then with positive influences instead of negitives improving there overall attitudes and abilities.

I strongly feel that after the checks have been made then you take it by a case by case basis.
If someone comitted a felony 15 years ago and since that time has been a model citizen, deacon, is well thought of in the community, etc, should we seen that person in a different light than a person who has multipule arrest, convictions, jail times in recent years?

Sex offenders you cross off the list, no questions asked.

There are alot of good people out there who have for some reason or the other comitted a felony, and since then have been model citizens. Then, there are some would be coaches that have commited only the crime, of trying to coach, who are not good role models and who should never be allowed to coach. We as parents need to screen these people, also before we allow then to coach our children.