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Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
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Originally posted by JRutledge
Which we go thru more background checks than most coaches I know do.
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I will also speak only for my state, but...
To become a coach, I had to:
--pass a criminal history check
--obtain a child abuse clearance
--submit a resume
--be interviewed twice
--be confirmed by an elected school board
To become an official, I had to:
--pay $25
--correctly answer 75 of 100 multiple-choice questions
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I realize that your response was mainly to rebut the comment about who goes through more background checks. But I would hope every coach goes through some kind of background check based on the increasing number of occurrences of coaches abusing kids in one way or another. Coaches spend a lot of time alone with kids, on the court and in the locker room. Officials do not. That would explain any question about why all coaches should go through background checks and most officials probably wouldn't.