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Old Wed May 18, 2005, 03:25pm
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Originally posted by ump66
Luckily Connecticut is in the process of passing a law making it a felony for assaulting an official. The law is written for officials but needs to be ammended to apply to coaches, and others involved in sports.
Why?

How is an attack on a coach (or umpire for that matter) different from one on a teacher, a Scout leader, a grocery clerk, or an insurance salesman?

We already have laws on the books that cover assault. Explain to me why the penalty for assault on a member of one profession should be any different than it is for an assault on anyone else.
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