[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I will admit the coach was right in kicking the player off the team, but...if a rogue prosecutor gets a hold of this...hmmmm, coach might get in hot water. I'm thinking along the lines of violating victim's rights. The prosecutor could go after the coach for denying the player an education by taking away his scholarship, etc, etc. That's why I said earlier, it doesn't look good when the victim gets kicked off the team in the end.

Since when is a college education a right? Since when is a scholarship an ironclad guarantee? And exactly how does getting kicked off the team equate to being denied an education? If you ask me, his education has officially just begun.