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Old Wed Sep 23, 2009, 07:53am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by bbcoach7 View Post
How come it doesn't make the news if a referee -at any level- gets a DUI? Could it be because nobody gives a rats @ss?
Because coaches (sometimes at least) also drive the team bus.

Because coaches are far more "role models" for players than are officials.

Because coaches' names are more known to the editors of the local papers, so when the editor scans the police blotter it stands out and, thus, becomes a story.
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