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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
In addition to these criminal provisions, two states have civil statutes. Minnesota authorizes the Minnesota State High School League or a school board to ban someone from attending interscholastic activity for up to 12 months for assaulting a sports official. Oregon has a provision for liquidated damages of $500 to $1,000, in addition to any other damages, in civil cases for injuries suffered by a sports official.
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The interesting (that is, head-scratching) thing about MN is that the MSHSL can ban anyone that has assaulted an official,
except for a head varsity coach--only the school board can ban them.
That, to me, is bass-ackwards at a minimum--I'd want a non-interested party making disciplinary decisions of the one person at a contest who is the most responsible for conduct.