Crybaby Award article

[rockyroad]

Originally posted by Nevadaref


Lawsuit for what?
I agree that from what I have read the father has handled to whole matter very well, but I see no grounds for a civil suit.
I don't believe that it is against the law to embarrass someone. I also don't believe that what the coach did was either libel or slander. Unless you can show me some right of this child's that was violated, I don't believe that there is any reason to seek redress.
While our country may be court-crazy, I just don't see it in this instance.

I'll also note that it seems from the latest articles that the coach's penalty will be almost exactly what I wrote above.

You don't really keep up with the lawsuits filed against educators, do you??? Having had one filed against me after making a student sit in the back of the class for too much talking and disrupting other students (no, it didn't go anywhere and I didn't lose any money, but did lose a lot of sleep and several years of life-expectancy), I think it's safe for me to say that many parents would have filed a lawsuit over this event...this dad didn't and I commend him for the way he is trying to make it a growing experience for his son...now if the coach turns up in the hospital in the next few weeks, I would commend the dad for that also!