Background Checks

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Originally Posted by ref1986

wanja,
I can't believe anyone would seriously suggest those guys should not be banned for life from officiating. Do some of you guys really want men like this moving to your state and officiating your daughters' games???? That's what background checks will prevent. I'm incredulous that anyone opposes them.

I am beginning to support background checks- especially at a cost of $10. You did say these guys were middle aged, so they probably should not ref again ever. But to suggest someone be banned for life for statutory rape is bogus. It could be a 22 year old who hooked up with a seventeen year old who looks 29 at an adult bar, or it could be a 45 year old referee who gave a 15 year old player a ride home from a game. The first did not make a life long mistake, and the second made an eternal error.

I think that is part of the point- background checks raise the very difficult question of how bad is bad enough to be banned.