"This is my livelihood..."

[JRutledge]

I cannot penalize something that I do not understand the context. And why would I penalize a coach just for making this statement.

Coaches at the varsity level are not full-time coaches in my area, but they usually have a full-time job with that school or school district. It is possible that if they lose their coaching job they can and will lose their job teaching or lose enough money where working at that school is going to not be enough income. Many coaches making that comment would be accurate or nothing offensive. I would probably agree with them or ignore them, but I cannot think of a reason to penalize a coach just for saying that. Not unless it was coupled with another comment that was personal about me.

Peace