backgrounds checks in all states?

[shagpal]

megan's law is your friend if you know the residence.

Originally Posted by Insane Blue

I have been informed that someone who currently works HS sports locally is a sex offender but is being protected by others. This is a real sore spot growing up I knew of at least one kid molested by someone who was involved with youth sports.
Additionally most of our local units have paper work asking if you have any Felonies and a lot of people lie about it. As coaches we have to due background checks and it is very quick and the cost is low to do it.

[Insane Blue]

Originally Posted by shagpal

megan's law is your friend if you know the residence.

I know megans law very well.
Our local HS associations covers 2 counties. we have over 300 members in basketball and football, 125 members in Baseball, 150 Members in Softball and so on.
Megans law shows 2686 registered sex offenders in my county and 3411 in the other county. I will say that their are a combined 4.5 Million people in these 2 counties

[shagpal]

the offenders are listed by address, so are all members of your officials.

if you know where one lives that you suspect, check it against megans law database.

Originally Posted by Insane Blue

I know megans law very well.
Our local HS associations covers 2 counties. we have over 300 members in basketball and football, 125 members in Baseball, 150 Members in Softball and so on.
Megans law shows 2686 registered sex offenders in my county and 3411 in the other county. I will say that their are a combined 4.5 Million people in these 2 counties

[MD Longhorn]

I agree with the requirement of having background checks for officials.

However, I STRONGLY disagree with making the officials pay for it - this should be handled by leagues and school districts as a cost of doing business.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

I agree with the requirement of having background checks for officials.

Invades privacy, gives personal info to unnecessary irresponsible people, is not reliable or universal,
ALLOWS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR IDENTIFY THEFT.

[IRISHMAFIA]

It is a waste of time, waste of money, it is unnecessary, provides absolutely NOTHING, but a false sense of accomplishment.

And it is an invasion of privacy. A couple years ago, I almost walked out of a Regional Clinic because ASA's president-elect at the time basically accused anyone who had a problem with a BI as having something to hide. If it wouldn't have screwed over my fellow clinicians, I would have been gone.

I am tired of the cowardly fashion in which the people of this country act and I will not forfeit what freedom I have left simply to satisfy some Gestapo-style sense of "community".

BTW, I've had everyone up my tail, FBI, NIS(NCIS to the younger folks), DOD, DIS & state police and that doesn't include anyone involving my present job. So, to me, it is the mere stupidity of the people involved and the unnecessary invasion of my life by people who are no more qualified to determine my character than they are to turn water into wine with a wave of the hand.

And, just for the record, I had this exact discussion with Phil G. Like everything else with the ASA hierarchy, they don't handle any type of dissent very well.

[Insane Blue]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Invades privacy, gives personal info to unnecessary irresponsible people, is not reliable or universal,
ALLOWS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR IDENTIFY THEFT.

ll the information need for Identity Fraud is already given to all the organizations. so that goes out the window. We fill out how many 1099 forms every year? plus my credit is so bad that no one would want it.

[nopachunts]

In Texas, one-third of the officials that belong to Texas Association of Sports Officials have a criminal background check performed every year. TASO is the organization that assigns officials for softball, baseball, football, volleyball, soccer, and basketball high school sports. All members are checked at least once every three years. Some school districts perform their CBCs.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

...
ALLOWS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR IDENTIFY THEFT.

I worry more about the information left in dugouts and on the desks of some school office workers.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by Dakota

I worry more about the information left in dugouts and on the desks of some school office workers.

Technically here in NY, lineup cards are supposed to have the first and last names of the players on them. I have NEVER enforced this. What if someone get a hold of that, and starts looking up names on social media?? The theoretical reason behind this is so, in case a kid gets hurt, we can fill out our liability report. Well, I do not know about you, since I have 48 hours to fill this out, I personally am calling the AD's office the next and finding out.