Blisstree » Sport/Activities http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Coach Pays Player to Injure 9 Year Old Autistic Team-mate http://www.blisstree.com/articles/coach-pays-player-to-injure-9-year-old-autistic-team-mate-148/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/coach-pays-player-to-injure-9-year-old-autistic-team-mate-148/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:12:47 +0000 gayla http://insidefatherhood.com/coach-pays-player-to-injure-9-year-old-autistic-team-mate/ Post from: Blisstree

Coach Pays Player to Injure 9 Year Old Autistic Team-mate

]]> There is a story apparently circulating around where a coach for a kids baseball team paid a player to injure a 9 year old autistic boy. The coach wanted the boy injured and out of the game because he wasn’t playing as well as the rest of the kids on the team and it was right in the middle of a playoff game.

This happened back in June of 2005 but the story is back out because the Judge just sentenced the coach to “consecutive six-to-36-month sentences for corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault.”

I know parents like to get involved these days, but an angry coach trying to hurt one of his players… AND the boy is an autistic 9 year old?

What type of role models are out there teaching and preaching to our children? Makes you wonder how involved you want your kids these days and if you allow them to participate in sports down at the local school or summer programs, how often do you want to be there on the sidelines paying attention to what’s happening? What are your thoughts?

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Coach Pays Player to Injure 9 Year Old Autistic Team-mate

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