Update on my son and the soccer coach

Update on my son and the soccer coach
by wcnitz (2019-02-11 13:58:05)

Some of you may remember the incident with my 14 year old son being intimidated, grabbed and basically manhandled by an adult coach half a foot taller and probably 100 pounds heavier.

I'll keep the details high level, but he was given what basically amounts to a 2 year ban. I believe this was the max he could given under the rules of the local association.

However, this ban was appealed by the coach to the state level. So, now the state association rules apply.

Assault (minus serious injury) on a minor official according to their governing rules carries a lifetime ban. It's 3 years on a non-minor. At first I was bothered that this was even appealed, but now I am looking forward to the result.

The one thing that really bothers me is that my son would like to move on from this, but it keeps dragging on. But, I'm again hoping that the adults in charge do the right thing.

Replies:

So how close is the relationship between this guy - steelhop 2019-02-11 19:33:34
- Both of them are Dutch - wcnitz 2019-02-11 19:36:56
  - Sir Nigel Powers was right * - The Holtz Room 2019-02-11 19:40:45
    - The Dutch suck, except for their dikes, and speed skating. - Hati Hijau 2019-02-12 01:03:18
Even if the coach's gamble works... - 105Marquette 2019-02-11 17:45:15
- The coach that gave his team energy drinks without telling - graNDfan 2019-02-12 08:26:13
  - Yes - wcnitz 2019-02-12 08:53:34
    - I'm missing out on the good scuttlebutt since our kids are - graNDfan 2019-02-12 09:16:03
  - Exactly right. * - grnd 2019-02-12 08:48:47
As the Ancients said, "The mills of the gods grind slow, - G.K.Chesterton 2019-02-11 17:29:37
Hoping it works out - your boy deserves the correct outcome - graNDfan 2019-02-11 16:16:34
I’m unaware of prior posts. Ever comsider filing an - LAW83 2019-02-11 16:09:19
- We filed a report - wcnitz 2019-02-11 18:56:20
  - In my state a private citizen merely needs to go to the - LAW83 2019-02-11 19:31:15
    - My son was done with it at that point - wcnitz 2019-02-11 19:36:41
Continued best of luck with the whole subject. - Porpoiseboy 2019-02-11 14:56:04
I would be shocked if the jerk didn't receive lifetime - catripledomer 2019-02-11 14:07:28
- I wouldn't be shocked if he got off with a wrist slap - Irishlawyer 2019-02-12 18:57:44
  - In this case it seems to be getting handled well - wcnitz 2019-02-12 21:05:53
    - That's excellent. I hope it works out for you both. * - irishlawyer 2019-02-12 23:17:17
Interesting. Does he coach his own kid(s) or - Irish Tool 2019-02-11 14:06:35
- Agreed on the idiot setting himself up for a lifetime ban. - Giggity_Giggity 2019-02-11 14:26:05
- The former - wcnitz 2019-02-11 14:24:46