Another Top HS Prospect Gets Burned by the Internet…When are these kids going to learn?
For the past several years, we’ve been preaching on WFAN’s The Sports Edge that kids have to be EXTRA diligent when it comes to using social media. Whether they’re posting comments or photos on their Facebook account, or sending text messages, or posting comments on Twitter, they have to be aware that once something is sent … Read more
Are You Okay with Public Schools Charging for Team Tryouts?
In an effort to defray the soaring costs of HS sports, I had read where some scbools in the Midwest were now charging kids a fee of $50 if they wanted to try out for a school team. As was pointed out on my radio show this AM, parents routinely fork over anywhere from $30 to … Read more
Mike Milbury Allegedly Assaults a 12-year-old Hockey Player: What Sports Parent need to know…
According to several eyewitnesses, former NHL player and head coach and GM of the Islanders did something that lots of sports parents do – -when Milbury saw his 12-year-old son getting into an altercation with another 12-year-old on the ice, Milbury went onto the ice and separated the two boys by grabbing the other boy … Read more
The Continuing Strange Saga of the 9 Wayne Hills HS Football Players
The school board in Wayne NJ announced right after Thanksgiving that they were now going to enforce the ban on the 9 varsity football players who were arrested and charged with the aggravated assault which left two kids from Wayne Valley HS seriously hurt after a party some weeks ago. The coach of the Wayne … Read more
When HS athletes are charge with serious crimes: Should they be allowed to continue to play?
The focus on the 9 Wayne Hills (NJ) HS football players brings up an age-old debate about whether athletes who are charged with serious crimes should be immediately suspended from all extracurricular activites (including state playoff games), or whether they should be allowed to continue with their affairs until they have their day in court. … Read more
A Parent’s Worst Nightmare: Protecting your kid from a sexual predator
Of all the sports parenting shows I’ve done over the years, today’s show was by far the most sobering. I had recalled reading a terrifying cover story in Sports Illustrated that ran way back in Sept, 1999, about how pedophiles from all over the country had become fully engaged in coaching young kids in youth … Read more
Colleges Recruiting is One Thing…But HS Coaches Recruiting Other HS Players?
The story out of upstate New York was both bizarre and stunning. It would seem to be yet another case of coaches who want to win at any cost. As my guest John O’Brien of the Syracuse Post-Standard related the details this AM on my show, as a result of some ongoing investigation by the … Read more
New Anti-Bullying Law in New Jersey Puts Greater Pressure on Coaches, Athletic Directors
On September 1st, the nation’s toughest anti-bullying law went into effect in the state of New Jersey. In short, coaches, teachers, and administrators in all public schools in New Jersey are now legally bound to not only report any bullying incident they see in school, but they are also obligated to make sure that all … Read more
Case of Patch (18-Year-Old Killed by Ball Hit Off Aluminum Bat) vs. Louisville Slugger Affirmed by Montana Supreme Court
By Steve Kallas On July 25, 2003, 18-year-old Brandon Patch was pitching in an American Legion game in Montana when a ball hit off a Louisville Slugger aluminum bat hit him in the head. Brandon Patch would die a few hours later. After attempting (unsuccessfully) to get a law passed banning the use of aluminum … Read more
The “Lunacy Tax”
By Doug Abrams Last week’s column discussed how adults’ abuse of officials can endanger player safety, particularly in collision and contact sports. In youth leagues and high school programs alike, abuse dished out by parents and coaches leads officials to quit in droves, leaving some games to less seasoned replacements who might not yet be … Read more
"The Sports Edge"
Rick Wolff
Steve Kallas
Doug Abrams
