In Reply to: Re: The religion of football posted by Gee LP on February 16, 2005 at 22:55:09:
...a real basketball coach in a low income area on the other side of my county in CA. He realized the kids on his winning team had no future if they didn't get an education, too. So he locked the gym and the team suffered their first loss by a forfeit until they got their grades up. Aparently, it worked.If it were a small town in Texas and he was the football coach, he would have been shot.
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- Your comments remind me of "Coach Carter"... - mkuller 19:47:16 02/18/05 (0)