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October 23, 2014

’Waterboard’ hazing gets football team suspended

Hazing allegations have ended another high school football team’s season, this time in Pennsylvania.The Intelligencer reports that the Central Bucks West High School football team has been suspended following allegations of “waterboarding...


October 22, 2014

Parents brawl gets two teams banned from youth football league

We’ve heard of football teams being banned after players fight on the field — in fact, we wrote about it yesterday — but here’s a story where parents are the ones to blame.Two Washington youth football teams are finished for t...


October 21, 2014

Latest HS football death totals eight this season

By Coach and Athletic Director staffThe death of a Virginia high school athlete last week marked the eighth football-related fatality this season. That ties last year’s total as the most since 1976.From USA Today:Park View High (Virginia) junio...


October 21, 2014

Pittsburgh HS removes football team from playoffs after fight

Earlier this month, a postgame fight between two Pittsburgh area football teams prompted the school district to cancel the remainder of their regular seasons.Now, one of the schools has gone a step further in removing itself from the playoffs.Perry a...


October 17, 2014

Transfer debate continues in Florida high schools

Florida’s high school transfer laws allow athletes to jump from one school to another without penalty, and some coaches are fed up with it.A recent article at NWFdailynews.com highlighted one football coach in particular who lost nine players t...


October 15, 2014

Sayreville football parent discusses details of ’hazing’ incidents

Last week, we posted news about a New Jersey high school that cancelled its entire football season over hazing allegations. Some questioned why it was necessary to go to such an extreme, but now we may know why.NJ.com posted a story days later sourci...


October 8, 2014

Sayreville football parent discusses details of ’hazing’ incidents

On Tuesday, we posted news about a New Jersey high school that cancelled its entire football season over hazing allegations. Some questioned why it was necessary to go to such an extreme, but now we may know why.NJ.com posted a story Wednesday aftern...


October 7, 2014

N.J. school cancels football team’s season amid hazing allegations

A New Jersey high school has canceled the remainder of its football team’s season amid hazing allegations. Few details have been released, but local news affiliates report that the hazing is “sexual in nature.”Sayreville War Memoria...