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HS Football coach suspended for moving 1st down marker...

Postby James Foote on Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:01 pm

LOS ANGELES - An assistant high school football coach was suspended for at least a year after he was caught on videotape moving a field marker to help his team win, school officials said.

The videotape shows the coach, Paul Bryan, improperly moving the marker to help San Pedro High School gain a first down on a critical play late in an Oct. 28 game. San Pedro scored on the drive and won the game against Gardena High School, 13-12.

"That was a pretty blatant act," San Pedro High Principal Diana Gelb said Tuesday. "In order to set an example and not be looking over our shoulders next season, it was important to send out a clear message that San Pedro is a place of academic excellence, sportsmanship and ethics."

Bryan, who has coached at the school for 23 years, declined to comment on the disciplinary action. He said last week that he expected a two-game suspension.

The videotape was shot for a rival school that was scouting the game.

Gardena assistant coach William Berry said the punishment was appropriate and "shows people you can't do something and get away with it."


http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/breaking_news/13292647.htm
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Postby Brent Burns on Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:32 pm

Interestingly, CBS Evening News had a brief piece on that including a brief discussion on the "win at all costs" issue.
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Postby Gregg Pathiakis on Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:47 am

Two questions... one, how the heck was a coach able to get close enough to move a marker? Second, how could expect only to get a two-game suspension? That is blatant cheating. I'm surprised they're allowing him back ever.
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Postby Sonny on Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:41 am

I saw the video of that early this morning. It appeared that he was holding the first down marker himself. Why would a coach be on the "chain gang" for a H.S. football game?
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Postby DanGenck on Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:53 am

Athletic Department budget cuts? :lol: :lol:
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Postby Brent Burns on Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:39 am

Sonny wrote:I saw the video of that early this morning. It appeared that he was holding the first down marker himself. Why would a coach be on the "chain gang" for a H.S. football game?


Speaking of the video that I saw on CBS News, it was funny to watch a blurry image of a guy in a white shirt holding the pole and looking down to see what the heck "that guy" was doing with the marker. I could see that guy's head down looking at someone.
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