You may or may not have seen the story this week where a Little League coach is suing one of his previous players for $500K, but if you did you may have thought it was a story from The Onion. Whatever you thought was the origin of the story, it's the type of story that those who are for tort reform use as an example of why tort reform is needed.
Those of us who think tort reform is just another way of stacking the deck for corporation and against John Q. Public cringe over a story like this. The reason are many, but primary among them is the attention they draw to their absurdity. I hope sanity prevails and the case is thrown out, but in the mean time it serves as fodder for the pro tort reform coalition.
I coached Pop Warner Football for five years and officiated high school wrestling for two years and never during that time would it have occurred to me to try to sue one of my players for any injury I may have suffered. That includes and intentional malicious act by a player. (During a flag football game which we were engaged during a postponed practice due to rain.) One of my players threw dirt in my face as a way to distract me. I used the opportunity as a coaching moment, not as chance to line my pockets. This player had been one of my smartass kids, from that point on I had his focused attention. No more horsing around during practice, his level of respect for all the coaches went up.
Coaching or officiating brings you close to the action on an athletic field, with that proximity brings the possibility of injury. We've all seen the videos of coaches and others being wiped out during football games. Or how about the cheerleader having one or more basketball player(s) land in their lap during a game. It's a risk you take to be near or part of the action. And some of the time you may even have signed a release.
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1) If you comment you have to recommend all comments. (in order to receive mojo you have to give mojo. It's only good mojo manners.)
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A. At least 300 different commenters and 1000 comments by 1:30 PM EST and 1500 by 5:00 PM EST Friday Night that it's posted.
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H. Overload the servers with recommends, not to mention dominate Top Comments Mojo list. (we do tend to mess with the site with all of our recommends at one time)(also, to dominate the Top Comments Top Mojo we need at least 50 comments with over 200 recommends, see guideline B)
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MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
For those of you new to MF (Mojo Friday) we have our own lingo about a few things. Thank's to MF'er Jez (the link will explain) go to this diary for a little more fun and explanation. Official Mojo Friday Snecktionary.