Raah-Rah: A Case Study

I believe that their should stricter rules on how coaches treat their players. There have been many issues on how coaches treat their players like when coaches yell at their players they may cuss at them instead of explaining to them. When coaches need to talk to one of their players they yank them and pull them and that isn’t really needed.

The following practices were disastrous, some of the team did not even bother to show up. Coach quickly got fed up with the no show teammates. When we would scrimmage with the other teams we would always lose. This led to team arguments and lack of teamwork. Coach finally said that he had had enough with the team and stated he had coached our team voluntarily. That day

Even though they were very much adjusted to one another and got along so well when they got back home, nothing had changed. When they saw white teammates talking to black teammates everyone starred and no one understood. Coach Boon was not surprised to see how people were acting but he was shocked to find out that when the school gave him the head-coaching job it was because they had to and if he lost a game then he was fired. The people who hired him said that they didn’t even think that he would have made it out of camp.

Many everyday encounters can test our values. In sports conflict is expected, and as skill level increases conflict becomes more prominent. This is even more evident to coaches, as they experience conflict from players, referees, and parents. In my experience, coaching many times I must hold back what I want to say and walk away. One specific encounter with two parents tested my values of respect, positivity, and self-worth. In this experience, two parents confronted me after a game about the substitutions going on on the field, as I was a youth coach learning how to run the bench I was appalled at this statement. In this instance, I related to the barber contemplating what to do, “ What do you gain by it? Nothing.” (pg.15A) I also connected with the idea of upholding a reputation, as I would not want to be viewed as anything less than a great coach, “Murderer or hero?” (pg.15C) My values of respect and positivity helped me walk away from this situation, which further revealed how my character is centered around integrity.

As schools began to engage in intercollegiate sports at the turn of the century, Southern schools unofficially required that the opposing team bench any of their players if they were colored. If the team declined to do so, it was common place for the southern school to not field a team. Martin explains that Southern universities would rarely know the lineup of their competitors in the earlier years of football, so these decisions were often made upon arrival. More likely than not, when a southern school forfeited a match it would lay blame to the opposing team for not respecting its long standing traditions and sensibilities. (18,

As Christmas break approached, the team faced what was going to be our biggest challenge of all. Due to his new job, our coach now took the title of “assistant” and we were given a new head coach. The coaches were, and are, good friends, but have totally different coaching styles. The first was laid back and carefree with a great sense of humor, which made him well liked by everyone he coached. The new coach had a reputation for being arrogant, strict, and having a no-tolerance policy when it comes to joking around. Because of this perspective some girls held of our new coach, many were upset with the change. After we attended a tournament over the break, however, the girls realized that they had been wrong about the coach and he was just what we needed to help us achieve our goal.

Michael was laying on the ground because he was tackled but after the referee blew the whistle, a member from the other team kicked Michael in the head. Michael did nothing to react in a threatening way, he just continued laying on the ground. His couch asked the referee why the other team did not get a penalty for kicking Michael. The referee then waved his yellow rag and called “un-sportsman like conduct” for Michael team, despite the fact that they did not do anything wrong. Another example of discrimination towards Michael on the field was when he was blocking a player on the other team. Michael did not execute any foul plays, yet the referee’s called out his team. The coach asked the referee what they did wrong and they responded by saying, “I don’t know… excessive blocking.” The referee’s obviously did not have a significant reason for blowing their whistles and they likely would not have mentioned it if Michael was white.

Just before the state semi-finals, a member of the school board tells coach Yoast that he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame after the Titans lose their game. Coach Boone was threatened to be fired if the team lost a single game because he was an African American head coach in a white society. The game was being officiated in the opposing teams favor. Coach Yoast went up to an official and threatened to tell the press of the scam they were trying to run. After the Titans came out victorious, Yoast lost his spot in the Hall of Fame. Although that was his dream, he didn’t want to be inducted that way. He’d rather not be inducted than let his team down.

Sometime in June of 2016, the FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation) wrote a two page letter to the Dunmore School District about Coach Jack Henzes leading the football team in prayer before all of their games. On November 02, 2016, the superintendent, John Marichak, told Eyewitness News that, “The law is cut and dry. We talked to all our coaches. We wanted them to understand what types of behaviors are acceptable and which ones are infringing on the law." Former dunmore football player, Sam Malia stated, “We've been doing this for 30-40 years and all of a sudden it's an issue?" In the end, Henzes was not able to pray on the field with his team, because it violated the first amendment, according to the FFRF, but is that really the true, does

Respecting everyone’s personal belief, 2. Allow those who practice a certain religion to be able to express their beliefs at a specific time, 3. Show their religion on and off the field. Some players will point to the sky, which can be a representation of thanking God, some players will gather after a game to say a quick prayer, and most teams have a chaplain who will pray over the team, or give a short sermon before the game. You must respect everyone’s decision to follow different religions, or to not even follow a religion, especially for a coaching position when parents, and even the school board is watching your every

“That nigger is spitting on our floors, get his ass out of here!” were the harsh words that onlookers shouted from the stands to the players and game officials. I cannot believe that people can be so mean to other people simply based on their skin color. Anyway, Martinsville high school was punished and sporting events were banned at the high school for the next year ("Showing Martinsville in Indiana,”1997-2010).

The main point of the story of Rahab is that God rewards people, regardless of their station or past sins, who put their faith in Him.

Joe Kennedy, a assistant head coach at Bremerton High, has recently stirred up some commotion due to his prayers after football games. Personally, I believe that Mr.Kennedy's speechs have no wrongdoing in them. He has insisted that his prayers are not for attention or to preach the word of the lord. But to unify the players after the games and make them forget about each other's mistakes. As Bremerton captain Ethan hacker states, " What he does brings us all together no matter how much we dip use each other. In the NFL you see all the time on live Tv, players praying after and before games. You don't see any of the fans or coaches or owners criticize them for doing so. So why aren't these young men aloud to? It is there constitutional right

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