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ProfessorGAC

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41. After Reading Here...

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:36 PM

Mar 2023

...I must have played for some pretty enlightened coaches for the 60s & 70s.
Baseball, basketball, track; not one coach ever did stuff like denying a drink of water.
Of course, I've heard & read such things but, seeing how normal it was to those in this thread makes my experience perhaps more atypical than I thought.
And, our varsity b-ball coach was a "best conditioned team" nut. He wanted us to be able to keep running when the other team was dragging. But, he never stopped anyone from taking a drink if they were thirsty. Now, he was a health teacher one class each day (history the rest of the time.)
The idea, especially in 2023, that getting to dry & hot is not harmful is idiotic.

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Wrestling coaches said "water is for the weak". College wrestler dies searching for water [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2023 OP

What a fucking dumbass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 #1

That Is Murder, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2023 #2

At a very minimum, negligent/reckless homicide. roamer65 Mar 2023 #4

Agree Rebl2 Mar 2023 #29

agree BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #40

On a fire ant hill full of fire ants UpInArms Mar 2023 #19

Covered in jam and staked to an anthill. Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #43

Water is for the weak... Takket Mar 2023 #3

Thete ate surveliance pics of him pulling on door with all his strength Demovictory9 Mar 2023 #6

With The Appropriate Electrolytes ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #7

Criminally negligent homicide at the very least. wnylib Mar 2023 #37

I Think It Depends On The State ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #38

Maybe manslaughter. wnylib Mar 2023 #45

Maybe ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #46

Shades of hs wrestling jcgoldie Mar 2023 #5

Yep I had a couple friends who wrestled underpants Mar 2023 #13

I guess they proved to be right treestar Mar 2023 #8

Toxic Delphinus Mar 2023 #22

I hope the coaching staff are personally sued. MontanaMama Mar 2023 #9

And incarcerated for reckless endangerment and negligence calimary Mar 2023 #33

I had no idea anyone still did this. underpants Mar 2023 #10

Same here Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #18

I played in the late 60s early 70s. Coaches had the same mindset. rsdsharp Mar 2023 #20

Wrestling has some weak justification because you have to make weight exboyfil Mar 2023 #21

yeah the problem with making weight jcgoldie Mar 2023 #24

I live in Iowa now (moved here after college) exboyfil Mar 2023 #25

I am still SO grateful that our son never went out for sports. calimary Mar 2023 #34

It's not the sports GenThePerservering Mar 2023 #47

Sounds like a studied assessment. calimary Mar 2023 #49

After Reading Here... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #41

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2023 #11

One word - MURDER. Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #12

Coach should be in prison. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #14

Kentucky: University of the Cumberlands Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #15

"They should have been trained on that; they should've recognized that." Silent3 Mar 2023 #16

I think you got it right. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #31

Unconscionable DET Mar 2023 #17

This sadist is now coaching at a public high school exboyfil Mar 2023 #23

his brother died at age 22 BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #42

Yet another example of BDFJs in action! OldBaldy1701E Mar 2023 #26

damn!!! llashram Mar 2023 #27

yeah...here is pic of Brace desperately trying to get to water BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #39

Not even the military -or at least the army, is this deranged ColinC Mar 2023 #28

We can all imagine how the Coach should be punished. flying_wahini Mar 2023 #30

That is so fucked up. I hope they serves prison sentenses. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #32

I have met coaches who did a good job of supporting students. PurgedVoter Mar 2023 #35

What era are these asshole coaches from? 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #36

What strange, sadistic people those coaches were. Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #44

One of our 70s punishments at gym XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #48