Entries for October 2016

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At a time when the number of registered officials with the (MHSAA) has sunk to a 30-year low, Barry’s words are a clarion call . . . to consider sports officiating . . .

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Posted in: Officials
25

In schools across this state there are coaches and administrators whose lifetime profession and passion has been school sports.

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Posted in: Leadership
21

One of every seven MHSAA member high schools has an athletic director this year who has not served in that role for at least the past five years. 

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Posted in: Leadership
18
I listened to my gut which, long before my head, knew something was not right. 

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Posted in: Perspective
14
Those who love and lead high school football in Michigan may be looking through the wrong end of the microscope.

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Posted in: Football
11
No one is recruiting tuba players from one school to another. Debaters are not often subject to undue influence.

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Opponents see national events as symptomatic of the "select the best and forget the rest" virus that is infecting much of youth sports that is neither school-sponsored nor student-centered.

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04
Somewhere I heard a speaker say: “The most exciting thing in life is to be shot at . . . and missed.”

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From the Director

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