Entries for November 2010

30

In anticipation of visiting our son and his wife who both teach in China, my wife and I have been “studying” the country.

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Posted in: Perspective
26

During each October for more than 20 years, we’ve invited attendees at MHSAA Update Meetings across Michigan to register their opinions on proposed changes in MHSAA programs, policies and procedures.

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23

Apparently it was Rufus Miles, an aide to Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, who first said:  “Where you stand depends on where you sit.”

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Posted in: Finance
19

This is not the Big Ten, NBA, NFL, NHL or Major League Baseball, where a small number of contests, participants and officials can be thoroughly scrutinized from a central office every week.

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Posted in: Leadership
16

No sooner did smoking tobacco products become illegal indoors in most settings in this state than the irrepressible tobacco industry found another way to keep us hooked.

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Posted in: Health & Safety
12

It happens two or three times each school year.  A rule is violated and a forfeit occurs, causing a school to be removed from an MHSAA tournament. 

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09

Perhaps you’ve noticed that the MHSAA has an official beverage.  It’s Country Fresh chocolate milk.  This comes at a time when sport and energy drinks are under close scrutiny and growing criticism.

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Posted in: Health & Safety
05

I was listening to a radio sports talk show while driving to a speaking engagement last week.  Several callers wondered why the high school football playoffs are not seeded . . .

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Posted in: Football
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