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"From the Gym to the Jury" is a Bi-Monthy On-Line Newsletter designed to protect your sports programs (and yourself) from costly injuries, liability and lawsuits. This newsletter is a nationally acclaimed source for legal trends and risk management strategies for universities and sports programs.

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Here are just a few of the articles that you are missing in the latest Issue issue of FROM THE GYM TO THE JURY

> FIRED WRESLING COACH SUES FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
Gerry Marszalek was fired by Dearborn Fordson High School in Michigan after allegations were made that one of his volunteer coaches had "converted one of the team members to Christianity and baptized him."

> JUDGE'S RULING SURPRISES ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Arkansas Athletic Association (AAA) had declared a Lamar High School player ineligible because he transferred from another school district. As a result, the AAA bared Lamar from the state 3A football playoffs. The issue landed in court, where Circuit Court Judge Gordon W. "Mack" McCain ruled that Lamar should not be kept out of the state 3A football playoffs.

> PLAYER WITHOUT HAND SEEKS POSITION ON BASKETBALL TEAM
Kevin Lane, a 6-11, 230 pound center is an inspiration to many athletes with disabilities. Missing his left hand and arm below the elbow since birth, Lane, a freshman, wants to succeed both on and off the court as he seeks a place on the Manhattan College team.

> UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CHEERLEADER SUFFERS CONCUSSION
Katelynn Johnson, an Oregon University cheerleader, suffered a concussion when she was hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the stands after Oregon's double overtime football victory against the University of Arizona.

> ANOTHER "WINNING" FOOTBALL COACH FIRED OVER ALLEGED PHYSICAL ABUSE
The University of South Florida's football coach, Jim Leavitt, with an overall record of 95-57 and the only coach South Florida has had since it started football, was fired after an internal investigation regarding a complaint of alleged physical abuse on a player.

> REFEREE ASSULTED: NO ONE CHARGED
As a member of a losing football team was leaving the field, he swung his helmet at the head of a referee. The official's nose, jaw and every other bone in his face were broken. As the official lay bleeding on the field, no one on the team that was responsible for the injury would hand over a cell phone so 911 could be called. A doctor who later treated the referee said that "he was lucky that he was not killed."