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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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>TEEN GETS NINE MONTH SENTENCE FOR HAZING
A tearful 17-year-old, Jerek Padilla, was sentenced to nine months in juvenile jail, followed by three months of parole for his part in a football team hazing and rape. Several members of the Robertson High School, NM football team, including Padilla, used broomsticks to sodomize their teammates at the team's training camp in Gallinas Canyon, NM.

> NCAA STUDY FINDS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN COACHES' SALARIES AND PROGRAMS WINNING
A four-year study by the NCAA has found that football and basketball programs can improve their winning percentages by spending extra-millions on "recruiting, equipment and other game-day expenses."

> SCHOOL NURSE SAVES A LIFE, BUT LOSES HER OWN Students at Santa Clara High School, CA raced up to Eileen Bowden, the school nurse, saying that John Rahbar, the softball coach had collapsed. Bowden and a colleague took turns administering CPR to Rahbar, who was suffering a heart attack, while another colleague called 911. Bowden later "collapsed and died after successfully performing CPR on a heart attack victim."

> T-BALL COACH GETS ONE TO SIX YEARS FOR BEANING
Mark Downs, Jr., a youth league baseball coach, was sentenced to a prison term of one to six years for conduct the judge called "outrageous and extremely reprehensible." Downs promised $25 to one of his best players to throw a baseball at the head of an 11-year-old autistic and slightly retarded teammate in an effort to keep the boy out of the game.

> FOGGY GOGGLES LEAD TO SERIOUS PAINTBALL INJURY
Jason Berry was playing paintball at a friend's house. The friend, Joseph Dvorak, hosted the game and provided everyone who played with safety goggles. Berry "lifted his goggles and face mask because they fogged over" and was accidently hit in the eye with a paintball shot by Joseph Dvorak.