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Case: Basketball Team- Similar Case
I coached a high school womens basketball team. Several players on the team were openly lesbians. Throughout the course of four years, more and more players "came out." I heard several rumors that one player, Chelsea, was approaching another player, Sarah, and wanting to "date" her. Sarah was not a lesbian and politely handled the matter by simply saying no. After several no's, Chelsea began punishing Sarah on the basketball court. She would not pass Sarah the ball, set picks for Sarah, and continously complain that Sarah wasn't doing her job. Since Chelsea was the leader of the team and of the lesbian group, the other lesbian players treated Sarah the same. It's not fair to Sarah to allow the other players to treat her this way, but I can't call attention to the lesbians without them thinking I'm discriminating.How do I handle this situation?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
team meeting about discrimination on and off the court and how as a coach you see everything. if chelsea and her peers have been discriminated against they should be understanding but then again they are girls so you might have to take a different approach. Chelsea may be the leader of her team and her peer group but you are her coach as as a coach you have to make decisions for the benefit of the team as a whole. you are the godfather lay down to law saying you wont tolerate it do not specify just say that it has come to your attention. my coach always said "leave your personal life at the door you came here to play so play if your to busy thinking about who your gonna go out with on friday ,why so and so doesn't like you or how much you hate that teacher for assigning you homework your not playing your 100% and if your not giving me at least 100% ill know and you can play from the bench until you are able to leave it at the door" |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: Letting team players know that discrimination is not tolerated is a great thing to do. I would definitely let the team know that if they choose to participate in discrimination or bullying, that there will be consequences though. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2014 1:00 am |
| Rated By: taMaSe |
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Rating
| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
No
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| Comments: I like what you said about leaving your personal life at the door. However, this isn't really a discrimination case. If you were to sit these girls down and talk about how they are discriminating against Sarah because of her sexuality, all hell would break loose and you would make the situation dramatically worse. This NEEDS to be treated like a bullying case because that's what it is. |
| Rated On: October 3, 2016 4:51 pm |
| Rated By: yVuRaR |
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