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Case: Basketball Team
When the high school principal first offered me the job, he said that my main role would be coaching the basketball team. He told me that his school's basketball team had not been doing well, and this year was the first year in a long time that the team has a collection of very good players. He said multiple times that he wanted championship at least at the county level. I had coached basketball teams before and enjoyed many championships. My first meeting went very well with the players; it was a nice group of students from variety of backgrounds. Players worked very hard in the practice meetings. Two weeks before the matches began the team players found out that one of their teammates, David, was gay. They immediately started isolating David in the practice games. The team sent a representative to tell me that they did not want David in the team and that if he is not removed, they would sabotage the games. David was one of my best players, and without him it would be very difficult to win the championship. Plus, I thought it was unfair to David that he would have to leave the team because he was gay. I did not have a problem with him being gay. Things got more complicated for me when the principal asked me to remove David from the team. I disagree with the principal, but I do not know what to do. Please offer a solution with a justification.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
You as the basketball coach have an obligation to your students. There is no way you can tell Dave to drop from the team. I have two options of how you can possibly go about this situation. The first option is to let the players see how they would do without Dave. Make them see that it's impossible for them to win a game without his skills. You can also show the team other teams in the NBA that have gay players on them. Just because Dave is gay doesn't mean anything, he still has the right to play and if they cant get over it then you will call off all the games until they learn to work together. The second option is to quit as the basketball coach. If the players and principle cant accept Dave for who he is then you can no longer accept the title as the basketball coach. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: i agree with showing other professional teams with gay members to show there should be no discrimination. |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 1:15 am |
| Rated By: Christie Gerlach |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: I like your idea of telling the member of the team that there are many successful gay basketball players. |
| Rated On: October 3, 2016 5:45 pm |
| Rated By: yVuRaR |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: this is amazing! being gay is not a crime. |
| Rated On: March 2, 2017 11:38 pm |
| Rated By: Travis Cannon |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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Yes
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| Comments: I like this solution |
| Rated On: March 4, 2017 4:04 pm |
| Rated By: eqeJaQ |
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| 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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| Rated On: October 8, 2017 9:38 pm |
| Rated By: Nick |
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| 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 |
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| Comments: Great response. There is no way I would remove David from the team. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2017 1:17 am |
| Rated By: eHuPas |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| Comments: I don't think showing the other students that they cannot win without Dave is a good option. This is teaching them that someone is more valuable if they are good at the sport. Even if Dave was an awful basketball player, he deserves respect and cannot be kicked off the team because of his sexual orientation. I think you could confuse the other students by trying to teach them that Dave is valuable because he is good at basketball. Dave is valuable because he is a human being. |
| Rated On: February 25, 2018 6:42 pm |
| Rated By: eguPud |
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