The Case of the National Spotlight
Your men's soccer team has had quite a season . While they came into the season ranked #9 nationally, they won some close games and moved up to #2 with only one loss on the season . Going into the last weekend, four days before they were supposed to leave for the national tournament, a lot of the team decided to go to a party . The party was at an off-campus house and the hosts made sure that alcohol was in no short supply .Things quickly got out of hand and in the end, the police were called to break up the party .
Details are pretty fuzzy, but in the end, 43 students were cited for underage drinking, nine students went to the hospital because of alcohol poisoning, and one student died from injuries sustained while falling off of a balcony . He was too drunk to catch his balance once he started to fall .
When interviewed by the media, the soccer coach insisted that his players who were there are good boys that made a bad choice . When asked if he would cancel the trip to the National tournament, the coach responded by saying, "Are you crazy? We earned that trip and we're not gonna let this stop us from our goals ." While the coach would later admit the timing of the statement was unfortunate, his comments have nonetheless led to a media frenzy focused on entitled student athletes who are "Above the Law ."
The Board of Trustees has convened an emergency meeting to discuss what should be done because this is the fourth major house party of the fall where the police needed to be called . At the time of the meeting, the team was only a day away from leaving for the tournament and it still wasn't clear how many soccer players were involved and to what extent they were involved with the party . The Board has asked you to give them a recommendation of what should be done .
> If you were President, what would you say should be done?
If I was the president I would have a meeting with the soccer team and discuss with them the dangers of drinking too much, or even drinking at all. I would then tell them that they are lucky they still get to even play in this tournament. I would maybe think about some consequences if this happens in the future again.
ReplyDeleteIf I was the president, I would not let them go. If they didn't get caught then no one would of knew but because they got caught I think they need to be punished. I know if you are in high school and you get caught drinking you can't play the game. Everyone makes bad decisions at some point but some make worse decisions than others. I think I would let the team go but the ones caught doing bad should be punished and not allowed to play.
ReplyDeleteIf i was the leader i would bring them all in have a long meeting about the drinking and if they didnt want to listen i would make them run until they puke the beer back out so anyway if they listen i would tell them to never do it again and get ready for a game
ReplyDeleteI think that I would probably talk to all of them and them and then talk to the team members individually. I believe that I would probably not let any of the team members go to nationals. I would probably talk to them and tell them that they are not going to go because of what they had done even though it may have been a one time thing.
ReplyDeleteThey are drunk they don't deserve it. Jail will sober their minds and teach them a lesson. Also that freaking hostess should go to jail too. What the heck who brings alcohol to minors. Soccer practice should be long for those who were not convicted and still drank.
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