Bridgewater suspended from HS coaching

[TBBills Fan]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/teddy-bridgewater-has-been-suspended-from-his-high-school-coaching-position

 

Edit-here is so e basic info on the a school Bridgewater works at 

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/florida/districts/miami-dade-county-public-schools/miami-northwestern-senior-high-school-4846

 

Maybe I am not seeing the big picture, but what is the problem with him spending money on his team in HS?

 

He is coaching at a school where its traditionally low income. He is probably making a real difference there. Let him do his thing 

Edited 4 hours ago by TBBills Fan

[Saint Doug]

My guess here is you have an adult giving money to unrelated minors. While this was probably done in good faith, I can see how this could be viewed as problematic. 

[Low Positive]

Other coaches probably turned him in because he was winning. If the innercity schools start retaining their local players and winning, Catholic, Christian, and other private schools won't be able to recruit their players away with "academic" scholarships. So they are putting him in his place. 

[stuvian]

the modern equivalent of jaywalking

[Buffalo716]

41 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Other coaches probably turned him in because he was winning. If the innercity schools start retaining their local players and winning, Catholic, Christian, and other private schools won't be able to recruit their players away with "academic" scholarships. So they are putting him in his place. 

The best football team in the City of Buffalo and western New York is Bennett from the hood 

 

They're putting out multiple D1 players every year and would smoke 98% of public or private teams in New York state 

 

They have had an unreal 5-year run

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Buffalo716

[SoTier]

47 minutes ago, Saint Doug said:

My guess here is you have an adult giving money to unrelated minors. While this was probably done in good faith, I can see how this could be viewed as problematic. 

 

Bridgewater paid for transportation, pre-game meals, and "recovery services", which I think might be for things like physical therapy.  That's certainly not "giving money to unrelated minors".   Tens of thousands of teachers in schools in poor areas across the country frequently use their own money to help out their students who otherwise would lack supplies, lunches, etc.  Should they be suspended, too?

 

My guess is that Bridgewater is the victim of his success.

Edited 4 hours ago by SoTier

[MJS]

4 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Bridgewater paid for transportation, pre-game meals, and "recovery services", which I think might be for things like physical therapy.  That's certainly not "giving money to unrelated minors".   Tens of thousands of teachers in schools in poor areas across the country frequently use their own money to help out their students who otherwise would lack supplies, lunches, etc.  Should they be suspended, too?

 

My guess is that Bridgewater is the victim of his success.

 

50 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Other coaches probably turned him in because he was winning. If the innercity schools start retaining their local players and winning, Catholic, Christian, and other private schools won't be able to recruit their players away with "academic" scholarships. So they are putting him in his place. 

Why does everything have to be a conspiracy? Maybe he just broke the rules and got suspended for it.

[JJGauna]

It’s true that no good deed goes unpunished.

[Buffalo716]

11 minutes ago, MJS said:

 

Why does everything have to be a conspiracy? Maybe he just broke the rules and got suspended for it.

Yeah I mean I'm sure everything was in good taste 

 

But there are guidelines in place for high school sports and everything he did probably had to go through the boosters 

 

Booster clubs can fund the purchase of new equipment for the entire team, cover pre-game meals, travel expenses, and other miscellaneous costs incurred by student athletes and coaches

 

If he just did this through the school's booster it would have been good but him trying to get donations outside of it definitely is what got him suspended

 

Not only did he use his own money he tried getting donations outside of the boosters

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[Saint Doug]

8 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Bridgewater paid for transportation, pre-game meals, and "recovery services", which I think might be for things like physical therapy.  That's certainly not "giving money to unrelated minors".   Tens of thousands of teachers in schools in poor areas across the country frequently use their own money to help out their students who otherwise would lack supplies, lunches, etc.  Should they be suspended, too?

 

My guess is that Bridgewater is the victim of his success.

“Hey Coach Teddy, can you give me some money to go get some  _____ or meet up with _____?”

 

”Sure, I’ll call an Uber.”

 

Teacher often buy school supplies for needy students. These supplies are not earmarked for certain individuals. If so, it is done above board and through official channels. And these supplies are directly needed for the curriculum. What were the Uber rides for? Where did these students go? What does it have to do with the team? You can see how this would raise questions. 

 

Again, I’m not saying these were not done in good faith. But, and it seems like the school district agreed, there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. Adults unofficially funneling money or services to a minors is a great way to get in trouble. 

[Buffalo716]

23 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Bridgewater paid for transportation, pre-game meals, and "recovery services", which I think might be for things like physical therapy.  That's certainly not "giving money to unrelated minors".   Tens of thousands of teachers in schools in poor areas across the country frequently use their own money to help out their students who otherwise would lack supplies, lunches, etc.  Should they be suspended, too?

 

My guess is that Bridgewater is the victim of his success.

For a public high school football team 

 

All of those things need to come through the boosters..  Bridgewater could have set up a better booster club and fed all that through this 

 

And it would be 100% legal 

 

The fact he circumnavigated the boosters is why he got in trouble

Edited 4 hours ago by Buffalo716

[SinceThe70s]

27 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

The best football team in the City of Buffalo and western New York is Bennett from the hood 

 

They're putting out multiple D1 players every year and would smoke 98% of public or private teams in New York state 

 

They have had an unreal 5-year run

 

 

Perhaps I'm missing the obvious connection but how does the Bennett situation that you describe relate to Bridgewater.

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Perhaps I'm missing the obvious connection but how does the Bennett situation that you describe relate to Bridgewater.

Because the person I quoted said that since Bridgewater was doing this at an inner city school that he must have been turned in by private and Catholic schools with more money to mess up his program 

 

My rebuttal was the best program in Buffalo is an inner-city program that canisius can't take the prospects away

 

I don't think this is because he's at an inner city school.. if he did this at a Catholic school he would still be suspended

Edited 4 hours ago by Buffalo716

[Rocky Landing]

My assumption is that it's a district policy in that system. There's a similar policy in place where my wife teaches, and my kids go to school-- sports programs have to stay within their district budgets. It's aimed at keeping the schools in wealthier areas from buying an unfair advantage. 

[TBBills Fan]

36 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Bridgewater paid for transportation, pre-game meals, and "recovery services", which I think might be for things like physical therapy.  That's certainly not "giving money to unrelated minors".   Tens of thousands of teachers in schools in poor areas across the country frequently use their own money to help out their students who otherwise would lack supplies, lunches, etc.  Should they be suspended, too?

 

My guess is that Bridgewater is the victim of his success.

Exactly. Seems that way.  It's a shame, as I'm sure the kids lose, which is sad since people involved in education are the ones crying foul most likely 

Edited 4 hours ago by TBBills Fan

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

Because the person I quoted said that since Bridgewater was doing this at an inner city school that he must have been turned in by private and Catholic schools with more money to mess up his program 

 

My rebuttal was the best program in Buffalo is an inner-city program that canisius can't take the prospects away

 

I don't think this is because he's at an inner city school.. if he did this at a Catholic school he would still be suspended

WNY doesn't count in HS football. I really had no idea how big it could be until I moved to Ohio. A St. X game on Friday night gets more fans than a UB game on Saturday. And even that's nothing compared to Texas and Florida. And the Catholic schools here recruit. Every good 8th grade player in a public school that is not Wyoming or Colerain will end up at St. X, LaSalle, Elder, or Moeller with an "academic scholarship." Alumni demand wins and will pay for them. 

[TBBills Fan]

31 minutes ago, MJS said:

 

Why does everything have to be a conspiracy? Maybe he just broke the rules and got suspended for it.

Not a conspiracy. Just what life really is like...

[Buffalo716]

6 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

WNY doesn't count in HS football. I really had no idea how big it could be until I moved to Ohio. A St. X game on Friday night gets more fans than a UB game on Saturday. And even that's nothing compared to Texas and Florida. And the Catholic schools here recruit. Every good 8th grade player in a public school that is not Wyoming or Colerain will end up at St. X, LaSalle, Elder, or Moeller with an "academic scholarship." Alumni demand wins and will pay for them. 

I get what you're saying but guess what the Catholic schools in Western New York recruit also 

 

We're not Delaware lol

 

Might not have teams with 20 division one football players like Texas 

 

But there is football talent and we send a lot of kids FBS and FCS

 

And you have a little hyperbole saint Xavier's holds like 10,000... I've had season tickets at UB for 26 years and they absolutely bring 15 20,000

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[Rocky Landing]

2 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

Exactly. Seems that way.  It's a shame, as I'm sure the kids lose, which is sad since people involved in education are the ones crying fowlost likely 

I get it, though. The article references "placating the rules are rules crowd..." but i'm going to assume that the school that Bridgewater coaches at isn't the only poor school in that league. From the other (potentially poor) school's perspectives, competing against another school that has an NFL QB as its coach is bad enough, but to have that coach dumping money into its program in a way that violates the rules for fair competition is a bridge too far. (sorry for the pun...)

[MJS]

1 minute ago, Rocky Landing said:

I get it, though. The article references "placating the rules are rules crowd..." but i'm going to assume that the school that Bridgewater coaches at isn't the only poor school in that league. From the other (potentially poor) school's perspectives, competing against another school that has an NFL QB as its coach is bad enough, but to have that coach dumping money into its program in a way that violates the rules for fair competition is a bridge too far. (sorry for the pun...)

Plus, he was probably doing more than he publicly admitted to.