Iowa DOE: Running extra laps or sprints = corporal punishment

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...nclick_check=1

Des Moines Lincoln High School football coach Tom Mihalovich was recently suspended when it was decided he had violated “school bullying and corporal punishment policies” after he made a sophomore run sprints and laps for saying mean things about the varsity team.

“Good common sense would indicate we’re past using conditioning and running in a punitive manner,” said Mike Dick, Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union executive director. To use conditioning as punishment is “almost vindictive in nature.”
Corporal punishment, defined as physical force or physical contact made with the intent to harm or cause pain, is illegal in Iowa. But the law provides a specific exemption for “reasonable requests or requirements of a student engaged in activities associated with physical education class or extracurricular athletics.”

That “reasonable requests” clause is defined by “fact-specific, context-specific” inquiries, said Thomas Mayes, an attorney for the Iowa Department of Education.

Running or extra conditioning “could be considered corporal punishment under the Code,” Mayes said, “but there is no bright line that can be drawn between what is reasonable and unreasonable. There is a difference between girls’ sports and boys’ sports, between first grade (physical education) and high school P.E. and recreational athletes versus world-class athletes.”

The Cyclones and Hawkeyes will be doormats if they rely on homegrown talent.

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The Des Moines schools’ investigation determined that the Lincoln sophomore football player ran at least 20 hill sprints, completed 20 up-down drills, ran two laps around the practice field and did more hill sprints — all in 25 to 30 minutes. The Lincoln athletic trainer said the student was not given a water break.

meh.

[RayClay]

I was going to mock, but i think the laps should be confined to football related mistakes. If he said something stupid, bench him. It's a fine line, I know, but that seems to be the crux.

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I was going to mock, but i think the laps should be confined to football related mistakes. If he said something stupid, bench him. It's a fine line, I know, but that seems to be the crux.

And infringe on his 1st amendment rights? Oh the lawyers will have a field day!

[Vin Lombardi]

And infringe on his 1st amendment rights? Oh the lawyers will have a field day!

Nvm, can't tell if sarcastic or not.