2008 Woodie Awards
New probation rule for athletes
Students who have not paid their debt to society do not get to play
McLorin, Shanae
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: News
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The rule plays a major role in stopping students from participating in sports because of their risky off campus activity, but it also prohibits coaches from being as competitive as they usually are.
There are already rules to stop coaches from traveling outside of their district to recruit players, but this rule also stops coaches from just recruiting anybody just for the sake of winning.
"I think it's another rule that they have put in place without thinking about how to enforce it. The rule is fine and I understand the reason for it but they need to think these things out further.
We do not even have enough money to run our program, but now we have to find the time, energy and man power to check on kids and figure out if they are telling the truth or not about whether they have been convicted of a felony..." says coach of the Gladiator football linebackers, Jeff Drouin.
The athletics department is struggling to keep its head above the water to maintain the department as a whole. Some believe that the rule should apply to four-year colleges due to the fact that the majority of the student athletes at colleges such as those have the opportunity to get scholarships worth thousands of dollars just to play on their teams.
Chabot College does not give out scholarships to student athletes in order for them to participate in school activities.
For a student to be considered an athlete at a junior college, they have to pay to play. Students do not have the opportunity to get the extra perks awarded to student athletes such as the ones available at four year colleges.
"The whole point of this legislation is to make people emphasize the fact that athletics and extra-curricular activities are not a right just like driving a car. People think it is a right but it's not," said Athletics Director and track and field coach, Steve DaPrato.
"The legislation is there to protect the welfare of others, if someone has committed a violent crime, they have to pay their debt to society before they can get certain privileges. Everyone gets a second chance, they are just trying to make it a little harder ..."
There are already rules to stop coaches from traveling outside of their district to recruit players, but this rule also stops coaches from just recruiting anybody just for the sake of winning.
"I think it's another rule that they have put in place without thinking about how to enforce it. The rule is fine and I understand the reason for it but they need to think these things out further.
We do not even have enough money to run our program, but now we have to find the time, energy and man power to check on kids and figure out if they are telling the truth or not about whether they have been convicted of a felony..." says coach of the Gladiator football linebackers, Jeff Drouin.
The athletics department is struggling to keep its head above the water to maintain the department as a whole. Some believe that the rule should apply to four-year colleges due to the fact that the majority of the student athletes at colleges such as those have the opportunity to get scholarships worth thousands of dollars just to play on their teams.
Chabot College does not give out scholarships to student athletes in order for them to participate in school activities.
For a student to be considered an athlete at a junior college, they have to pay to play. Students do not have the opportunity to get the extra perks awarded to student athletes such as the ones available at four year colleges.
"The whole point of this legislation is to make people emphasize the fact that athletics and extra-curricular activities are not a right just like driving a car. People think it is a right but it's not," said Athletics Director and track and field coach, Steve DaPrato.
"The legislation is there to protect the welfare of others, if someone has committed a violent crime, they have to pay their debt to society before they can get certain privileges. Everyone gets a second chance, they are just trying to make it a little harder ..."
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