Ashtabula, OH Sports Editor arrested

BurnsWhenIPee · Aug 19, 2014

kimronspringle said:

This is so typical of journalists. A guy is arrested on charges of "sexual imposition" (whatever the hell that is criminal justice code for) and the bulk of the posters are wondering about the ethical implications of being a coach and a sports journalist.

I get that it does not sound kosher in any way, but there is a much more relevant and bigger issue to discuss here.

Thank you and I'll show myself out.
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Read the story, and you'll see it's a legal term for "misconduct causing someone to have sex unwillingly."

If the much more relevant and bigger issue to discuss is whether that is a good thing to do or a bad thing to do, you can put me in the bad thing to do camp.

Walter Lippmann · Aug 19, 2014

The former SE of the Dickinson, N.D., paper who was accused of human trafficking was arrested last month for violating conditions of his supervised release.

http://www.kxnet.com/story/25930367/former-sports-editor-arrested-for-violating-conditions-of-his-release

Have met a few perverts in the business who are infatuated with young girls. Most are guys who appear to have never gotten past first base.

DeskMonkey1 · Aug 19, 2014

Did he threaten to cost the player a scholarship?

Tarheel316 · Aug 19, 2014

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Starman said:

Calvin Hobbes said:

There were complaints. It's a conflict of interest. ... I know I wouldn't have time to coach, even if I wanted to do it. Maybe if I never slept and delegated everything at the office. That would probably foster great relationships with the staff.

And as you mentioned, that's without even addressing the other allegations.
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Coaching a varsity (or for that matter, a JV) team would cause the coach-SE to be out of the office frequently when all the other varsity teams in the area were playing too.

So in addition to allegations of treatment bias, there would be allegations of coverage bias too. Even if the coach-SE overscheduled other staffers to compensate for his own absence. 17,500-circulation dailies do not have large staffs, and if it was established the SE was never available to cover prep softball, it would be hard to prove that would not result in coverage inequities.

It's just not a situation I can really see turning out well.
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Uh ... It didn't.

I imagine he made time to make it work. if I was cruising the high schools and junior highs for potential marks, I'd make it work too.
I can't imagine an employer would allow and SE to do this - for a number of reasons, but whatever.
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I know an SE who is also a JV baseball coach. Don't know how he even finds time do it.

Moderator1 · Aug 19, 2014

kimronspringle said:

This is so typical of journalists. A guy is arrested on charges of "sexual imposition" (whatever the hell that is criminal justice code for) and the bulk of the posters are wondering about the ethical implications of being a coach and a sports journalist.

I get that it does not sound kosher in any way, but there is a much more relevant and bigger issue to discuss here.

Thank you and I'll show myself out.
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It's called an aside. I don't think any of us are of the opinion the alleged crimes aren't awful and THE story. It just struck me as odd that someone working as an SE was also a head coach of a sport - I presume in his coverage area.

I am curious about the details of the crime. I suspect it is lock you away a long time deal?

KYSportsWriter · Aug 19, 2014

I applied for an opening at this paper about five years ago. It went to another poster on here. I don't remember if this guy was the same person I dealt with then, but I'm glad -- in a weird way -- that I didn't get the job.

Starman · Aug 19, 2014

kimronspringle said:

This is so typical of journalists. A guy is arrested on charges of "sexual imposition" (whatever the hell that is criminal justice code for) and the bulk of the posters are wondering about the ethical implications of being a coach and a sports journalist.

I get that it does not sound kosher in any way, but there is a much more relevant and bigger issue to discuss here.

Thank you and I'll show myself out.
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Sexual imposition / misconduct / assault is bad. Very very bad. Anyone involved should be punished to the extent of the law. OK?

Moderator1 · Aug 19, 2014

It's not getting any better

http://www.starbeacon.com/news/article_28e5c90c-27f0-11e4-a9d4-001a4bcf887a.html

BDC99 · Aug 19, 2014

This scumbag deserves everything that's coming to him.

old_tony · Aug 19, 2014

It's starting to look as if "tryouts" were really just his trolling pond.

Bob Cook · Aug 20, 2014

Moderator1 said:

kimronspringle said:

This is so typical of journalists. A guy is arrested on charges of "sexual imposition" (whatever the hell that is criminal justice code for) and the bulk of the posters are wondering about the ethical implications of being a coach and a sports journalist.

I get that it does not sound kosher in any way, but there is a much more relevant and bigger issue to discuss here.

Thank you and I'll show myself out.
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It's called an aside. I don't think any of us are of the opinion the alleged crimes aren't awful and THE story. It just struck me as odd that someone working as an SE was also a head coach of a sport - I presume in his coverage area.

I am curious about the details of the crime. I suspect it is lock you away a long time deal?
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On the aside, for what it's worth, Bob Kravitz is goaltender coach for the reigning Indiana 3A hockey champs.

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/kravitz/2014/03/08/bob-kravitz-after-helping-coach-zionsville-to-3a-hockey-title-you-will-never-forget-this-day/6214639/

As for the SE, this stuff seems to happen fairly often. The problem with background checks is that if you've never been convicted for anything (or even arrested), this doesn't show up, which is how these coaches can get away (for a while) with it.

Moderator1 · Aug 20, 2014

One of the updates today indicated the offenses were 15 or so years old. Makes me wonder how many more are going to surface the way they have with some other similar offenders. Hard to imagine he just quit?

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