Bill Utsey

Retired, 45 year resume in high school education: teacher, coach, principal, athletic administrator

[NFHS @NFHS_Org]

Academics and athletics go hand in hand.

How you prepare matters. The same discipline it takes to succeed in sports applies in the classroom and beyond. Accountability, consistency, and effort shape success on and off the field and court.

In education-based athletics, academics come first.

#PlayPerformCompeteTogether #studentathletes #schoolbasedsports

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@awfulannouncing @Zigmanfreud Got that right!!!

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@WinterSportsLaw What a mess!

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@SSN_TexasState @redzone_cfb Got this right! It's not a playoff without ALL 10 conf champs. It's an invitational Tournament without ALL 10!

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@brhstigers @AshleyCWardlaw OORAH!!!

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

Justin, a 9-year-old student, is spending his three-day school suspension working alongside his father after a playground confrontation led to a “zero-tolerance” disciplinary action. The incident began when another student allegedly cornered and attempted to punch Justin, who responded with a single defensive strike that ended the encounter instantly. While school officials suspended the boy for “handling the situation wrong,” his parents are publicly standing by his decision to protect himself, with his mother telling staff their opinion was “wrong” and his father rewarding his honesty and restraint with a steak dinner. The family’s firm stance that they “raise sheepdogs, not sheep” has sparked a massive debate across the region regarding school self-defense policies and the right of a child to stand their ground when threatened. As Justin completes his “work suspension” at home, his story is being shared as a powerful example of parental support for traditional values of self-reliance and the importance of stopping a fight once a threat is eliminated. The community is now rallying behind the family’s message, honoring a young boy who told the truth and refused to be a victim in a situation that has redefined the conversation on school safety and discipline.

[Anna 🇺🇸 @realAnn_29]

Finally a principal who gets it
No lowered bars. Prepare kids for reality. 📖🏫👏👏

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@gregchickphd AND, that's why a budget cap per sport program would be a great idea. You say, "It will never happen." Well, they jumped all over a salary cap for players! Think...what a budget cap would do for equity and parity (what they always bring up!), not to mention frugality in spending.

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@gregchickphd Truth! When you look at the sideline of a P4 school & count upwards of 20 coaches OR at the bench during a basketball game & count more coaches than players on the bench...yeah, I'd call that a spending problem.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

20 years as a varsity coach taught me 10 things about building winners.

#7 is the hardest one for coaches👇

1. Culture is built in the moments you think don’t matter.

2. Your best player sets the standard, or destroys it.

3. Discipline is a form of love.

4. The locker room tells you everything about your real culture.

5. The coach-player relationship is the foundation of everything. Build it first.

6. Players don’t remember plays. They remember how you made them feel.

7. The hardest thing to coach: getting players to want what the team needs more than what they want.

8. It’s not just what you say. It’s how you say it, who you say it to, and when.

9. Getting players to own their role, not just accept it, is rare.

10. The coach who wins long-term builds people, not just players.

20 years. 500+ games.
This is what actually matters. 🏆

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@jwalker_sports Those favoring NO conference champ games are those who favor 24 team CFP. Such a move will diminish the importance of all regular season conference games. Soon there will those who want to abandon conferences in support of single all-in-one conference.

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@p_priggs B1G speaks with forked tongue.

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@NILnotNLI Well stated AND why Alston v NCAA needs to be revisited.

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Well said, well documented

[NIL 𝘯𝘰𝘵 NLI @NILnotNLI]

Why are we in this current NCAA college sports mess?

Today a constitutional and employment lawyer opined that it all goes back to the Alston ruling.

How? The court failed to grasp the most basic truth that a university is not a business:

— ​The court claimed athletes were "exploited" yet overlooked the massive benefits they receive.

— ​The court argued that because schools bring in revenue, players "deserve" more money.

(That sounds like Communism and doesn't happen in any other area of business. We don't give lower-tier employees raises just because a coach or executive makes a high salary)

— ​The now famous line "Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate" is totally flawed because there is no fair market rate in college sports, and athletes simply are not employees.

— ​Equating college athletes to workers will bankrupt the educational system they currently benefit from more than anyone on campus.

​Bottom line:

​The NFL and NBA are private, for-profit corporations and ​universities are non-profit educational institutions.

The ruling was fundamentally flawed.

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@Bill_CFB_Guy Truth

[Fox News @FoxNews]

FULL SPEECH: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas warns of progressivism as a threat to America.

“Progressivism is replacing the core principles of the Declaration of Independence.”

“If you think it’s losing confidence...get up and participate. You don’t sit on the sidelines.”

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@RichfieldRich Must point out Grove City's 21 varsity programs. Assume 75% have a JV team...you're now looking at 35 teams & some 1000 athlete participants, upwards of 500 athletic competitions/year. Why, that's a larger athletic program that almost all colleges, including Pitt & Penn State!

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@brettkarhu Moving past the court cases with age rule is just as easy with 4 to play 5 with redshirt as it is with 5 to play 5. Leave redshirt declaration up to schools (i.e. "for any reason"). Phase in new age limit with incoming freshmen, do NOT give 5 yrs outright, keep the 4 to play 5.

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@ChrisKarpman Simple solution: phase in new age limit with incoming freshmen, do NOT give 5 yrs outright, keep the 4 to play 5 with redshirt standard for all.

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@CoachMeriwether @WinterSportsLaw "...heavy price?" Really? A $50k to $100k scholarship for an extra year. That's good $ in my book, especially for a 22 yr old.