Utah coach suspends entire football team

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(FOX NEWS) - A Utah high school football coach, fed up with his players' off-the-field behavior, suspended all 80 members of the team and made them help out in the community instead of practice.

Matt Labrum, football coach at Union High School, in Roosevelt, said problems ranging from cutting class to cyberbullying prompted his extreme response,

Comments

[xayeidemon]

LOL, he'd never be able to get away with this in Georgia. Football is second only to church around here. Mess with football at your own peril.

[oceandezignz]

In Texas and Ohio the coach would be hung within the hour. But HELL this was amazing. This is what a coach ought to do, force their teams to be better as an all around human, not just some star on the field.

[tsu_]

this guy has his priorities right

[electric_mole_x]

In a culture that often gives sports players a free pass, it is excellent that someone is finally teaching young kids who may buy into that invincible sports facade some accountability.

[sio]

GOOD for this coach! about time someone did this. too many sports players get away with shit in school.