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DECLARE WAR ON CHEATS

TIRED OF PLAYING OPPONENTS WHO KNOWINGLY TEACH UNFAIR OR UNSAFE TACTICS? WHO LAUGH ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS, AND SAY, "SO?" WHEN YOU CONFRONT THEM?

TIME TO TAKE UP THE CUDGEL AGAINST THE SELFISH CHEATS WHO THINK THEY'RE BIGGER THAN OUR GAME. TIME TO GET AFTER THEIR ASSES AND RUN THEM OFF.

EVERY FOOTBALL COACH IN AMERICA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO READ THIS AND SIGN OFF ON IT BEFORE EVERY SEASON. COPY IT AND SAVE IT. HAND A COPY TO A GUY THE NEXT TIME HE CHEATS, AND SEND A COPY TO HIS PRINCIPAL AND AD.

 
HOLD NOTHING BACK. WHEN A GUY ADMITS THAT HE TEACHES ILLEGAL TACTICS, AND SNICKERS THAT "IT'S NOT ILLEGAL IF YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT," EXPOSE HIM FOR THE CHEATER THAT HE IS, AND USE THE AFCA TO BACK UP YOUR ARGUMENT.

 

EXCERPTS FROM THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION CODE OF ETHICS
 
EXCERPTED FROM THE PREAMBLE
 
Coaches unwilling or unable to comply with the principles of the Code of Ethics have no place in the profession.
 
EXCERPTED FROM ARTICLE ONE - RESPONSIBILITIES TO PLAYERS
 
2. In teaching the game of football, the coach must realize that there are certain rules designed to protect the player and provide common standards for determining a winner and a loser. Any attempts to circumvent these rules, to take unfair advantage of an opponent, or to teach deliberate unsportsmanlike conduct, have no place in the game of football, nor has any coach guilty of such teaching any right to call himself a coach.
 
EXCERPTED FROM ARTICLE THREE - RULES OF THE GAME
 
1. The Football Code which appears in the Official Football Rule Book shall be considered an integral part of this Code of Ethics and should be carefully read and observed.
 
2. Each coach should be acquainted thoroughly with the rules of the game. He is responsible for having the rules taught to, interpreted for, and executed by his players.
 
3. Both the letter and the spirit of the rules must be adhered to by the coaches and their players.
 
4. Coaches who seek to gain any advantage by circumvention, disregard, or unwillingness to learn the rules of the game, are unfit for this association. A coach is responsible for the adherence to the rules by all parties directly involved with the team. The integrity of the game rests mainly on the shoulders of the coach; there can be no compromise.
 

When did we begin to tolerate cheating? When did people get the idea that they could openly and brazenly cheat - and then brag about it? In the Old West, there was nothing more despised than a cheat - poker cheats were killed or run out of town. We can't continue to cut these cheating bastards slack, and then condemn executives who think that they can loot corporations and rape shareholders and screw employees and creditors. If we don't have the guts to take on the cheats in a kids' game, what chance do we have as a society? Drive them out of the business. Football has enough enemies on the outside without letting people destroy it from within.