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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.[/quote]

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it[/quote]

You mean if there wasn't any video.  The charges had nothing to do with it.  They weren't filed by the police. [/quote]

Don't tell me what I mean. The incident became national news because charges were filed. There are fights on football fields all season and no one is fired but the national spotlight came when it turned into a legal case and that was 100% the fault of the AD. [/quote]

Because there was video. National news doesn't care if one AD files charges against a coach.  But they love video of a fight. Video will get the coverage every time. [/quote]

FYI there’s video of every football game thanks to the paid for streaming service MCPS contracts with. Same for high school basketball games.  There have been videos of other fights at MCPS athletics events including the brawl at a Churchill basketball game last year. The scope of arrests at the Gaithersburg football game led to the national media coverage.

MCPS athletics has propaganda and the “We RAISE” slogan but very little has been done to screen and train coaches. Coaches that set bad examples of behavior for their players and coaches that allow students to violate basic codes of conduct do more harm to students than good.[/quote]

The arrests made were not any MCPS staff or players. They were outside the gates after the game had been called.

But yes, [b]the coaches set a bad example, and that absolutely matters.  [/b]

MCPD were not on the field when the fight broke out.  Nor did they see the AD get hit.  They were up by the gates, and it took some time for them to get down to the field.[/quote]

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