by Protect Youth Sports | Aug 4, 2010 | Breaking News
Adrian Holland, 22, was a former Lee County youth soccer coach and was arrested last week on charges of lewd and lascivious battery. Holland coached for three years within the organization, which runs the Lee County Strikers, and was promoted to director of coaching...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 22, 2010 | Breaking News
A former Little League coach is has plead guilty to charges of downloading child pornography on July 14. Everett Abney, 42, was a coach for 5 to 7 in Edison’s Midtown National Little League and was still actively coaching when FBI agents first interviewed him on Feb....
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 8, 2010 | Company Updates
People volunteer for sports leagues for as many reasons as there are individual personalities. Hopefully most of the people will genuinely want to serve. Others may feel a sense of obligation because they have a child or youth involved in the sport. And with youth...
by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 2, 2010 | Company Updates
Many youth sports organizations believe that having safety procedures on playing fields/courts is an adequate substitute for a background screening process to protect their children and youth from predators. And while having cameras on the premises, state of the art...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 27, 2010 | Company Updates
Three reasons your youth sports organization should use Protect Youth Sports. Coach background checks and volunteer screening are essential for any youth sports organization. In Pennsylvania, the Dallas Youth Basketball Association recently suspended their president...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 20, 2010 | Company Updates
If you are hesitating on your organization beginning background checks, here are three reasons you might want to reconsider. Each example represents a normal city or town in the United States, but each youth sports organization was rocked by scandal and somebody could...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 20, 2010 | Breaking News
https://www.protectyouthsports.com Three coaches or youth sports officials were recently arrested, charged or convicted of crimes. Coach background checks and volunteer screening may have prevented at least one coach from having access to girls he coached.
by Protect Youth Sports | May 18, 2010 | Company Updates
Huge settlements and payouts on sex abuse / molestation cases have decimated insurance carriers that write sports General Liability for national sports governing bodies, leagues, and teams. As a result, most General Liability carriers are reluctant to offer coverage...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 13, 2010 | Breaking News
A convicted sex offender and former Bloomington youth sports coach has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for molesting two girls at a hotel room where he was supposed to be baby-sitting last spring. Randy Lee Ronning, 37, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 11, 2010 | Breaking News
STILLWATER – Police say Michael Hanehan, the head coach of the Stillwater Varsity Girls’ basketball team, attacked a woman with his fists and a lamp late Saturday night. He was tracked down early Sunday morning and charged with felony assault. An...
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