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Morning Coffee - Jun 22, 2007 | 9:01:27
posted by: Josh
Utterly nauseating. On my way to work this morning, I thought I was going to be sick. To make sure it wasn???t just me, I looked over at my wife in the passenger seat, and she looked just as green as I did. While listening to Good Morning America (we just figured out you can listen to it on the radio), we heard a report about Windy Hager, a 16-year-old North Carolina girl who married her 40-year-old cross country coach this week. This inappropriate relationship isn???t only mortifying; it???s the antithesis of everything high school and athletics should be about. I???m appalled that there are ???professionals??? out there who take advantage of the vulnerability of teenagers ??? it???s wrong on every level. Instead of going off to college, perhaps to compete in intercollegiate athletics, this teenager is now married to a man more than twice her age, a man who should have been looking out for her best interests. I had to turn the station and I???ve never been so thankful for Radio Disney. Let???s do it again. For the first time since USC and Arizona State did it in 1973, the same two teams will meet in the championship round of the College World Series in consecutive seasons. North Carolina beat Rice twice to earn the right to play Oregon State for this year???s national championship. The Tar Heels blasted four home runs in a 7-4 win over the Owls last night to get back to the mecca of college baseball. The Beavers won their first three games in this year???s CWS and are looking for a repeat of last year???s victory over North Carolina to win their second straight national championship. The first game of the three-game set begins tomorrow at 6 p.m. Record performance. Eastern Michigan set a new mark for excellence in the Mid-American Conference this year, finishing with a record eight team championships. The Eagles almost made it nine, as the baseball team fell to Kent State in the MAC title game last month. EMU won championships in men???s cross country, men???s and women???s swimming, men???s indoor track, women???s gymnastics, men???s golf, men???s outdoor track and softball. 
CommentsLove conquers all Josh! If two people are meant for each other it shouldn't matter how old they are. She'll be 18 in a couple of years anyway. I'm sure her parents had to consent so why should anyone care? If she was 5 I might have issue with what happened, but she's old enough to drive so I think it should be fine. Love is a splendid thing!!! The thought of a 40 year old man, who is supposed to be a role model for students, marrying a sixteen year old girl is outrageous. Most states have laws against sixteen year olds marrying. You must be at least eighteen or parental consent is required in some states. I'm assuming North Carolina does not have an age requirement, but they should. This man must not have any moral values. The girl is too young to make this kind of decision and must have been severely influenced by him. It would be interesting to hear what her parents think about it. This man has made his whole profession look bad and others will probably suffer due to unethical behavior. And if it was your 16-year-old daughter Chris? And, let's just assume you're a responsible parent, which may be part of the problem here. Do you really believe your 16-year-old daughter can find happiness with a 40-year-old man? Does it even occur to you that it is possible this 40-year-old coach has some issues? It's the parents' job to protect their children from danger, and if it looks like a duck... People went ballistic when Woody Allen married his step-daughter, who was considerably younger than him, and look at them now. That marriage has lasted longer than most marriages in the US. You shouldn't judge people until you know the entire story. Perhaps they are in love, and if she's mature enough to handle this (something only people close to the situation would know) then let it be! I say love is a great thing and you people are all jealous!! Also, Josh, why change the channel? GMA was just reporting a news story. The same thing you're doing. Do you expect all your readers to switch sites because you wrote about this "appalling" situation? Post a Comment |
  
It means that two very good teams with very good coaches made it to the final game.
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