You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout....
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Coach Ken Carter:
You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit
You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit
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You really need to consider the message
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that you're sending these boys
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It's the same message that we as a culture send to our pro athletes
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which is that they are above the law
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Now I'm trying to teach these boys the discipline that will inform their lives
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and give them choices
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If you endorse the fact that 15 16 and 17 year olds
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don't have to honor the simple rules of a basketball contract
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how long do you think it'll be before they're out there breaking laws
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Now I played basketball at Richmond 30 years ago
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It was the same thing then
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Some of my teammates ended up in prison
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Some of them ended up dead
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I took this job because I wanted to effect change
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in a special group of young men
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and this is the only way I know how to do that
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If you vote to end the lockout
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you won't have to terminate me I'll quit
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Movie Summary
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
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Coach Ken Carter
