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Caught on Video: Youth Football Coach Caught Punching Referee

Great local video here of the incident involving a youth football coach in Florida (players appear to be about 9 or 10-years-old) who, after a game was suspended because of foul language, decided to punch one of the referees as he left the field.  If you watch the video below, you can clearly see assistant “coach” Dion Robinson, 43, sucker punch referee Andrew Keigans as he is attempting to leave the field.

To make matters worse, when the local reporter talks to Robinson’s fellow coaches on the West Park Saints, they appear to defend his actions, claiming the referee had “physically moved a 10-year-old player out of the way” and that the coaches were just “taking care of their kids.”  The assistant’s stood tall, until the reporter asked about Robinson’s lengthy criminal record, including assault and drug charges, and they turned and walked away. The real question is: why was this guy even coaching?

Not surprisingly, the Miami-Dade Extreme Youth Football League is considering kicking the Saints out of the league.

Video below, but first more from WSVN-TV:

The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested Robinson late Monday afternoon and charged him with battery. The incident was caught on camera during a game between the West Park Saints and Miramar Patriots in Broward, on Saturday. The video was quickly uploaded to YouTube. Soon after, police went looking for Robinson.

Now, the Miami-Dade Extreme Youth Football League is considering kicking the West Park Saints out of the league in light of these new events. The referees ended the game after the altercation, but Robinson had fled the scene.

Referee Andrew Keigans told police the attack happened after he called an unsportsmanlike penalty against the Saints because an assistant coach, identified as 43-year-old Dion Robinson, made a derogatory comment from the sidelines.  Keigans posted this text: “I feel bad for the kids who had to see their coaches, role models, acting like that.”

WSVN-TV –

Youth Football Coach Arrested Twice in One Day After Driving Drunk to Court

Coach Rathbun mug shotOkay, let’s see if I can explain this one:

John J. Rathbun, 49, of Lakewood, NJ had an outstanding warrant, so he decided to turn himself into police and drove himself to the station. Once there, officers noticed that he seemed a bit inebriated and also noticed he had driven himself to the courthouse, so they gave him a breathalyzer test. The result? Rathbun had a BAC that was three times the legal limit of .08%, so they arrested. Instead of going home, Rathbun then allegedly went to a local park and attempted to coach his youth football team.  Police were called and he was arrested for a second time.

In total, Rathbun was arrested charges of suspicion of contempt for allegedly violating a court order barring him from coaching because he had not completed a background check, possession of a controlled substance, having an open container of alcohol and drinking alcohol in a park. After his second arrest, the coach posted bail and was taken to a local hospital.

Source: North Jersey

Video: Does Youth Football Coach Knock Down Football Player or Was It an Accident?

A youth football coach in Utah was arrested this week after police claim he intentionally stepped onto the field and stepped in front of a seventh grade football player, knocking the kid out cold and giving him a season-ending concussion.  For his part,  Nathan Harris, the assistant coach for the Mapleton City’s team claims the kid ran into him as he was going out-of-bounds, but a video of the incident (below) appears to show Harris stepping in front of the 13-year-old as he is about to break away for a long touchdown run. The victim’s mother claims Harris folds his arms and pushes into the teen, knocking him out cold.

Police have viewed the video and the father of six now faces a second-degree felony child abuse charge.

Watch the video and see if you can tell what really happened.