Correct Punishment for HSer caught drinking?

Washed Up Cheerleader wrote:

So my kid's HS had two varsity XC runners caught drinking (by the cops) at a college party.

What is the correct punishment, if any, from the XC coach?

Let's hear the collective wisdom from LetsRun!

This has nothing to do with their XC participation--why should the coach punish them?

They're going to college parties in HS?

Sounds like girls. Not runners.

Quit being a moralistic prick.

Do they plan on going to the University of Florida or Ohio State? If so, athlete arrests are mandatory to admission.

2hr run at 6am the morning after if you are feeling cruel. otherwise kids will be kids, let them be.

If the runners are girls and the coach is a guy then he should blackmail them to have sex with him while he keeps the whole thing quiet.

I assume three things. 1) there are legal ramifications these fellows are getting to have fun with, 2) the school has a policy that they will also be getting to enjoy, and 3) their families have policies for breaking the law and getting caught that these young men will soon fully understand and appreciate.

Oh, one more thing, it is none of your business other than maybe have a talk with your son about underage drinking and what your policy is regarding this subject. Use this as a teachable moment not an opportunity to moralize from your high horse.

Turn the college boys in to the NCAA for illegal recruiting

Three meet suspension + $1000 fine. Go Roger Goodell on them.

Make them each finish a 40 of King Cobra in between 10 400 repeats.

Are they any good?

If it's your #1 & 2 man, you make them run more after practice.

If it's your #6 on B team... meh...

Really, unless they were caught drinking on school property, or at a school function, or at while traveling to in invitational, it's none of the XC coaches business UNLESS you have them sign a contract at the beginning of the season stating what is and is not appropriate behavior, have drinking on that list, and the list spells out said punishment for the infraction.

It really matters what they were drinking. If it was Natural Light, wine coolers or Mr. Boston there needs to be some harsh punishment. But if it was a well-regarded microbrew, a nice chianti or a good Kentucky Bourbon, then praise is in order.

This is none of your business. Why do you think you have any right to punish kids for doing something on their own time and outside of school?

Your mentality is becoming too common these days and more and more schools (which, let's not forget, require compulsory attendance) are punishing kids for what they do at home or in their private lives. Let the police and the parents deal with this and MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

Email Seattle Prep's xc coach and ask him what he does with Joe Hardy. He has to deal with Hardy's drinking and drugging on a monthly basis.

drink good whiskey wrote:

a nice chianti

As long as he remembered the fava beans and the census taker!

One example is that of Ryan Lilja, now retired NFL O-lineman. He got caught drinking at a party during football season his senior year of high school. He was kicked off the team (not just a suspension). I remember a bunch of stuff in the media about it: D1 recruit, how would this hurt his future, blah, blah, blah. Fast forward, he made it through just fine.

I used to correct them in the showers.

Washed Up Cheerleader wrote:

So my kid's HS had two varsity XC runners caught drinking (by the cops) at a college party.

What is the correct punishment, if any, from the XC coach?

Let's hear the collective wisdom from LetsRun!

My friend got a speeding ticket - from the cops - when he was in high school. What should my high school coach have done to him? Oh yeah, I was in the car at the time. Should I have been punished?