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They cannot resist making sexual advances
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By Gordon Williams, Contributor
Reggae Girlz in training at the National Stadium recently. - Ricardo Makyn
National women's football boss Vin Blaine has expressed deep disappointment with some local male coaches who, he says, cannot resist "crossing the line" by making sexual advances to players when placed in charge of female teams.
"The problem we have now in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> with coaches who coach females is that they cross the line," said Blaine, who recently guided Jamaica to the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">semi-finals</SPAN> of the CONCACAF Women's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Gold</SPAN> Cup in the United States and a place in next year's Pan American Games in Brazil.
"The most common mistake they (male coaches) make is crossing that line; that line between being a coach and being a friend in an intimate way."
While Blaine said he was speaking specifically about football, he also made it clear that he did not mean the coaches "will have sex with the girls." However, he said that girls have confided in him about advances made by male coaches at school and club levels.
"I've had girls who come to me and tell me that coaches are putting argument to them," said Blaine, who also coached Harbour View to the local championship title this season.
Underaged girls
"They know the coaches are doing that, as young as (age) 15. I know a coach right now who had a daughter going to school at 15 at the time and was approaching (another) girl on the team at 15. And the question (the coach) posed to the girl (was): 'Do you see me as a coach or as a man?' Now, if you ask a young lady that type of question there is something underneath that," Blaine added.
Women's football teams, locally and internationally, are coached mainly by men. Some big names have guided women's teams. Ren?imoes, for example
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By Gordon Williams, Contributor
Reggae Girlz in training at the National Stadium recently. - Ricardo Makyn
National women's football boss Vin Blaine has expressed deep disappointment with some local male coaches who, he says, cannot resist "crossing the line" by making sexual advances to players when placed in charge of female teams.
"The problem we have now in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> with coaches who coach females is that they cross the line," said Blaine, who recently guided Jamaica to the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">semi-finals</SPAN> of the CONCACAF Women's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Gold</SPAN> Cup in the United States and a place in next year's Pan American Games in Brazil.
"The most common mistake they (male coaches) make is crossing that line; that line between being a coach and being a friend in an intimate way."
While Blaine said he was speaking specifically about football, he also made it clear that he did not mean the coaches "will have sex with the girls." However, he said that girls have confided in him about advances made by male coaches at school and club levels.
"I've had girls who come to me and tell me that coaches are putting argument to them," said Blaine, who also coached Harbour View to the local championship title this season.
Underaged girls
"They know the coaches are doing that, as young as (age) 15. I know a coach right now who had a daughter going to school at 15 at the time and was approaching (another) girl on the team at 15. And the question (the coach) posed to the girl (was): 'Do you see me as a coach or as a man?' Now, if you ask a young lady that type of question there is something underneath that," Blaine added.
Women's football teams, locally and internationally, are coached mainly by men. Some big names have guided women's teams. Ren?imoes, for example
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