These are some of the charges filed against Phillip Koons.
The stories I’ve heard are making kids run outside naked, and showing off his dick to show the children “what a real man looks like.” A lot worse, but that tends to stay on private Facebook pages and doesn’t typically get investigated.
The Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame considers him a man worth honoring however.
They do have their phone numbers publicly listed if you’d like to share your opinion about this.
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I don’t know what it is about football and churches; they love protecting bad people. I can’t imagine what it’d be like playing football at a religious school.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In rural Oklahoma - high schools exist to field football teams. You drive into a town and the water tower will say “State Champions ‘92” - their quarterback was on the team, owns the car dealership and consequently owns the town. It’s not about religion necessarily - it’s more that Oklahoma is a set of petty fiefdoms run by terrible men who are okay with anything as long as they can watch the game at a brand new stadium built with bond money.
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I can relate. I grew up in Indiana. It’s more of a basketball state, but same vibe.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They’re both built on the reputation of their leaders. Good coaches recruit good players, making them look like better coaches. Good preachers gather more followers which makes their bullshit more believable.
The great irony is that in both environments, the ego of the leader is almost certainly over-inflated, and the institution would be just hunky dory without them. Penn State found a new coaching staff. The Catholic Church will elect a new Pope.
The people doing the cover-up will justify the lies by telling themselves they are doing it for the greater good, but really they just want to protect themselves.