Football Players are all criminals
Not really. But check out this article about background checks laws affecting NFL Europe. Seems they can't follow the "strict" background checks in affect for anyone entering school property. How many football players, coaches, assistants are registered sex offenders? Is the recent scandal involving the Minnesota Vikings just the tip of the iceberg? Perhaps a strict new law about background checks should expand to anyone include anyone who appears on TV at the same time as Sunday morning cartoons.A new law requiring strict background checks for those who regularly come onto school property has forced six NFL Europe teams to abandon high school fields and locker rooms they used for preseason training camps and look for new facilities.
The Jessica Lunsford Act, which took effect Sept. 1, requires fingerprinting and background checks for contractors, vendors, sports referees and others who regularly go onto school property. The law is named after the 9-year-old Homosassa girl who was kidnapped and slain, allegedly by a registered sex offender who had briefly worked at her school as a mason's assistant.
The teams will move preseason practices to fields owned by Hillsborough County, the University of Tampa and the University of South Florida, league officials said Thursday.
''We are keeping all the teams in Tampa Bay,'' NFL spokesman Pete Abitante said. ``The area has been a great place for training camp.''
The six teams bring an estimated 750 players, coaches, scouts and other officials to the area.
They used facilities at King and Jefferson high schools, Dunedin High School and Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg and Boca Ciega High School in Pinellas County for their February workouts.
''We are bound by the law,'' Hillsborough County public schools spokesman Steve Hegarty said. ``We are sorry they feel they can no longer use our facilities.''
Players arrive Feb. 10, with full squad practice beginning Feb.
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