Greetings!
 Welcome to our E-newsletter. My name is Jeff Beggs and I am the new President of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association for 2010-2011. I hope you will take a minute to read through this newsletter and visit our website, www.gadaonline.net . There is a tremendous amount of information that will be useful to you as you do your job as a professional athletic administrator. In our profession, you wear many hats. Our responsibility to you is to help you and your school be successful as you perform your all of your daily duties. Best of luck to you. If our Board of Directors or I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact any of us. Sincerely, Jeff Beggs, CMAA Associate Director of Athletics St. Francis High School |
WHAT'S WRONG WITH PARENTAL WAIVERS?
Wetzel Mediation & Arbitration
| by Michael L. Wetzel
Introduction
Parents frequently sign a waiver of liability as a condition for their children to participate in a variety of activities, releasing the sponsor from any legal claim for injuries arising from or related to the activity. In most states, parental waivers are invalid. Even where valid, parental waivers, like available immunities, offer only limited protection.
That is bad news for churches, schools, volunteer organizations, recreational landowners and others who provide or sponsor extra-curricular recreational and educational activities. But there is good news: a solution that is cost-effective, time-saving, and facilitates predictable outcomes for legal disputes. Read more...
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Coleman honored for service to Johnson High School By Rich McGowan (Savannah Morning News)
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 In his 31 years as a coach and teacher at Johnson High School, Roosevelt Coleman wanted to give his students and athletes something they'd remember and, hopefully, appreciate.
Judging by the more than 200 friends, colleagues and former students who filled Savannah State's King-Frazier Ballroom for a retirement banquet commemorating his contributions, he did just that.
"I tried to make their experience with me a memorable one that they would remember," Coleman said. "I'd say, 'I want you to remember something that we did in this classroom or on the football field or on the track, and remember it for the rest of your life.'" Read more... |
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SCOGA honors metro scholar athletes for excellence on the field and off
Focus on
student-athletes
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 By Stephen Black (Score Prep - April 23-29, 2010)
On April 15, Sports Champions of Greater Atlanta honored a dozen local high school athletes for their work in the classroom, the community and on the fields of play. The event was held at the Cobb Galleria Centre and was MC'ed by Bill Hartman. Former Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel spoke at the banquet. SCOGA was founded by George Wright in 2001 to recognize high school athletes for not only their athletic prowess, but their work in the classroom and community as well. The organization receives corporate support from the Coca-Cola Company, Cox Enterprises, the Georgia Power Company, BellSouth, WSB, the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other individuals and foundations. Read more... |
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2010
United Heathcare High School Female and Male Scholarship Awards
2010 Scholarship Award Winners
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The High School Female and Male Scholarship Awards are presented to seniors
who have excelled in representing his/her school in athletic and academic performance in addition to civic participation and leadership. Each winner will receive a $1000.00
scholarship award and advance to the sectional selection competition.
This year's male recipient, Bryan
Cronan of Spalding High School is a distance and cross country runner competing in the 5,000M The female recipient , Megan Mavity of
Marist High School, is also a distance runner competing in the two-mile run and
5,000 M. Mavity was also named to the ESPN All-Metro team in
2008-09
Bryan Conan - Spalding Megan Mavity - Marist
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Your May AD Checklist
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Here is this month's AD checklist. Please feel free to modify to suit your needs. - End of the school year coaches meeting
- Coaches review changes and adjustments to student-athlete handbook
- Pay all invoices
- Pay all spring sports officials/umpires invoices
- Attend region meeting for completion of business for current year, or to prepare for next year
- Updated school athletic code of conduct
- Weekly administrative meeting
- Attend end of the year faculty meetings
- Prepare for end of the year post planning meetings
- Update school and/or sport specific websites with past results and future schedules and pertinent information
- Complete/re-confirm contracts for fall and winter sports
- Prepare for end of the year athletic awards banquets
- Have completed all coaching staff hires
- Have scheduled all lay/community coach GHSA mandated workshops
- Address any immediate state tournament preparations.
- Inform student body and community of all plans and procedures for state tournament games/matches, to include site, time and transportation.
- Announce/post all sports summer plans, to include strength and conditioning, workouts, summer leagues and camps.
- Confirm all summer maintenance repairs, or capital projects schedules.
This should give you a start in your preparation for the month of May.
Good luck!
Jeff Beggs CMAA
Associate Athletic Director
St. Francis Schools
Click HERE to download a print version of this check list.
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Now you can join the GADA via Paypal!
Not a member yet? Click here to read about the benefits of belonging not only to the GADA but also the NIAAA!
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Inaugural Kay Yow Women's Sports Coaches Clinic - POSTPONED
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 Unfortunately we have had to make the decision to postpone
the Inaugural Kay Yow Women's Sports Coaches Clinic to a future
date. As of today we only have
12 coaches registered. We are
going to take some time to evaluate and get input from coaches to
determine what
we need to do to provide an excellent Coaches Clinic that will be well
attended
by coaches throughout Atlanta. Thank you for all of your support in
this
endeavor. We appreciate each of you. God bless. Kim Boyce Atlanta FCA Director of Camps, Campus
& Women's Sports Ministries (770) 866-5529 kboyce@fca.org
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Sincerely,
Jeff Beggs, CMAA - President
Georgia Athletic Directors Association
www.gadaonline.net
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GADA Full Membership
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Reporting varsity sports scores!
| Please let your coaches and booster club
presidents know
that there are two ways to report boys and girls varsity scores ...
Please have them call or email scores on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND
FRIDAYS. They are welcome to also send us scores on other days.
THE CONTACT NUMBER AND EMAIL IS AS FOLLOWS ...
The first is to call (404) 256-1572
Email scores to SCORES@scoreatl.com
Scores are reported to the AJC and will appear online and in the newspaper as well as on scoreatl.com.
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