Rob Ford fired as Don Bosco Eagles head coach
Mayor Rob Ford has been dumped from his position as head coach of the Don Bosco Eagles senior football team, the Toronto Catholic District School Board announced Wednesday.
The TCDSB did not give a clear reason for its decision in a statement released on its website other than to say it is "pursuing a different direction" and thanked Ford for his commitment to the team.
A spokesman later told CBC News the decision is "in no way related to the current allegations. It is due to the review of his March 1 Sun News Network interview."
John Yan said Ford painted the Don Bosco community negatively when he referred to it as "crime ridden," and the youth as "gang bangers."
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The school board’s decision does not appear to be related to the crack cocaine scandal Ford is now facing — which centres on a video in which an intoxicated Ford appears to refer to Don Bosco players as “just f---ing minorities.” The board had been reviewing Ford’s role at Don Bosco since March.
The review was prompted by an interview with Sun News in which Ford made comments that were called inaccurate by Don Bosco’s parent council, many teachers there, and even the offensive coordinator on Ford’s coaching staff. Among other contested statements, Ford said that Eagles players would not attend school if not for the football program, that many players “come from gangs” and from “broken homes,” and that Don Bosco is a “tough school” in a “tough area.”
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Mayor Rob Ford has been dumped from his position as head coach of the Don Bosco Eagles senior football team, the Toronto Catholic District School Board announced Wednesday.
The TCDSB did not give a clear reason for its decision in a statement released on its website other than to say it is "pursuing a different direction" and thanked Ford for his commitment to the team.
A spokesman later told CBC News the decision is "in no way related to the current allegations. It is due to the review of his March 1 Sun News Network interview."
John Yan said Ford painted the Don Bosco community negatively when he referred to it as "crime ridden," and the youth as "gang bangers."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ayor-rob-ford-don-bosco-football.html?cmp=rss
The school board’s decision does not appear to be related to the crack cocaine scandal Ford is now facing — which centres on a video in which an intoxicated Ford appears to refer to Don Bosco players as “just f---ing minorities.” The board had been reviewing Ford’s role at Don Bosco since March.
The review was prompted by an interview with Sun News in which Ford made comments that were called inaccurate by Don Bosco’s parent council, many teachers there, and even the offensive coordinator on Ford’s coaching staff. Among other contested statements, Ford said that Eagles players would not attend school if not for the football program, that many players “come from gangs” and from “broken homes,” and that Don Bosco is a “tough school” in a “tough area.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...dismissed_as_football_coach_at_don_bosco.html
