The Jeffrey Cruce Case: Lessons to be Learned

By Eugene Egdorf, Esq.   When a former high school football coach filed a lawsuit against the Berkeley County (SC) School District, alleging that he was fired because he did not make his players “hit” more during football practices, it spoke volumes about the culture of high school athletics.   Plaintiff Jeffrey Cruce claimed that representatives of the school district made “false and defamatory statements” about his fitness for his profession to employees, students, volunteers