Former NFL quarterback and now high school football coach Teddy Bridgewater has been critically suspended at Miami Northwestern Senior High School after it came out to light that he might have given things to his players that he should not have.
This news has made many fans and former players to stand by him, and it has made people think more about the limitation rules for high school coaches who try their best to help underprivileged kids who do not have access to much.
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Alleged violations
According to Sports Illustrated and Yahoo Sports say that Bridgewater spent lots of his own money to help his players. They say he paid for weekly rides, the meals before games, the help to recover from games, and more stuff for uniforms and training. They think he spent over $4,000 each week on his players.
I never thought doing the right thing would get me punished. But I don’t regret a single thing I did for those kids
Bridgewater, who led his Miami Northwestern to a Class 3A title in his first year as head coach in 2024, is thanked and ricognized for helping young players grow both in and out of the game. Even after he retired from big career in the NFL, with his last team being the Detroit Lions, he went back home to lift up the next generation of players.
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Now, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) is looking at what happened to see if Bridgewater broke any rules that fight to keep games fair and stop too much sway on young players. If they find he did anything wrong or outside the border of the rules, Miami Northwestern could be obliged to pay several fines or even they will be punished by not playing in playoff games.
NFL veterans, like star linebacker Shawne Merriman, are saying that all of these conversations are just not fair and have spoken out to validate Bridgewater’s behaviour:
This is complete BS. Teddy’s trying to help kids who might not even have meals. Coaches like him saved my life growing up.
Ashamed of nothing
Bridgewater has not said the claims are wrong, and it looks like defends himself about the money issue. He says all the money he spent was his, out of his pocket, not from backers or others, and he stands proudly by his choices.
Even if I have to watch from the bleachers, I’ll still be there for them
As the look into it goes on, the controversy about how much coaches can or should do for their players increases. Right now, Bridgewater still cannot be back at work, but he is still and will be a big part of the teams season ahead.
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