Licking incident draws fire
HALSEY, Ore. An Oregon state panel plans to investigate a high school football coach who acknowledges licking a bloody cut on a player's knee. The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission decided to look at the case after a parent complained such behavior threatened student safety and health.
The student whose knee was licked told police the coach, Scott Reed, had given team members a pep talk about a coach licking and healing injured players' wounds so they could get back in a game.
A police report says team members urged Reed to do the same for a bleeding scab on the student's knee. It says Reed did so after asking permission. A witness said Reed seemed to be "joking around" and that the licked athlete was not offended.
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