The reports are alarming. According to recent news reports, a teacher admitted to running a juvenile fight club. Here is an excerpt from an article from Pacific Coast News that I found on
Bossip. I understand that young men need an outlet. I even love the film
Fight Club I am watching it now. However, young men who are still growing up should not be taking part in this. It isn't safe they have to learn how to control their temper. A fight club is an unhealthy outlet for young men that does not allow them to maturely address the issues in their life. You can't fight everyone. Here is the excerpt. Thoughts?
"A math and science teacher has admitted holding a real life ‘Fight Club’ for his teenage pupils – organizing brawls in class.
Stephen Wesley, 44, was arrested for staging fights between boys who he ‘matched’ for their size and strength.
Substitute teacher Wesley hand-picked picked students before letting them fight in class – often with their shirts off.
He would stand in the door of the class and watch out for passing teachers while the boxing-style bouts took place.
Wesley laid down certain ‘rules’ such as how long to fight for and instructed them to avoid blows to the face that would leave signs of injuries.
Prosecutors say his ‘Fight Club’ was inspired by the 1999 film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton who held open brawl nights for men.
Wesley also urged his pupils not to discuss the fights using the iconic movie line – ‘The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club’.
Pasadena Courthouse in California heard he helped organize the fights while working as a teacher at a juvenile probation camp.
Wesley, of Winnetka, Illinois, was caught after some of the fights were caught on a security camera in August 2008.
He pleaded no contest to six felony child abuse charges and is expected to be jailed for 180 days when he is sentenced on April 15.
The incidents happened while he was an employee of the Los Angeles County Office of Education at the now-closed Camp Karl Holton in the San Fernando Valley.
He matched up boys from rival gangs of boys aged between 13 and 17 but after a video was found he immediately quit his role."
Via PacificCoastNews
She was a legend. She was known as the fastest woman in the world and her legacy was destroyed, or questioned rather when Marion Jones admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs. Jones appeared on the Monique show on BET and was very open about her decision to lie about her use of performance enhancing drugs in 2007. What was different about this interview was that it was not the typical "I am sorry" interview. Jones embraced her six month punishment and described it as fate to be sentenced to prison. She admitted to having to defend herself while she was in prison. She said that experience brought her closer to God and made her a better woman. Since serving her sentence she has become an advocate for prison reform, which is something she never saw herself doing, she said. Monique joked with her and asked, "since you were the fastest woman in the world, you never thought when you were going in 'I should just run out of here? They won't be able to catch me.'" At the end of the interview it seemed pretty apparent that Jones still has a lot that she intends to contribute to the world. Over all it appeared to be a good interview. Thoughts on the athlete? Can she come back? Was her attitude refreshing? 
