If you haven’t heard by now, last
week BGSU fired their Men’s Basketball Head Coach. This news is shocking to many athletes,
students, faculty, and BG community members.
Coach Jans is a former assistant coach of the successful Wichita State
Shockers, and he brought that winning attitude to Bowling Green. Coach Jans led the Falcons to a 20 win season
and the school’s first post season win in decades. AD Kingston was really excited about Jans’
promising future here at BG, but unfortunately Jans’s unethical behavior
ultimately cost him his job.
In March of
this year, an incriminating email was sent to the Athletic Director of BGSU, and a thorough investigation
ensued. “The investigation revealed some
inappropriate conduct Chris Jans had with two women in a local bar on March 21,
2015.” (Robinson, 2015, para. 2). “Jans
was seen touching two women in a sexual manner. According to the letter of
termination he admitted to touching one woman, who he knew, and moving her head
toward his body.” (Robinson, 2015, para. 9).
The world we live in is filled with technology. Some of the night in question was caught on
tape. The seven second video has been made
public, and Jans can be seen tapping a woman on her butt. (Robinson, 2015)
“The second incident was followed
by the eyewitness’ daughter, who is a student-athlete at another university,
approaching him and telling him she knew who he was and that he was behaving
badly for a head coach.” (Robinson, 2015, para.11). Jans admits to calling the 2nd young lady a
derogatory word, and he admits that he tapped a woman’s butt at the bar. Jans also has regretfully apologized for his
actions. (Robinson, 2015) “Because of
your admitted breach of the comportment obligations of your employment I am
terminating your employment for cause effective April 2,2015 at 9:00 a.m.,”
Kingston said in the letter. (Robinson, 2015, para.17) Full Termination Letter & Emails to AD
“The coach is a moral agent, but
all too often ethical behavior of coaches is questioned.” (De Sensi &
Rosenberg, 2010, p.127). Last week,
there were many gatherings, discussions, and interviews conducted around campus
in response to Jans’ termination. How do
you feel about the situation? If you
were the AD, what decision would you have made?
Do you believe Jans’ actions is a violation of BGSU/BGSU Athletics’ code
of ethics? Which of the three theoretical approaches (Virtue, Utilitarian,
Deontology) is best for this situation?
References
De
Sensi, J.T., & Rosenberg, D. (2010). Personal ethics – Rights and
responsibilities. In Ethics and Morality
in Sport Management (3rd ed.) (pp. 119-134). Morgantown, WV:
Fitness Information Technology.
Robinson, C.
(2015, April 2). Head men's basketball coach Chris Jans terminated by
University. Bgnews.com Retrieved from
http://www.bgnews.com/campus/head-men-s-basketball-coach-chris-jans-terminated-by-university/article_4e00d4d2-d9a4-11e4-b17a-478b9ee84401.html
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