The Supe is going to lose his/her job over this. Whoever it is will be able to write books about how not to create a brand threat when there wasn’t one in the first place.
The Supe could have responded:
“It neither breaks my back nor picks my pocket what another man believes. As long as what the coach is doing is voluntary, his activity endangers nobody, nor does it impact the district economically.”
When the press finds out it was Jefferson that first uttered the opening line of the response, they’ll have already stepped on the mine.
“Whoever it is will be able to write books about how not to create a brand threat when there wasn’t one in the first place.”
You talk about bending over backwards to borrow trouble.