Thread: Coach taking players' passports to prevent trips to Juárez

Notre Dame coach taking players' passports to prevent trips to Juárez

Times staff and wire reports
Posted: 12/22/2010 08:13:01 AM MST

Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly isn't taking any chances when it comes to the safety of his players.

He is taking his players' passports to make sure they do not wander into Juárez when they are in El Paso for the Hyundai Sun Bowl, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette reports.

"That's serious. Don't go over the border, or you may not come back, simply," Kelly said in The Journal Gazette. "Now I know El Paso is the safest city in the country, but it's serious. This isn't, 'Hey, let's give it a shot, guys, and jump in the car and see what it's like.'"

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_16916614

Brian Kelly needs to replace Nappy traitor!

thats a very smart move by the coach

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly isn't taking any chances when it comes to the safety of his players.

He is taking his players' passports to make sure they do not wander into Juárez when they are in El Paso for the Hyundai Sun Bowl, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette reports.

You've got to wonder why they would even need a passport to travel to El Paso.

Originally Posted by bigtex

You've got to wonder why they would even need a passport to travel to El Paso.

A U.S. Passport is the best ID in the world at the airport.

If the border crossing there is like the one at Tijuana you don't need a passport to enter Mexico from the USA but do need one to enter the USA from Mexico.

Originally Posted by artclam

If the border crossing there is like the one at Tijuana you don't need a passport to enter Mexico from the USA but do need one to enter the USA from Mexico.

It's like that at all U.S./Mexico border crossings.
Mexico wants and needs tourist.
The coach takes the passports and explains that if they go to Mexico they won't be able to get back in the country.