There's a difference between hard drills in the ring and slapping a concussed student in the head when he's sitting in a medical room.
There's a difference between verbally motivating people to push through pain and abusing them based on their perceived sexuality, race or gender.
There's a difference between asserting your authority and telling people that you can ruin their chances at their chosen career if they dare to defy you.
There's a difference between teaching wrestling students that there's certain injuries you might just have to tough it out with in order to have a career and belittling people for getting injured and threatening their future prospects if it happens again.
The defences of DeMott simply don't hold any water, because the **** he did so very clearly crossed that line between 'Tough but fair' and 'Abuse of power'.
