Legendary Ohio State University football coach Woody Hayes considered himself not only a coach, but a teacher whose role in educating "his boys" was as important as that of any professor on campus.
For years, he gathered his team's freshmen on Sunday mornings for a lecture about vocabulary words. In a memorable clip from one of those lectures that was included in a documentary about Hayes, the bespectacled teacher/coach warned his players against apathy on and off the field.
"Avoid it like the plague," he intoned, "avoid it like the plague."
No such lecture about the dangers of political or civic apathy has ever been necessary for the engaged, prepared, and eloquent Convention of States Ohio squad, and you can bear witness on March 11.
The team will once again take the field during a hearing of the Ohio Senate General Government Committee in support of Senate Joint Resolution 3 -- the COS resolution to call a limited-purpose Article V convention.
Watch the action in real time on March 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET on COS LIVE:
Convention of States Action senior advisor and former U.S. senator Rick Santorum will be with the Ohio team in Columbus to offer testimony.
S.J.R. 3 is sponsored by Sen. Michelle Reynolds and Sen. George F. Lang, and co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Reineke.
While no vote will be taken following the committee meeting due to its being exclusive to proponents of S.J.R. 3, the hearing is a significant step in the process of passing the COS resolution in the Ohio Legislature.
As COS Ohio has demonstrated in the past, the team is adept at offering masterful testimony.
Be sure to watch one of the most articulate and active COS teams in the land make the case for an Article V convention on March 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET!
To demonstrate your avoidance of apathy in the political arena, join the team by signing the petition below:
