Straight Lines | Steve Farsiou: Navigating Workplace Law, Protecting Yourself as a Coach & Weathering Life's Storms

Brought to you by Bluebook Sports — the game's trusted directory since 1909 — and recorded at Bluebook Media Studios. Host Tim Neiman sits down with Steve Farsiou, attorney and partner at Trinity & Farsiou Law in Flemington, New Jersey, for a conversation that every coach, employer, and employee needs to hear. Steve specializes in employer disputes, New Jersey discrimination law, and the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights — and he brings twenty-five years of hard-won courtroom wisdom to the table. Steve pulls back the curtain on what people get wrong when they walk into a law office — from thinking they have an airtight case to underestimating how long litigation actually takes. He shares what coaches and employers expose themselves to without even realizing it, why documentation is the single most important habit you can build, and why no administrator or parent is ever truly your ally when things go sideways. He also gets candid about the coaching case that consumed twelve years of his life, the rise of Google attorneys and AI-informed clients, and how the courtroom is a lot like a baseball game — you fight the big battles, not every pitch. Steve closes with a definition of straight lines that mirrors life itself: the path isn't always straight, but if you weather the storms with toughness and clarity, you'll always find your way back to it. Topics covered: Employer & workplace law · Anti-bullying & discrimination cases · Protecting yourself as a coach · Documentation & legal exposure · Litigation timelines & misconceptions · Leadership, straight-line thinking & weathering adversity