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Please...I know that TS posters will salivate at the chance to jump all over this, but let's remember that the players are the ones who will suffer most. I have my opinions regarding who to point fingers at, but at the end of the day, my heart aches for the players, especially the seniors.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSure......an adult missed the violation......but the kid is still responsible for his mistake
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI don't want to sound naive here but is there any chance that the kid wasn't aware of his ineligibility? It doesn't really matter in the sense that it was the adults who missed the violation... I do feel badly for the other players though.
Feel terrible for the team....
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Interesting that this comes out AFTER they are essentially eliminated from post season play. Anyone have more details on exactly how this could go unnoticed for so long and then come to light? Really stinks for those kids.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostInteresting that this comes out AFTER they are essentially eliminated from post season play. Anyone have more details on exactly how this could go unnoticed for so long and then come to light? Really stinks for those kids.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe "wasn't aware" excuse flies for no one, especially not for the player.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostInteresting that this comes out AFTER they are essentially eliminated from post season play. Anyone have more details on exactly how this could go unnoticed for so long and then come to light? Really stinks for those kids.
When I was in HS, this happened to our football team. A kid had transferred into our school as a Freshman. He played 3 years and then 3/4 into his Senior the season it was discovered he was ineligible and the team had to forfeit all its wins. Turns out when he transferred in he had to repeat 9th grade because he had been sick and missed a lot of time at his old school. Even though he did not play for the prior school, he was still eligible to do so, so his Senior year was actually his 5th year in the eyes of the MIAA.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOk... so you know for sure that the player knew all along that he was ineligible to play? Obviously kids can be immature and try to get away with things so very possibly true that he was trying to get away with something that he knew was wrong. I would want to know whether or not the player was emphatically told that he was ineligible to play. It makes a difference to me for no other reason other than to gauge blame percentage.
Do you have any experience with HS sports as a player, parent or coach? If you don't, then your ignorance is an excuse. If you do, then you have been made aware of your responsibilities. Period. The player has obligations by virtue of their participation in interscholastic athletics. It's as simple as that. Did they not know the entire time? Did they know and attempt to conceal that knowledge? I don't care, doesn't matter, the result is the same and doesn't change the responsibility that the players and coaches have.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostInteresting that this comes out AFTER they are essentially eliminated from post season play. Anyone have more details on exactly how this could go unnoticed for so long and then come to light? Really stinks for those kids.
"Ludlow, the 17-time state champion, unknowingly played with an academically ineligible player in 11 of its 12 games so far this season and will be forced to forfeit all of those games. The team, which was 8-2-2 before the forfeits, will move to 1-11-0 and not have a chance to reach the .500 winning percentage necessary to make the postseason."
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt is very possible - does anyone know what the violation was? Article didn't say so hard to say for certain. If you try and wade through all the rules it isn't always clear cut, especially if a kid was trying to figure it out.
Feel terrible for the team....
"Ludlow, the 17-time state champion, unknowingly played with an academically ineligible player in 11 of its 12 games so far this season and will be forced to forfeit all of those games. The team, which was 8-2-2 before the forfeits, will move to 1-11-0 and not have a chance to reach the .500 winning percentage necessary to make the postseason."
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf the coach or AD failed on this one they own the kids a huge apology. If it was the player, good luck to him trying to calm his teammates down
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