Ryan Johnson Oregon Surf Runs Jesuit Womens Soccer

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This thread is not sad.
What is sad is the fact that it took this long for any concerted effort to cast some light on what all of us know.
More sad is that some of you continue to either defend the whole messed up system, or claim that those people speaking out should just keep their mouths shut.
SF recruits.
He doesn’t even need to, because the program’s success and the school’s reputation would likely draw enough talent that he’d have no trouble building a team that could compete against anyone.
And still he recruits.
It doesn’t make any sense. And yet he does it.
And whether or not you agree with it, think it is a non-issue, or want everyone to shut up because you yourself benefit from it, is irrelevant .
Recruiting is against the rules. It is cheating. It is an abuse. It is unfair as defined in the OSAA handbook.

I hope the posts claiming that OSAA is investigating it are true.
Honestly, it’s about time.

I have sent several emails to OSAA. There will be other places like the media.

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How do those of us who want to flag these issues connect off of this thread? Legit question. I have no dog in this fight anymore as my kids have graduated and moved on.

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How do those of us who want to flag these issues connect off of this thread? Legit question. I have no dog in this fight anymore as my kids have graduated and moved on.

I am wondering the same thing. I’m not entirely confident OSAA will do anything, but this is a serious abuse and needs to be addressed.

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RJ is trying to get my daughter to play for Surf. His Surf pitch is largely based on his soccer connections. To prove his point, he put us in touch with SF. SF watched some film and offered her a spot on next year's varsity at Jesuit. We're not really Catholic school people, but it seems like a good opportunity.

Can you guys please not complain about this? Thanks!

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RJ is trying to get my daughter to play for Surf. His Surf pitch is largely based on his soccer connections. To prove his point, he put us in touch with SF. SF watched some film and offered her a spot on next year's varsity at Jesuit. We're not really Catholic school people, but it seems like a good opportunity.

Can you guys please not complain about this? Thanks!

I realize this is probably not true. But I assure you this is exactly how he operates.
RJ has repeatedly boasted to the kids and parents that used to private train with him that he will “get them D1 scholarships”. This is a fact and I have witnessed this. You parents also know this to be true.

I guarantee you he promised Jesuit connections and made that happen.

Fennah has been doing this shady stuff for years, but this may be the best evidence of using a club director to place players on the team

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RJ is trying to get my daughter to play for Surf. His Surf pitch is largely based on his soccer connections. To prove his point, he put us in touch with SF. SF watched some film and offered her a spot on next year's varsity at Jesuit. We're not really Catholic school people, but it seems like a good opportunity.

Can you guys please not complain about this? Thanks!

Can we his soccer connections get me to his Diddy parties?

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How do those of us who want to flag these issues connect off of this thread? Legit question. I have no dog in this fight anymore as my kids have graduated and moved on.

Contact OSAA and post who you have emailed and or spoken to. Post their responses.

i have emailed both Larry Ramirez and Gustavo Balderas
I have not received a response yet. 2 days ago. I will continue to email them. They have board meetings that are recorded on YouTube

This site can be the public record of either their action/responsiveness or lack of action or non-responsiveness.

either way we can try to hold them accountable to inquire about the Undue Influence rules violations accusation against the coach, Ryan Johnson and possibly players to recruit club members and transfers from other high schools.

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Just emailed Gustavo Balderas

6a_eb_rep@osaa.org

stated that they need to review complaints about collusion between 2 local ECNL clubs and Jesuit coach Steve Fennah. There is no diversity on the varsity team. It’s all Thorns and some Surf players

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Just emailed Gustavo Balderas

6a_eb_rep@osaa.org

stated that they need to review complaints about collusion between 2 local ECNL clubs and Jesuit coach Steve Fennah. There is no diversity on the varsity team. It’s all Thorns and some Surf players

Hey Y'all. Just catching up on this scandal. I am SHOCKED. The most wealthy and talented club players choose to play for the private school with the most successful team?!!! ***!!!

(Also, I wish I was more wealthy and my kids were more talented. But until that's the case, I will throw a huge fit about this... EMAILS WILL BE SENT. EMAILS!!!!)

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RJ is trying to get my daughter to play for Surf. His Surf pitch is largely based on his soccer connections. To prove his point, he put us in touch with SF. SF watched some film and offered her a spot on next year's varsity at Jesuit. We're not really Catholic school people, but it seems like a good opportunity.

Can you guys please not complain about this? Thanks!

To be clear, SF didn't put it in writing that she was guaranteed a spot. But we certainly got that understanding. And we reached out to him. So, I don't think anyone has done anything to break the rules. (RJ is not officially a representative of Jesuit. Parents can talk all they want. We're still not sure if we'll switch to Surf though... hope RJ doesn't read this!)

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To be clear, SF didn't put it in writing that she was guaranteed a spot. But we certainly got that understanding. And we reached out to him. So, I don't think anyone has done anything to break the rules. (RJ is not officially a representative of Jesuit. Parents can talk all they want. We're still not sure if we'll switch to Surf though... hope RJ doesn't read this!)

To be clear, according to OSAA guidelines parents can be
considered complicit in recruiting players for a particular program.
Maybe not you, but someone is reporting these “conversations” to OSAA.
.

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Girls high school soccer is mostly irrelevant to top college coaches. They recruit heavily from ECNL and don’t spend any time watching high school games. This is clearly evident if you attend an ECNL showcase or look at the rosters of most D1 schools, youth national teams or the full national team. 100’s of college coaches attend every ECNL showcase event. Even a school like Jesuit rarely has college coaches attend games because it is a waste of their time. As for sending your kid to Jesuit to play soccer? There are dozens of reasons to attend Jesuit which are more important than soccer. Finally, Oregon Surf is not a successful club which is why they have changed their name 3 times in the past four years from Crossfire Oregon to NW Elite and now Oregon Surf. Successful business don’t
change their name on a regular basis.

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Hey Y'all. Just catching up on this scandal. I am SHOCKED. The most wealthy and talented club players choose to play for the private school with the most successful team?!!! ***!!!

(Also, I wish I was more wealthy and my kids were more talented. But until that's the case, I will throw a huge fit about this... EMAILS WILL BE SENT. EMAILS!!!!)

Jesuit is an extremely difficult program to get into so if your Thorns player has a 2.0 GPA with no other activities and someone who has a 4.0 and has done several other activities let’s say besides soccer be a well rounded person you are taking enrollment spots to win a championship.
This 2.0 player is guaranteed community college athlete and the other person would have been better for overall society with the Jesuit education. Your 2.0 player is now taking basic Geometry and PE and think Harvard is calling.

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Hey Y'all. Just catching up on this scandal. I am SHOCKED. The most wealthy and talented club players choose to play for the private school with the most successful team?!!! ***!!!

(Also, I wish I was more wealthy and my kids were more talented. But until that's the case, I will throw a huge fit about this... EMAILS WILL BE SENT. EMAILS!!!!)

I am wealthy. My kids are talented and played ECNL and HS soccer ... just not at University of Jesuit. I also think this is BS. All of that can be and is true at once. Try holding multiple thoughts in your head at once.

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Man….this thread is so devoid of logic it is making my head hurt.

Facts: Jesuit girls soccer is actively recruiting players from ECNL teams. Making admissions selections based on this sole factor. Transferring teammates from other HS purely for athletic ability. This IS a violation of OSAA rules. No other private school is doing this.

Activity by a current Director of an ECNL club to place players on the team is also a violation of rules, but as important a clear conflict of interest at both the club and HS.

No one can argue that all private schools have an advantage to get players from around the city vs public schools only have their boundaries. But people, get real, Jesuit is such an outlier in terms of what they are doing that it is obviously gaming the rules and in doing so creating a completely unfair advantage to all other participants.

I and to those that say no one cares. Well, a lot of people do. And we are going to harass the s h i t out of OSAA until they have a hearing on the practices Jesuit is undertaking.

If Jesuit is clean, so be it. But if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, well it probably is a duck. And this all looks like a big pile of cheating for years that needs to be addressed and if confirmed, it needs to stop.

nothing to hide? Nothing worry about. But let’s let the light shine and see what the truth is.

contact OSAA and ask for an inquiry. For the sake of fair sports in the state of Oregon. It matters. Enough BS.