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re: Newman basketball hit with Recruiting violations
Posted on 12/19/23 at 2:22 pm to REG861
Posted on 12/19/23 at 2:22 pm to REG861
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And I don’t think they were recruited. I think there was an appeal and visibility to playing with Arch that ED white or whereever didn’t offer. the football team may have outliers like AJ Johnson but in general is just a well coached operation. The basketball thing is a joke on the other hand and should be fun to watch unravel.
Doesn’t matter if they were recruited to the extent Randy recruits. They switched schools for athletics and didn’t sit out a year. That’s illegal. Maybe not AS illegal as what basketball is doing, but illegal is illegal.
And yes, football is well coached and they work with current students unlike basketball who pushed their current students to the side for Randy’s recruits. But they have plenty of “outliers” like AJ. Or even kids like Kai Donaldson who were recruited by Randy but still played football.
Bottom line, recruiting is recruiting, illegal players are illegal players. Defending football by saying they only have a few illegal players is what’s wrong with the system.
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Posted on 12/19/23 at 3:44 pm to whodat77
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And yes, football is well coached and they work with current students unlike basketball who pushed their current students to the side for Randy’s recruits. But they have plenty of “outliers” like AJ. Or even kids like Kai Donaldson who were recruited by Randy but still played football. Bottom line, recruiting is recruiting, illegal players are illegal players. Defending football by saying they only have a few illegal players is what’s wrong with the system.
I’m not defending them, i think it’s laughable how much the school sold their soul to sponsor a corrupt AAU team. But the football team isn’t close to comparable to the basketball racket. But while we’re on football, the AJ Johnson thing was a bad look and backfired spectacularly.
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:44 pm to whodat77
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Doesn’t matter if they were recruited to the extent Randy recruits. They switched schools for athletics and didn’t sit out a year. That’s illegal. Maybe not AS illegal as what basketball is doing, but illegal is illegal.
Perhaps I’m in the minority here, but who honestly cares. If a highschool wants to put athletics on pedestal to the point they are plugging in recruits, that’s a decision a school can make.
If parents want to move their 14/15/16/17 year old kids around for sports, it’s just another in a long line of parenting values I disagree with but who actually cares.
That sports played by 14 year olds is now more heavily regulated than college sports seems kind of stupid to me.
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