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re: Is Adrian Ealy still at Uhigh?
Posted on 6/18/16 at 11:37 am to bigdubya11
Posted on 6/18/16 at 11:37 am to bigdubya11
Private Schools recruit their entire student body. They have no attendance zones and can't be limited to attendance zones because they are a private business. Where is it written that public schools own these kids? It is a parent's choice to provide the best for their kids. Ot isn't the public school board or public school's or the fans of a public school's team right to tell a family where they can send their children.
Why don't the public school supporters ever bitch and whine about the Private Schools recruiting the better students either as the Privste Schools definitely weed out low performers and have entrance exams given before a kid can attend.
Why don't the public school supporters ever bitch and whine about the Private Schools recruiting the better students either as the Privste Schools definitely weed out low performers and have entrance exams given before a kid can attend.
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Posted on 6/18/16 at 2:55 pm to STRIPES
Difference is UHIGH doesn't really say whether they are public or private officially. In the playoffs they play select but they have no "district" when it comes to kids. So when they pull kids to come play sports, they play immediately.
Almost positive that's correct.
Almost positive that's correct.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 7:50 am to bigdubya11
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So when they pull kids to come play sports, they play immediately
negative - every school in LA has an attendance zone for eligibility purposes.
first year kid outside zone = not eligible.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:06 am to bigdubya11
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In the playoffs they play select but they have no "district" when it comes to kids.
That's not accurate. Their attendance zone is the same as the one for whatever public school zone the school sits in. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess they have the same zone as McKinley.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:09 am to ProjectP2294
really looks like full blown elementary recruitment is the future of Louisiana high school sports
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:17 am to BigEdLSU
It's already been happening for years. Maybe not everywhere, but this isn't some new phenomenon. In my experience it's been mostly public schools doing it.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:23 am to ProjectP2294
Was basing that assumption off of experience. I'm not that old and have watched all of there tactics play out.
I remember a WR named Nico Johnson(pretty sure) who played for Capitol during the year, U-high during the playoffs, and then transferred to Dunham for his senior.
Went on to SMU after that.
I remember a WR named Nico Johnson(pretty sure) who played for Capitol during the year, U-high during the playoffs, and then transferred to Dunham for his senior.
Went on to SMU after that.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:59 am to bigdubya11
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Was basing that assumption off of experience. I'm not that old and have watched all of there tactics play out.
I remember a WR named Nico Johnson(pretty sure) who played for Capitol during the year, U-high during the playoffs, and then transferred to Dunham for his senior.
Went on to SMU after that.
did he make a bonafide move into or out of a deistrict?
Take the Linebacker currently at IMG - he could not play varsity as an 8th grader like Brossette did....
because it was his first year at U.... he was not eligible(ms football does not fall under LHSAA boundary rules)
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:03 am to ProjectP2294
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Their attendance zone is the same as the one for whatever public school zone the school sits in.
Kinda, everybody loves to complain about the evil privates but the magnets are the ones with the biggest advantage. They get kids from anywhere, immediately eligible, and they pay no tuition.
Brady James? All American at West Monroe in the fall, graduated somewhere else in the spring. Randall Mackey? Picked up on a bus by Bastrop coaches recruiting the area after the Hurricane, won a lot a games. Neither of these would have ever been eligible at private schools but the LHSAA typically looks the other way when public school transfers are involved.
Publics, particularly magnets, have inherent advantages and privates also have advantages. Life ain't fair and it never will be. The "kick 'em out if you can't beat 'em" mentality is the new norm for the everybody gets a trophy crowd.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 9:08 am to LSUAshlyn
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Randall Mackey? Picked up on a bus by Bastrop coaches recruiting the area after the Hurricane, won a lot a games.
I guess you don't remember that Joe McKnight played at least one game for Evangel and was never declared ineligible there or at Curtis.
There are enough examples both ways of the LHSAA screwing things up. There is no need to use any from the hectic time after Hurricane Katrina and Rita when pretty much anything was allowed due to the circumstances of what was happening. That so much was allowed was probably something the LHSAA got right.
Was it exploited by some schools? Sure, but everything is. But it helped more kids than they could have possibly dreamed of if they stuck to the rules.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 10:41 am to ProjectP2294
100% agree on most of what you said. McKnight wasn't picked up in New Orleans by Evangel and he, his family and school administration didn't lie when interviewed by the LHSAA. Pretty significant difference.
Taking a bus to New Orleans, picking up a dozen star recruits, telling them to lie to the LHSAA when interviewed probably takes the cake. Was the bus ride really about the kids and it was a coincidence that the only ones picked ups were big time players?
The LHSAA did the right thing originally and forfeited games and ruled them ineligible until they transferred. Then the NAACP got involved and the LHSAA folded like a wet noodle.
I'm all for doing what's right for the kids until these same kids, the school administration and the parents are all complicit in a big cover up and coached to lie when interviewed. They did all of this and the LHSAA still let them get away with it.
That is the wrong message regardless of the circumstances.
Taking a bus to New Orleans, picking up a dozen star recruits, telling them to lie to the LHSAA when interviewed probably takes the cake. Was the bus ride really about the kids and it was a coincidence that the only ones picked ups were big time players?
The LHSAA did the right thing originally and forfeited games and ruled them ineligible until they transferred. Then the NAACP got involved and the LHSAA folded like a wet noodle.
I'm all for doing what's right for the kids until these same kids, the school administration and the parents are all complicit in a big cover up and coached to lie when interviewed. They did all of this and the LHSAA still let them get away with it.
That is the wrong message regardless of the circumstances.
This post was edited on 6/20/16 at 10:48 am
Posted on 6/20/16 at 10:48 am to LSUAshlyn
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best post by you so far.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 10:48 am to ProjectP2294
Read again and apologize for the wrong doers later.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 11:33 am to coach2012
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I thought it was odd that Mahaffey applied for the st James job
He actually applied for the Lutcher job but when Jenkins got it they asked some of the applicants for the Lutcher job if they wanted to interview for St. James. Mahaffey pulled his name out of the St. James job
Posted on 6/20/16 at 12:19 pm to coach2012
Since when does UHigh not allow early graduates? I knew a few folks who did this in 00-02ish time frame.
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:02 pm to LSUAshlyn
UHigh have even started recruiting elementary kids ! A lot of the traditional parents are getting pretty angry that place is going ???? Baton Rouge High and Episcopal are better ! They are more concerned about winning now a days
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:23 pm to HardlHome_225
I'm gonna bring lil man to their camp for the 
factor
Hey why not have some athletic schools? It's not like they don't exist anyway...
I'd rather my kid in a Christian school personally but I mean what's the big deal if that's what they want to become? Who cares
factor Hey why not have some athletic schools? It's not like they don't exist anyway...
I'd rather my kid in a Christian school personally but I mean what's the big deal if that's what they want to become? Who cares
Posted on 6/20/16 at 8:59 pm to BigEdLSU
Agree BidEd
Anyone that says academic excellence and athletic excellence cannot be achieved in the same hallways is copping out. It happens all of the time.
Excuses are the nails used to seal your own coffin.
Anyone that says academic excellence and athletic excellence cannot be achieved in the same hallways is copping out. It happens all of the time.
Excuses are the nails used to seal your own coffin.
Posted on 6/21/16 at 10:05 am to coach2012
East Ascension has 3 nice recruits for the upcoming year. Ealy on the O-line, defensive end Justin Harris is getting alot of attention from SEC schools, and QB Kennan Dunn has the ability to play in D1 school at WR
Posted on 6/22/16 at 1:15 am to HardlHome_225
Episcipal's academics are far ahead of U-High's and it isn't even close. Plus all of UHS's good athletes sit in resources all day where they have people help them with their homework and test. How else do you think Tim Williams and Brosette ever passed?
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