re: Newman basketball hit with Recruiting violations

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Why wasn't the AD's name ever brought up in any of this

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Likely he wasn't involved with any of this until the levee broke.

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After reading the suit (skimmed, forgive me if there are mistakes), Randy is suing the LHSAA and Newman. His basic allegations are that the principal was never afforded a hearing (required by LHSAA bylaws) and the LHSAA never presented the proof of cheating. Further, he's arguing that the LHSAA suspending him constitutes a state action which gives rise to a due process claim. It could, it could not. I wouldn't bank on a CDC judge to give the proper ruling.

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I don’t think Randy is really worried as he’s in the Bahamas. I guess he’ll worry about it once he gets back

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Newman is not they did not want him to sue.

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They have said publicly that they support him and his lawsuit.

Question to lawyers or anyone with experience with lhsaa. What does Newman gain by backing Randy? Everything points to horrible egregious actions. Why not cut their loses, fire him, and protect their own reputation? If everything is true and now comes out, don’t AD and principal open themselves up to being fired if they’re supporting him?

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Heard that the AD was demanding money, meals, and hotel rooms for some of the big time events they have been to during the year.

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The AD was demanding money from who? School or donors?

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This is also a kid with deep New Orleans ties and family money

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. He came from Slidell

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Does not compute.

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This is also a kid with deep New Orleans ties and family moneyquote:. He came from Slidell Does not compute.

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Because there’s no possible reason anyone would leave from New Orleans to Slidell

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Sounds good, Randy.

You seemed mighty worried in your petition when you alleged, multiple times, that this would damage your career to the point of no return.

Also, you're in the Bahamas because you're entire district schedule now no longer exists because you're ineligible for the playoffs. I guess that freed up some time for you

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This may be the funniest post on this thread My man is whiter than me.

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See your point, but flip side, why wouldn’t the kid expect that to happen? He came to Newman as a freshman after being recruited through Randy’s AAU team. He came from Slidell but conveniently didn’t sit out a year bc he magically had a New Orleans address. As a freshman he pushed out kids who had been there through middle school so why would he be surprised when Randy found someone better and pushed him aside. What did he expect?

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I get that point, but people transfer into schools as freshman much more frequently. I'm not saying it completely absolves him (because he was still recruited), but it's more understandable (and common) than transferring in from Texas as a Junior.

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Maybe they just kept him out of the loop - money and power can do that.

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Not saying they can’t keep him out of the loop intentionally but from what I know parents and kids have been discussing a lot of this for 4 yrs. The AD is an alum and has kids at the school. There’s just no way he hasn’t heard what’s been going on for years even if he wasn’t initially complicit. For him to be ok with it makes him just as liable. Guess those state championships were hard to turn away from.

But what’s the AD point of still staying silent? Doesn’t that put his job at risk? Why not fire Randy and try to walk away with some dignity?

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The school has like 125 total state championships lol, idk why those last few they won would be SOOO important

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I think it’s more important to Randy than the school, but very important to the school as well. They hadn’t won basketball in 30 years-getting back to being a powerhouse was a huge deal. Alum donors care about sports that draw crowds like football and basketball, not swimming.