re: Hahnville QB "hearing" Thursday

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Had his dad kept his mouth shut while the boy was still at Vandy about him going to Hahnville for his senior year, nobody would have known shite. He blabbed to the Houma paper, probably to send the middle finger to Vandy and it escalated from there. He shouldn't have been given a Hahnville jersey to wear on the magazine cover since he wasn't a student there yet.
Vandy said they don't think the boy should be punished so severely but the rule reads that the school and athlete both get punished. Don't expect the LHSAA to lift the suspension.

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If the dad shopped them to school(s) as a package deal or a school wanted them as a package deal - the rules on that are pretty clear. Also a move based strictly for sports is not considered a bonafide move - what is unfortunate is that it is his senior year. So the LHSAA should abandon their rules because a kid is a senior and having been an LHSAA coach the dad should have been well aware of the rule. under the rule a non bona fide transfer is a one year sit out - I really don't think it has anything to do with the jersey - per se - but with how the transfer happened. Also if the were offered to schools or schools offered them as a package deal - more problems.... BTW... a technicality on custody and residence rules cost me more than 50% of my 4 years of eligibility in HS.....but the rule was correctly applied..