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One is Booker T Washington. It was in the paper this morning. Had to forfeit seven games due to academically ineligible player and will now be out of playoffs.

Bigger issue, but this once again shows a huge disparity btw select and nonselect. Forcing forfeits as penalties has a huge impact on a nonselect school’s playoff chances, but for a select school, no amount of forfeits will keep them out of the playoffs.

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Posted by Antonio Moss

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 11/7/21 at 9:18 am to whodat77

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Bigger issue, but this once again shows a huge disparity btw select and nonselect. Forcing forfeits as penalties has a huge impact on a nonselect school’s playoff chances, but for a select school, no amount of forfeits will keep them out of the playoffs.

Sure but that isn’t the fault of the selects. They almost unanimously opposed the segregation.

Plus, the sanctions against BM and De La Salle are nonsense. The schools had been interpreting an ambiguous rule the same way for three decades and the LHSAA randomly decides to interpret it another way on a whim.

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Posted by choupiquesushi

yaton rouge

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Posted on 11/7/21 at 9:27 am to whodat77

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Bigger issue, but this once again shows a huge disparity btw select and nonselect. Forcing forfeits as penalties has a huge impact on a nonselect school’s playoff chances, but for a select school, no amount of forfeits will keep them out of the playoffs.

it was proposed by a principal to ban a team with more than X % of forfeits to be in playoffs - was shot down quickly.

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