re: Catholic High sanctioned by LHSAA for recruiting

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Look, the Catholic fans here with their head in the sand think they should be able to go across the state and recruit any athlete they want.

The simple fact is that it isn’t legal, Catholic got busted for it, and the administration is quiet because they know they broke the rules.

If private schools want it to be a free for all where you canvas across the state choosing and recruiting the best middle school athletes, then another association will have to be formed.

It is against the rules in the LHSAA, split or not.

Simple as that

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My head isn’t in the sand at all. I’m simply laughing at grown men being obsessed with Catholic High. It’s 13 year old boys choosing what’s best for them. However that is defined for them as individuals Im okay with. At any school. W’s and Ls at the prep level means absolutely nothing to me, what does mean to those in this thread?

Good for all the kids fortunate enough to be recruited. I encourage all schools to do the same.

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Every single student is recruited at Catholic.

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Early 90s alum here. Not EVERY single student is, but many are. I'm sure back then CHS admin had their eyes on who they wanted based on things like engagement through open houses, camp attendance, athletic talent, etc. Obviously, they discuss prospective students with teachers/admin at the feeders and include that in decision making.

I went to HFS and was a pretty good football player. I had a long history of men on my mom's side that went to CHS and was going to CHS regardless of athletic talent, but distinctly remember Sid Edwards coming out to watch at least one running back at HFS and subsequently engaging me and 1 or 2 others.

We all went there (along with a number of non-athletes), but none of us had particularly noteworthy athletic achievements. Unless Top Bear accounts for something.

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There’s a big difference between rules of the game and rules of a governing body, itself full of corruption.

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So its ok to break the rules if everyone else is doing it? Doesnt CHS make the students write the "honor code" on every test they hand in?

ETA: who is the purveyor of determining if a governing body is right and just? LOL @ you gay bear hypocrites

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a governing body, itself full of corruption. College athletics are the prime example.

As a “grown arse man” I’ll teach my kids to know and reject corrupted authority figures, like our Founding Fathers did.

Guys like you would be submitting to the King of England.

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I know you know there are schools that don’t play in the LHSAA in Louisiana… Catholic chooses to be a part of it because it adds lots of value to their programs as opposed to the alternatives

They could choose not to join and follow its rules. Then they would not have local opponents, or play for a recognized championship, district or state.

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As a “grown arse man” I’ll teach my kids to know and reject corrupted authority figures, like our Founding Fathers did.

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Well get out of the LHSAA then.

Just a bunch of talk because your Bears got busted

Catholic didnt appeal because they dont want to the public spectacle of an appeal process and its students names being on that spreadsheet that WAFB has becoming public.

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So its ok to break the rules if everyone else is doing it? Doesnt CHS make the students write the "honor code" on every test they hand in?

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What a reach. If the corrupt governing body is making the arbitrary rules, I don’t give a flying frick about it. The kids did nothing wrong. It’s grown men, corrupted and biased, deciding why kids can’t do something that benefits them. They didn’t cheat the rules of the actual competition. Those kids won the game on the field.

They (LHSAA)will be replaced eventually. So who cares? Besides those who are obsessed with schools they didn’t go to.

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Just a bunch of talk because your Bears got busted

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If Catholic had a shitty program I wouldn’t lose an ounce of sleep.

If you’re going to quote post the whole sentence for context. Or continue to look like you’re out of your depth.

Not once have I argued that CHS did not cheat, but I think morally its wonderful to give kids a better education and athletic career even if its against the rules.
When you appeal, you can try to reduce the punishments even if you are guilty (ex. Mckinley), Clearly the Lhsaa has an excel chart showing a systematic process. CHS did not want that to become public and accepted a heftier punishment of losing 4 titles over the alternative of appealing and exposing which KIDS were recruited.

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What a reach. If the corrupt governing body is making the arbitrary rules, I don’t give a flying frick about it

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The rules apply to all member schools, the rules approved by school principals... It is a principal driven organization.


John Curtis, Su Lab and Bastrop all won their stripped titles on the field too.