whodat77

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Catholic NI shuts out Newman 31-0 at Newman. Surprising score.

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Don’t think it’s surprising at all. Catholic NI is a much stronger team. Typical playoff performance by Newman.

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Makes sense. I'll find out exactly what happened in a couple hours. We'll see what my guy says

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Any inside info?

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They lived in the penthouse condo long enough to be eligible in that district. Once eligible where they lived after that is not relevant.

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There’s a difference in actually living somewhere and owning a second home to falsely establish residency. That’s the point of the rules.

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They could but they didn’t win state so no one really cares

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No one of except all the people who are tired of private schools buying players. Makes the LHSAA look petty if they wait until someone has won a state championship to punish them for all of their recruiting efforts. No reason not to stop it as soon as it happens.

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You’re forgetting just how much money they have… we know they buy and sell everyone else so why wouldn’t they buy basketball players?

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I’m sure they’ve tried to. But when the people turning you in are a coach you fired and a player you ran off, hard to fix that

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I spoke with someone who said that a very prominent football family from New Orleans is involved and when it all comes out they will not look good.

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How were they involved?

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Hence they’ll settle which is in Newman’s, Livingston’s, and their’s best interest. They’ll all get to spin the story the way they want. Do we really think the richest school in the LHSAA will get hammered?

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Don’t see that happening. If Randy were willing to settle, he would have taken the suspension and not filed suit in the first place.

Also don’t think settling is in Newman’s best interest. Unless they are exonerated, firing Randy is the only way they save face.

And will the richest school get hammered? Maybe. If LHSAA realizes they should, that they need to set an example that we have rules and that money doesn’t let you out of those rules.

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That’s next week, and they’ll probably settle out of court with Livingston serving his one year suspension and after that being on strike 2… one more and he’s out

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Don’t think he’ll settle. He’s too pompous. And settling means Newman has to admit to their community that they did something wrong. They claim they’ve done nothing

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He’s mad he took trophies and vacated titles from his alma mater.

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If the poster went to Newman even more reason to be ok with sanctions. This whole thing is an embarrassment to the school. Parents and alums should be appalled that Newman has allowed this and should be demanding someone be held responsible. Coach, AD, and principal, every one of them should be held responsible. You can’t claim to be the academic powerhouse that they are when coaches are cheating for kids. You can’t claim to be an athletic powerhouse when you’re paying for kids to go there to fill your teams. Randy’s a recruiter, not a coach. This brings Newman’s rep down tenfold. And they should take a closer look at football and other sports too.

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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?