Thomas Beiser @Beisner_cn2

I don't want to pile on Cordia, but if you're breaking all those rules, shouldn't you at least win the "All A Classic"?

That'd make for a hell of a read.

 

Hmmmmm

Thomas Beiser @Beisner_cn2

I don't want to pile on Cordia, but if you're breaking all those rules, shouldn't you at least win the "All A Classic"?

 

They won the Nissan Classic didn't they?

Look, you defended Cordia all year long and now you have egg on your face. Just man up and say they screwed up instead of trying to defend "the most blatant disregard of the rules in the 97 year history of the KHSAA." I defended Cordia as well but there is no defending this. This is asinine on so many levels.

This!

If the remaining kids willingly took the free ride and/or the perks, not so sure they should not be punished as well?

There kids, I am sure some may have thought it wasn't 100% right, but they are kids and may not know the rules, on the other hand adults have the duty to know the rules.

They won the Nissan Classic didn't they?

 

I'm not sure.

Classless.

 

Agreed! Plus being a former Cat. I don't care what college you went to, UK, UL or any of the others, you don't want to offend your fan base, even being a former athlete.

If the remaining kids willingly took the free ride and/or the perks, not so sure they should not be punished as well?

 

Who is remaining that did so?

 

I can't punish kids who have no true say in decisions made concerning them.

Who is remaining that did so?

 

I can't punish kids who have no true say in decisions made concerning them.

 

The kids that are there will be, and should be, immediately eligible where ever they choose to go. But my point remains that this hammer was way to slow to drop and some of the fallout could have been prevented. Not like they weren't reported way before this January.

The kids that are there will be, and should be, immediately eligible where ever they choose to go. But my point remains that this hammer was way to slow to drop and some of the fallout could have been prevented. Not like they weren't reported way before this January.

 

Without me knowing what the KHSAA knew at that point it is hard for me to be able to form an opinion one way or another. I'm still thinking that they wanted to make sure they had airtight info before they dropped the hammer.

They won the Nissan Classic didn't they?

 

Yes. They beat Cov Scott 88-68, South Laurel 69-56 and Taylor County 63-62

There kids, I am sure some may have thought it wasn't 100% right, but they are kids and may not know the rules, on the other hand adults have the duty to know the rules.

 

Who is remaining that did so?

 

I can't punish kids who have no true say in decisions made concerning them.

 

Not implicating any of the remaining kids did anything wrong. I started my sentence with "IF".

Someone knew it didn't pass the sniff test. While I want to see every kid get a chance to play I'm not a big fan of the school getting punished but those that benefited from the process walk away. I've seen it too many times in the NCAA where a coach violates the rules, the school gets punished and off he goes to coach at another school.

They won the Nissan Classic didn't they?

 

According to the KHSAA they lost those 3 games. :sssh:

At the end of the day, I'll still tip my hat to Cordia. They don't have the talent in their system to be a real threat to win region. They played their hand, went all in and pushed their chips to the middle of the table, and had the rest of the region and state worried. Not easy to do. BTW, I'm not tipping my hat to the violations, just tipping my hat to their willingness to try and be bold.

 

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Joker, I really don't see how you can say this. They cheated...in a GRAND fashion. Tipping one's hat to them for trying this is essentially tipping ones hat to them for cheating. Since you used poker in your analogy, I will as well. In poker, you play the hand you're dealt (basketball, play the players you have). In the old days, the gambler who hid cards up his sleeve or dealt off the bottom of the deck may very well have gotten shot when caught. He paid for not playing the hand he was dealt, paid for "stacking the deck". That's exactly what has happened to Cordia here, they are paying for stacking the deck. And it's very unfortunate that they decided to go this route because now there's one less school next year that will have basketball. And it all could have been easily avoided.

• Providing free transportation to relocate a student from an out-of-state school;
  
• Providing plane tickets on two separate occasions to a student-athlete so he could travel out-of-state;
  
• Facilitating housing for a student-athlete at no cost to him or his family;
  
• Providing money and clothes to student-athletes;
  
• Conducting tryouts for non-enrolled students;
  
• Paying the entire cost of education for two students on an F-1 exchange VISA to attend Cordia;
  
• Providing housing to numerous students that participated on the boys’ basketball team, as well as housing for their families;
  

 

So who all pays for this stuff?