OHSAA: Dayton Dunbar players were instructed to lose intentionally

 

 

"The incident occurred when Dunbar football players received instructions at halftime to lose the game intentionally so that the school would not need to report using an ineligible player and so that an additional Dayton Public School would qualify for the playoffs, according to the OHSAA. Game officials stopped the contest in the third quarter and brought both coaches to midfield, instructing them to tell their players to play the game correctly or risk stoppage of the game and further ramifications."

From the Article:

 

Sanctions include a $10,000 fine issued to the Dayton Public School District, three years probation for all Dayton Public Schools, public reprimand and the requirement that DPS athletic administrators attend required meetings with the OHSAA compliance staff.

 

All six DPS high schools - Belmont, Dunbar, Meadowdale, Ponitz, Stivers and Thurgood Marshall - are affected.

 

And if further violations of the same nature occur while the district is on probation, the membership status of all member Dayton Public Schools is in jeopardy, according to the OHSAA.

 

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I sure would like to see the KHSAA take a tougher approach on Schools/School Systems that have an abundance of personal fouls, or engage in racist chants or water down their field and maybe these kinds of things would stop.

Did any coaches and/or administrators lose jobs? If not they should have.

The tanking was obvious enough for the officials to intervene?

The tanking was obvious enough for the officials to intervene?

 

You dont know Ohio Officials.

The school district was fined?

The school district was fined?

 

Looks that way. You would think if they were going to fine the ENTIRE school district, it would be a little more than 10 K.