I know this is off topic for Kentucky HS sports, but this school was hammered by the FHSAA. Just to show what others associations are doing when a cheat is located.

 

http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2006/1107.htm

 

BTW, this is the team Tim Tebow played for.

$20,000!! WOW!

Did Tebow have anything to do with this?

Did Tebow have anything to do with this?

I wonder if it did becuase he was not enrolled at Nease he was home schooled but played football for them. But I doubt it had something to do with hm because we would have heard about it alot earlier than now

The investigation determined that three specific violations of the FHSAA Board policy prohibiting inducements were committed.

 

1. The student-athlete's father was offered and accepted employment with a company owned by Assistant Coach "A". This employment arrangement was made prior to the student registering to attend the school. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of employment of parent(s) or guardian(s) in order to entice the family to move to a certain community if any person associated with the school makes the offer. After meeting with Assistant Coach "A" and his attorney and the Association's attorney, the FHSAA Office found that the violation of the FHSAA Board Policy 38©(2)(i) was unintentional based on lack of knowledge of the policy.

 

2. The student-athlete and his father were offered and accepted residence with Assistant Coach "B". This living arrangement was made prior to the student registering to attend the school. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of a residence with any person associated with a school.

 

3. The student-athlete has been transported to and from school by Assistant Coach "B" on numerous occasions. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of free transportation by any person associated with a school.

 

"We take these violations very seriously," Commissioner John A. Stewart said. "The school's head football coach admitted to our investigator that he was aware of the arrangements between these two assistant coaches and the student-athlete's father. Furthermore, the violations occurred while the school already is on probation for violations in another sport. This raises serious questions about the level of control, if any, the school's administration has over its athletic program. We hope the severity of the penalties, which include the single largest fine in the Association's history, will be an attention-getter."

 

 

No Tebow wan't involved.

Rule 3 sounds a little harsh.

Here are the penalties:

 

 

The following penalties were imposed in this case:

 

1. The school is publicly reprimanded.

 

2. The school's football program is placed on restrictive probation for six years, beginning immediately and continuing through the 2011-12 school year. During this six-year period the school's football program is restricted as follows:

• Prohibition on participation in any fall jamboree or spring jamboree;

• Prohibition on participation in any fall classic game or spring classic game;

• Prohbition on participation in games that take place outside the state of Florida;

• Prohibition on participation in games against out-of-state opponents; and

• Prohibition on participation in games televised during the regular season.

 

3. The school is fined $20,000 (twenty thousand dollars).

 

4. The entire school's athletic program is placed on administrative probation for five years. Any violation by any segment of the school's athletic program during this period of probation will subject the school to even more severe penalties.

St. Petersburg Catholic suffered a similar fate this year. They are not allowed to participate in state playoffs until 2010.

I love the whole you can't take a ride from someone. No we'd rather let the kids walk home..... wow seriously

I love the whole you can't take a ride from someone. No we'd rather let the kids walk home..... wow seriously

 

Guys....... every rule is there for a reason someone probably abused like for example a certain school that drove the school van about 40 miles to pick a up a player from another district for about 2 years, that is a different story than dropping little Johnny off 2 blocks from school.

 

2 years of free 40 mile ride everyday lets say 250 days a year for school workouts etc... could be a very big financial investment

250 days of transportation at 80 miles round trip with a gas mileage of 2.00 a gallon, 8.00 a day.

 

That is about 2000 dollars a year.

I love the whole you can't take a ride from someone. No we'd rather let the kids walk home..... wow seriously

I think you are missing the point of this...badly.

How many kids can you transport to and from school that do not play sports?

Making these offers before a student even enrolls or resides in the district is very much a recruitment tool.

I think the money that Nease got through the high profile games against the out-of-state powerhouse teams probably helped cover the costs of these illegal activities. Television money is the root of some of this evil. TV is very good for promoting the high powered teams but really seperates those teams from all others and opens the door to "do whatever it takes" to get the elite players into those schools. Think about the "Two-a-days" program about Hoover (AL) High School, I have actually heard some people in this state talking nonsense about wanting their kids to go there. Seriously!!!

 

I do agree that the more these things are allowed, the worse these things get. Always somebody, somewhere who will push the limits and get by with it.

I love the whole you can't take a ride from someone. No we'd rather let the kids walk home..... wow seriously

 

From my read of the article, I don't believe that the rides were a once in awhile thing. It was an almost every day occurence. Almost like the coach was becoming responsible for the athlete, not the parents. I know coaches who have taken kids home and I have done the same thing. But not on an everyday basis, just in circumstances that do not allow one of the parents to pick the child up.

Dang!

Quote:

The investigation determined that three specific violations of the FHSAA Board policy prohibiting inducements were committed.

 

1. The student-athlete's father was offered and accepted employment with a company owned by Assistant Coach "A". This employment arrangement was made prior to the student registering to attend the school. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of employment of parent(s) or guardian(s) in order to entice the family to move to a certain community if any person associated with the school makes the offer. After meeting with Assistant Coach "A" and his attorney and the Association's attorney, the FHSAA Office found that the violation of the FHSAA Board Policy 38©(2)(i) was unintentional based on lack of knowledge of the policy.

 

2. The student-athlete and his father were offered and accepted residence with Assistant Coach "B". This living arrangement was made prior to the student registering to attend the school. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of a residence with any person associated with a school.

 

3. The student-athlete has been transported to and from school by Assistant Coach "B" on numerous occasions. FHSAA Board policy prohibits the offer or acceptance of free transportation by any person associated with a school.

 

"We take these violations very seriously," Commissioner John A. Stewart said. "The school's head football coach admitted to our investigator that he was aware of the arrangements between these two assistant coaches and the student-athlete's father. Furthermore, the violations occurred while the school already is on probation for violations in another sport. This raises serious questions about the level of control, if any, the school's administration has over its athletic program. We hope the severity of the penalties, which include the single largest fine in the Association's history, will be an attention-getter."

 

I've heard this used to happen at an independent EKY school all the time, and I've also heard it happens at a certain CKY school.

It said the kid lived with coach B. So why wouldnt he ride back and forth with him..Sounds like double jeaprody on that infraction....