Let's waive the portfolio requirement.....

There may very well be nothing shady whatsoever with the selection of the committee. But I keep wondering why would the BOE choose the members of this committee on the sly instead of doing so at a regularly scheduled meeting, and by vote? That is just asking for problems, and as BF and Tiger have already said, gives off the wrong impression about their motives.

 

The fact that they put a current KHSAA Board of Control member on the committee sends up another red flag.

 

None of this is strong enough to impugn the character of anyone placed on the committee list. But I don't think that is the point Flying Tiger was making and that isn't the issue at all. The issue is the process and motives under which the committee was chosen, which has given the public a pretty dark impression of the whole thing.

 

The committee members themselves may be good choices. But they are tainted in the eyes of many because they are fruit of the forbidden tree by virtue of the process under which they were chosen.

 

If you care about the state of the KHSAA, the future of high school sports in KY, and the function this committee was formed to perform, then IMO, you deserve to have some answers to the questions raised here.

There may very well be nothing shady whatsoever with the selection of the committee. But I keep wondering why would the BOE choose the members of this committee on the sly instead of doing so at a regularly scheduled meeting, and by vote? That is just asking for problems, and as BF and Tiger have already said, gives off the wrong impression about their motives.

 

The fact that they put a current KHSAA Board of Control member on the committee sends up another red flag.

 

None of this is strong enough to impugn the character of anyone placed on the committee list. But I don't think that is the point Flying Tiger was making and that isn't the issue at all. The issue is the process and motives under which the committee was chosen, which has given the public a pretty dark impression of the whole thing.

 

The committee members themselves may be good choices. But they are tainted in the eyes of many because they are fruit of the forbidden tree by virtue of the process under which they were chosen.

 

If you care about the state of the KHSAA, the future of high school sports in KY, and the function this committee was formed to perform, then IMO, you deserve to have some answers to the questions raised here.

 

"Fruit of the forbidden tree," very good Watusi.:thumb:

I assume that northern Kentucky is part of one of the districts that has a representative on the panel ... .

 

That would be true if there was only one member of the board, right?

 

NKY has no representation as it stands now.

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That would be true if there was only one member of the board, right?

 

NKY has no representation as it stands now.

 

Zella Wells of Paintsville (Johnson Central) is the representative from the Supreme Court district that includes NKy. She apparently used to be Johnson Central's athletic director.

 

Maybe she'll remember fondly all those nice comments the Cov Cath radio announcers made about Johnson Central in the week leading up to the regional game last year.

McGinty is the most interesting guy on this list. Apparently he has a law degree from Tulane and worked in the FBI for 26 years, and then was chief of the Paducah P.D. for 4 years before joining the Dept. of Ins. as an investigator. It says he was a member of the KHSAA for 40 years, though I don't know what that means. He has been an at-large appointee to the Board of Control since 2000, and his terms expires in 2008.

 

In one sense, his investigation background is what is needed, but in another, he has a serious conflict of interest issue.

McGinty was a high school football and basketball official for many years ... I assume that's what the "member of the KHSAA for 40 years" blurb refers to. McGinty also did college football for many years and spent a few years as the football officials supervisor for the OVC.

McGinty was a high school football and basketball official for many years ... I assume that's what the "member of the KHSAA for 40 years" blurb refers to. McGinty also did college football for many years and spent a few years as the football officials supervisor for the OVC.

 

What's your opinion about the perceived conflict, westsider?

I have a lot of respect for McGinty, so I don't have a real strong feeling one way or the other.

 

My opinion about it is that it is just so typical of the way things are done in Kentucky politics ... politics as usual. It's all about who you know and who you're connected to.

Zella Wells of Paintsville (Johnson Central) is the representative from the Supreme Court district that includes NKy. She apparently used to be Johnson Central's athletic director.

 

Maybe she'll remember fondly all those nice comments the Cov Cath radio announcers made about Johnson Central in the week leading up to the regional game last year.

 

 

Does she live in Johnsonville?

I don't think the problem (at this point) is with these people. It is in the perception these selections create. The problem is in the apparent disregard for the choices of the board members.

 

On the surface, it definitely smacks of committee by design.

Similar I would assume to the apparent disregard for the choices of the members of the KHSAA on Prop 20. Don't remember many having problems when members choices were blatantly disregarded then.

Not good, if accurate and investigative committees, must be impartial and have no hint, of a possible conflict of interest, to be taken seriously and effectively complete their assigned task.

In today's world of mudslinging and quickly jumping to conclusions, I think this might be near impossible.

Similar I would assume to the apparent disregard for the choices of the members of the KHSAA on Prop 20. Don't remember many having problems when members choices were blatantly disregarded then.

 

I think we're talking about two different things. Here we are disregarding nominations of the Board of Education. With Prop 20, the Board of Control voted down the proposal of the KHSAA general membership. I don't see the analogy????

I think we're talking about two different things. Here we are disregarding nominations of the Board of Education. With Prop 20, the Board of Control voted down the proposal of the KHSAA general membership. I don't see the analogy????

BOC sent the Prop 20 on without their support, don't believe that would be considering voting down.

 

The comment made was that there was a disregard for the choices of members of the board.

 

Seems similar to a disregard of the choices of the members of the KHSAA.

 

If it is feasible and okay for the BOC and the BOE to disregard the choices of the members of the KHSAA, then it is feasible and okay for the choices of the BOE to be similar disregarded.

 

What is the old saying? What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Similar I would assume to the apparent disregard for the choices of the members of the KHSAA on Prop 20. Don't remember many having problems when members choices were blatantly disregarded then.

That was a board decision. I think you're getting "Board of Education" and "Board of Control" confused. Totally apples and oranges I'm afraid.