BiggestElk

Do you have a name for it then? Please give me a name for it so I can go outside and clear my head as you suggest. Here is what the bylaws call it: " 1. Children of full-time faculty members may be given financial aid, but such students, if transfers, shall be ineligible for 12 months in any sport in which they have an athletic record for the previous or current year." Do you have a name for it, besides illegal?

I see your points. I guess it really is how you read it and my reading (which of course doesn't count!) is that there was financial aid given to a faculty child and that faculty member was not full time, but part time. Section 16 says that, if tuition is charged, it must be paid by the parent. Then the rule goes on to say in 1. that children of full time faculty members may be given "financial aid", which can be interpreted as the tuition remission which was granted in this case. Again, the problem for me is in the part time teacher receiving the benefits of a full time faculty member, which the rule clearly stipulates against. There is inherent contradiction in the definition of "financial aid". The rule states that DI schools may not give "financial aid", unless the recepient is a child of a full time faculty member. That implies that tuition remission is "financial aid". Seems there needs to be another term used here, because the rule then goes on to say that all "financial aid" must be "need based". DII schools jump through a bunch of hoops to document and prove financial grants do not exceed need. If they do, that athlete can not play varsity sports. However, neither DI nor DII schools who have children of full time faculty members have to document anything in that area. My bet is that this rule will be seriously clarified when the new edition of the bylaws rolls out in the Fall of '08, and the "frequently asked questions" section will once again grow.

Sorry I have not waded through all the current posts on this topic, but could someone comment on the following: Tuition and Financial Aid Section 16. If tuition is charged, it must be paid by parent, bona fide guardian or other family member. If a parent, guardian or other family member secures a loan for payment of tuition, it must remain an obligation of the parents, guardian or other family member to repay the principle and interest in full with no exceptions. Financial aid will be allowed under the following conditions: 1. Children of full-time faculty members may be given financial aid, but such students, if transfers, shall be ineligible for 12 months in any sport in which they have an athletic record for the previous or current year. How is it that, after this issue was investigated thoroughly, it was not considered a violation that a part time coach was given tuition remission for two family members? I could understand if it was a full time faculty member, but for a part time faculty member to be given tuition remission seems a blatant violation.

Can't imagine the "death penalty". That would really penalize the 10 schools contracted to play football against Temple starting August 24.

Huh? Stop hatin on Temple and just get with reality. Your personal grudge is not that important in the scheme of things. The issue about public/private/DII has been going on far longer than Silverdale has been in existence.

Temple's problems have nothing to do with any movement toward a total split. The ground swell has been there for a long time. Every single DII school, plus most public schools favor the split. That was the strong majority vote last time around and it was ignored by the B of C. It won't be ignored this time around.

Jamboree schedule anyone?

What about their Moore County Jamboree--anyone have a schedule?

August 24 SAS @ Temple Should be interesting to see what happens when all the talking is over.

I think you hit the nail on the head---- After all, Daddy Skogen is in it for his boys and he will see to it that they get their glowing stats against inferior opponents, no matter how many of his bench kids sit and no matter how much rummbling is going on in the stands from parents. It's all about the stats, baby. Always helps to have Daddy be your coach.

They don't have enough players--at least last year they played 8 man most of the time. They used to play DIIA, and are still technically in it and maybe not competing in the playoffs. Having to travel to Memphis about killed them I think.

What TSSAA rules are giving him a problem?

Way too expensive is my guess.

Board of Control is going to decide next week if DII will have 2 classes in basketball, baseball, softball and soccer. Word is that if they go with this, then at least 5 DI's in Nash will hop over. Who has heard anything--who has hunches---any word out there?

The DII Middle Region coaches are freaked about secrecy----they do not trust the coaches in the other regions that is why they won't post anything