TSSAA strips Signal Mountain of its six wins

[snoball5278]

Just throwin this out there...NO ONE, and I do mean NO ONEEEEE CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

didn't you get those kids kicked off perry's team?!

[Yeehaw]

Just throwin this out there...NO ONE, and I do mean NO ONEEEEE CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

You DO care! Ya posted, didn't ya? If nobody posts, the thread dies - AND YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE THREAD - Go smack yourself in the forehead - you'll feel better.

Edited October 12, 2011 by Yeehaw

[rlh]

Actually he did - said Brentwood has more money than sense - draw your own parallels.

 

It probably would have been more effective to leave a brief case with $1M in 5 dollar bills on R. Carter's door step.

[snoball5278]

It probably would have been more effective to leave a brief case with $1M in 5 dollar bills on R. Carter's door step.

 

[LewisCoPanthers]

didn't you get those kids kicked off perry's team?!

 

 

Crap yea snoball, haven't you heard, I'M BOBBY SHARP.

[LewisCoPanthers]

You DO care! Ya posted, didn't ya? If nobody posts, the thread dies - AND YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE THREAD - Go smack yourself in the forehead - you'll feel better.

Why would I lie about not caring? Yes I posted, to clear up any misunderstanding that some may have that there is a reason to care. You're correct, if no one posts then the thread dies. Unfortunately it's at the top of the board every time I log in. Just like any other Signal Mtn thread.

[snoball5278]

Crap yea snoball, haven't you heard, I'M BOBBY SHARP.

 

[Roy Dillard]

I was reading in my newspaper today and it said that Price man was going to appeal this mess. I garuntee you that Childress man has made up his mind and he is going to stick by it. That Price man is wasting his time if he is doing this. You think im joking but im not.

[MountainTroll]

It probably would have been more effective to leave a brief case with $1M in 5 dollar bills on R. Carter's door step.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

The price of gold just spiked on the Asian markets.

Edited October 12, 2011 by MountainTroll

[CoachT]

This topic was accidentally locked overnight.

[SCHSPRIDE]

This article was in the TFP Today..........................................................................................................5 at 10: Signal appeals, by Jay Greeson

 

 

 

Signal appeals

 

Well that shocked exactly no one. When word came down that the TSSAA ordered Signal Mountain to vacate its six high school football wins and put the postseason almost certainly beyond the Eagles' reach, an appeal seemed like a certainty.

 

That certainty became fact Tuesday when Dr. Tom McCullough told TFP prep ace Ward Gossett about their intentions. Now, what's next? Let's see if we can cover a collection of points, and remember this is the 5-at-10's opinion in our family-oriented, Interweb-based sports column:

 

— There appears to be hurt feelings that the TSSAA was informed Sept. 22 of the allegations that Signal Mountain's Tim McClendon, a two-way starter, was not eligible. The TSSAA did not act until last Thursday, meaning even if the Eagles swept their last three games, they were going to need a lot of help to make the postseason. Well, the TSSAA has an entire state to overlook so dropping every thing to inform Signal about the allegations seems a little presumptuous. Plus, if the TSSAA made it protocol to call schools as soon as every allegation was made and told the school that Player X had eligibility questions, the weekly fallout would be overwhelming. If that was the expected policy, a team, player, coach, fan or custodian that didn't want to face that stud running back at your rival school could call the TSSAA and drop a rumor and maybe the school sits him down that week.

 

— There are questions about the Hamilton County Board of Education's role in issuing a hardship waiver that said McClendon was eligible to attend Signal Mountain despite living in the Brainerd zone. Signal administration and Dr. McCullough are putting a lot of their appeal eggs in this basket, even using the less-than-veiled threatening language of "If the TSSAA maintains that board-approved hardships do not establish 'territory,' then there are numerous student athletes in Hamilton County and across Tennessee whose eligibility may be questionable," in Tuesday's release. Here's the 5-at-10's take for what that's worth about the hardship: Hamilton County determines which students go to which schools, the schools and ultimately the TSSAA determine if they are eligible to participate in athletics.

 

— As for the "numerous student athletes in Hamilton County and across Tennessee whose eligibility may be questionable," part of that, well, that's a blanket statement that may or may not be true. And maybe there are dozens or even hundreds of ineligible student-athletes participating in high school sports in Hamilton County and across the state. But to even hint or rationalize or suggest that it's OK to do something wrong because that's the way everyone else is doing doesn't wash. If you think it does, try using the "Everyone was speeding officer," defense the next time a cop pulls you over for going 75 in a 65.

 

— That said, if you had the recent history of Signal Mountain's football program, including the summer scrimmage skirmish and the ensuing penalties from that event that drew the ire of the TSSAA for not being tough enough, aren't you going to make 100-percent certain that all of your T's are crossed and your I's are dotted? Especially when the transfer is 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds and is one of the most impressive-looking players on the field every Friday night?

 

— It's a flat-out shame for the seniors on the Signal football team, including McClendon, who almost assuredly did not make the paper-work miscues that have served as the launching point for the TSSAA's investigation.

 

— Who knows how this turns out, but it's been of high interest and it's been filled with heated emotions