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Post by publicgradprivatedad on Oct 10, 2019 8:02:40 GMT -6
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Post by indy on Oct 10, 2019 8:19:23 GMT -6
I thought votes counted. At least that’s what the s say.
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Post by cjr3888 on Oct 10, 2019 8:27:02 GMT -6
I thought votes counted. At least that’s what the s say. Bylaw 14.17.1 states beginning with the 2019 season, the home team may use its regularly used home field as its state championship game site in all divisions. If the home team chooses to use a field other than its regularly used home field, opposing schools shall agree to the change. I’m not a lawyer but my common sense interpretation of this bylaw is simple. If both schools agree on the neutral location then there’s no problem.
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Post by publicgradprivatedad on Oct 10, 2019 8:41:29 GMT -6
I thought votes counted. At least that’s what the s say. Bylaw 14.17.1 states beginning with the 2019 season, the home team may use its regularly used home field as its state championship game site in all divisions. If the home team chooses to use a field other than its regularly used home field, opposing schools shall agree to the change. I’m not a lawyer but my common sense interpretation of this bylaw is simple. If both schools agree on the neutral location then there’s no problem. I agree with you. However according to the article Bonine doesn't see it that way, he states that they will have to play at the higher seed "home field or historically.....".
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Post by cjr3888 on Oct 10, 2019 8:57:48 GMT -6
Bylaw 14.17.1 states beginning with the 2019 season, the home team may use its regularly used home field as its state championship game site in all divisions. If the home team chooses to use a field other than its regularly used home field, opposing schools shall agree to the change. I’m not a lawyer but my common sense interpretation of this bylaw is simple. If both schools agree on the neutral location then there’s no problem. I agree with you. However according to the article Bonine doesn't see it that way, he states that they will have to play at the higher seed "home field or historically.....". He’s grasping at straws on this one. It says “may” not “must”. They can play wherever the want as long as both teams agree on the site.
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Post by CrusadingLions on Oct 10, 2019 20:48:00 GMT -6
I don’t see what Bonine hope to accomplish with this aside from placing and even larger wedge in the association.
I don’t understand the logic of doing this unless he is getting pressure from sponsors and he is in panic mode.
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Post by coach4christ on Oct 11, 2019 7:47:23 GMT -6
Don't know what Bonine is trying to pull here. The whole association voted to allow the selects to play wherever they wanted to play. If that were the superdome, fine, Tiger stadium, fine, a phone boothe on the side of I-10, great. Nowhere was it written at the high seed or a "historical" site. Bonine is playing with emotions and apparently trying to cause a complete split.
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Post by cjr3888 on Oct 11, 2019 13:56:33 GMT -6
I don’t see what Bonine hope to accomplish with this aside from placing and even larger wedge in the association. I don’t understand the logic of doing this unless he is getting pressure from sponsors and he is in panic mode. Definitely getting heat from the sponsors. What he needs to do is get the state behind him to stop the Superdome from charging so much to host the games so he doesn't have to bow down to sponsors. This isn't getting much coverage in the media so it's mostly being ignored.
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Post by indy on Oct 11, 2019 14:27:22 GMT -6
Bonnie aka spokesmen for the self serving principals want separate games for private schools so they do not have a competing “event”. That way they can continue to whore out the student athletes so they can have their money making “event” and keep their sponsors and kickbacks. And he can continue to be the ringmaster at the golden Dome circus and the principals get their paid vacation in Nola.
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Post by retired on Oct 12, 2019 6:09:42 GMT -6
Bonnie aka spokesmen for the self serving principals want separate games for private schools so they do not have a competing “event”. That way they can continue to whore out the student athletes so they can have their money making “event” and keep their sponsors and kickbacks. And he can continue to be the ringmaster at the golden Dome circus and the principals get their paid vacation in Nola. Serious question- how many principals are having “paid vacations “ ?
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Post by chalmetteowl on Oct 12, 2019 19:44:57 GMT -6
a state championship game won't feel like a state championship if it's just another home game for one of the teams... it'd be great if the whole state knew where it would be ASAP so they can make travel plans
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Post by retired on Oct 12, 2019 19:52:07 GMT -6
a state championship game won't feel like a state championship if it's just another home game for one of the teams... it'd be great if the whole state knew where it would be ASAP so they can make travel plans Disagree. It will feel like a state championship. In fact, I am betting the "feel" would be a lot more electric than in the sparsely populated dome.
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Post by indy on Oct 12, 2019 20:46:59 GMT -6
Bonnie aka spokesmen for the self serving principals want separate games for private schools so they do not have a competing “event”. That way they can continue to whore out the student athletes so they can have their money making “event” and keep their sponsors and kickbacks. And he can continue to be the ringmaster at the golden Dome circus and the principals get their paid vacation in Nola. Serious question- how many principals are having “paid vacations “ ? I don’t have an exact number but all the EC, rules committee, etc all go compliments of the lhsaa
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Post by tigerfan87 on Oct 18, 2019 14:18:54 GMT -6
a state championship game won't feel like a state championship if it's just another home game for one of the teams... it'd be great if the whole state knew where it would be ASAP so they can make travel plans Disagree. It will feel like a state championship. In fact, I am betting the "feel" would be a lot more electric than in the sparsely populated dome. Have to disagree, those games in the Dome have atmosphere that I’ve never felt at any schools home stadium. Even when it was sparsely filled.
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Post by iknownuthing on Oct 23, 2019 13:05:49 GMT -6
By that same rule and interpretation, that means if West Monroe is the higher ranked team, they can refuse to travel to NOLA and play at home against Acadiana. But it also brings up another bit of violations of the bylaws, in that the bylaws state that all schools are to divided into classes. They play of the championships of the class. So effectively, NO PRIVATE or SELECT as it is called is allowed to play for a true state championship. ONLY the public schools are eligible now to play for a state championship, since only the class has a state champion. Private schools play for a Divisional championship now, not a state championship and they can never be a state champion any longer. That little quirk is down played by the LHSAA and the lemmings have flocked to accept it.
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Post by justadad on Nov 11, 2019 12:57:39 GMT -6
Has anyone else noticed the Baseball and Softball handbooks have recently been updated to remove the "neutral site" option for select schools. According to the Handbook sections the championships can only be played at the higher seeds home field. This is getting more and more ridiculous
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Post by blake2448 on Nov 11, 2019 14:38:15 GMT -6
just drive the wedge a little deeper. You are eventually going to have two separate associations, and the real question is will either one have the revenue it needs, or the officials to call the games.
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Post by pinion on Nov 22, 2019 19:01:43 GMT -6
The only way the private schools are going to leave and form their own league will be if the catholic schools in New Orleans get on board and work with such a movement. And that's not going to happen. It goes beyond sports into the world of politics and it's just not going to happen. Otherwise, it would have already happened.
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Post by Southplaq on Nov 23, 2019 22:37:46 GMT -6
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Post by iknownuthing on Jan 31, 2020 10:48:38 GMT -6
The only way the private schools are going to leave and form their own league will be if the catholic schools in New Orleans get on board and work with such a movement. And that's not going to happen. It goes beyond sports into the world of politics and it's just not going to happen. Otherwise, it would have already happened. And today we may have a Trump acquittal and every private school in the state being forced out of the LHSAA and required to reapply on a simple majority vote.
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