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Lawsuit by member of Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team alleges recruiting violations by her coach-
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It was only a matter of time until this happened. It was pretty egregious when he announced all of the transfers. -
This case is now back in the headlines...
it appears the head coach of the TOP RANKED Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team has been recruiting kids from other schools...
the IHSA was willing to suspend only the head coach and the girls who had transferred and who were involved in the illegal recruiting..
and let the rest of the team play in the STATE TOURNAMENT..
However - the school and the coach objected and proceeded with an appeal claiming they were innocent.......
so IHSA rescinded their offer and issued an even HARSHER penalty..
Now the entire team and the coaches are all suspended and banned from the State Tourney and their first round tourney game vs. TF North is now forfeited
and H-F's season is over...
..as expected the parents are whining "not fair - the kids didn't do anything wrong..."
but in this case, most of them clearly did! They transferred multiple times, even listing the coach's home address as their own residence - the Trib article lists multiple violations that clearly are on the kids as they had to know they were breaking the rules just to stack this team and win more...Comment
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If the coach involved, Tony Smith, is as good at recruiting as it seems, maybe Bradley should hire him? At least he could recruit legally here.
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Having already banned the Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team from the State Tournament...
now IHSA confirms it is looking into similar violations by the boys basketball team - and they may be banished as well..........and other sports
The main concern is that the "off season conditioning" program at H-F that has been in place for 9 years - has been ruled a violation of IHSA bylaws and in effect is an illegal off-season function that was deemed to give H-F athletes an unfair advantage. Athletes from virtually every sport have utilized this program at H-F but it appears that all those athletes have violated
IHSA's "Athletic Season Limitation By-laws (2.090) and Open Gym Limitation By-laws (3.161)."
In a completely unrelated situation, IHSA also banned several other Chicago Public League boys teams for exceeding the maximum number of games that can be played under IHSA rules.
Chicago Bogan's Luwane Pipkins is therefore done with no chance of playing or advancing in the IHSA State Tourney
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After reading these articles, it is pretty clear and sad I might say that Cheating in the windy city applies to more than politics. What's even funnier is the IHSA is doing everything they can to share the wealth,( the democratic way) so everyone can win a trophy and Chi schools are doing everything they can get away with to win those trophies. Maybe I have a warped sense of humor but I find it very funny. Whose gonna win. The IHSA or the cheaters in Chi. Stay tuned.Originally posted by tornado View PostHaving already banned the Homewood-Flossmoor girls basketball team from the State Tournament...
now IHSA confirms it is looking into similar violations by the boys basketball team - and they may be banished as well..........and other sports
The main concern is that the "off season conditioning" program at H-F that has been in place for 9 years - has been ruled a violation of IHSA bylaws and in effect is an illegal off-season function that was deemed to give H-F athletes an unfair advantage. Athletes from virtually every sport have utilized this program at H-F but it appears that all those athletes have violated
IHSA's "Athletic Season Limitation By-laws (2.090) and Open Gym Limitation By-laws (3.161)."
In a completely unrelated situation, IHSA also banned several other Chicago Public League boys teams for exceeding the maximum number of games that can be played under IHSA rules.
Chicago Bogan's Luwane Pipkins is therefore done with no chance of playing or advancing in the IHSA State Tourney
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Schools won their appeal. Bogan and the other 2 schools are allowed to play, minus their head coaches.Originally posted by tornadoIn a completely unrelated situation, IHSA also banned several other Chicago Public League boys teams for exceeding the maximum number of games that can be played under IHSA rules.
Chicago Bogan's Luwane Pipkins is therefore done with no chance of playing or advancing in the IHSA State Tourney
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ha - good - but as a penalty for scheduling too many games, their AD's need to be fined $1000 by IHSA!!!Comment
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