Prep RB ruled ineligble after comments to reporter

Miami Herald ran a story on Lakeland High School football team, an upbeat story on small-town football.

In the story the teams star RB admits to accepting gifts and cash. Now the Florida High School Association is investigating. And the paper had audio of the interview.

I have no comment, just an interesting situation.

I do wonder if the original story's author knew the player had broken rules.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16165246.htm - The only game in town

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16173414.htm - Lakeland star faces FHSAA scrutiny

 

You know, I found it really strange that they just kind of blithely reported those quotes and apparently with nobody raising an eyebrow. Strange.

 

It's strange but I've seen similar things before.

Anyway, whenever a woman hands me a wad of cash, she always wants something.







Her pizza!

 

(Rimshot.)

(You're welcome.)

 

Something similar happened not long ago at a Catholic high school in Pittsburgh. I don't remember all of the details, but a girls basketball player said during an interview that the coach had come to talk to her about the basketball program while she was still in junior high. I forget what they did to the player, but the coach was suspended for an entire season.

 

I completely agree. I mean those are some big claims he's making. If you're going to report them, why hide them in the story? Obviously it's a big deal. Either make a full-blown story about it or hold it for later. It just seems like an odd place to include such a quote.

 

that's what I was thinking. It doesn't appear the writer and editor knew the magnitude of the players comments.

 

It's Miami. With players getting arrested (Willie Williams), players illegally transferring schools every other semester, player recruitment and God knows what else, accepting clothes and cash probably didn't seem like a big deal to them.

After reading the story, I feel bad for the guy who gave the RB the clothes. Sounds like he'll have to move out of Lakeland. Wait. Is that a bad thing?

 

It allowed the Sun-Sentinel to get a gimme "tie" on the story.

 

At least two Miami Herald editorial employees didn't realize that amateur athletes can't accept cash and gifts? I know the desk down there is always hurting, but SHIT.

 

Will this adversely affect his college plans? (Obviously, it could adversely his college plans. But will it actually do so?)

 

Not sure if this will affect his plans. It depends on what the investigation does or doesn't turn up and how the state association rules. My guess is it all gets swept under the rug and chalked up to a dumb kid running his mouth.