Greyhoundtransplant

I'm actually hopeful that the legislature is going to adjust some of the retirement return rules so one of them can keep coaching.

I did too, but it's near impossible now. Specialized training several times a week, the amount of homework, on top of games and practice, doesn't leave much time for a job. And again they are being compensated outside of school. The school can't be involved.

Had he not been promoted he would've been offered the OC job at Goula, Gulfport, and possibly others. There are more changes but all of those have been known about for months. (Retirements, relocations, etc)

That's the main issue with NIL that everyone misses... A band member can get NIL money. They aren't being paid to play, they are being paid because they play. Think about a great tuba player at any random school. An instrument company can come and say we want to use you in ads for our instrument and pay you X amount of dollars. Their education is still free they are now being compensated for their time and likeness outside of school.

MS is one of 6 states that doesn't have HS NIL. Two of those are currently reviewing changes to adopt (Colorado and Michigan). It past time to put something on the books when every state around you already has something setup (except Alabama).

Haven't heard the grumblings other than from the staff being changed.

It's a tale of two approaches this year though. The Senate is filing all individual bills and the House filed one large bill. I would not be surprised if the house bill leaves the Senate floor with a one time no penalty transfer in their version. It basically says everything else stays but they get one free transfer.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2304IN.pdf SENATE BILL NO. 2304 Education AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY STUDENT-ATHLETE IN THIS STATE, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WHETHER IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL OR ANY SCHOOL THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION (MHSAA), SHALL BE ALLOWED ONE TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING HIS OR HER LENGTH OF ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY OR ANY OTHER PENALTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Every student-athlete in this state, whether in public secondary school or any school that is a member of the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA), shall be allowed one (1) transfer to another school or school district during his or her length of eligibility without loss of eligibility or any other penalty for such transfer. The eligibility upon transfer provided for herein shall not preclude enforcement of any other participation rules or requirements. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.

Can't remember where I read it but homeschool got significantly less than in person supposedly.

If it passes some parts would go into effect July 1, 2026, such as the Tebow section. Looks like only the MSA portion waits until 27-28 school year.

They sent 5 bills last year to disband it. There will be more again this year.

Was Biloxi filled?

That's likely the first of many though. Plus by the time it bounces back and forth between the two sides, there's no telling what will be changed. The group that introduced disbanding MHSAA will be reintroducing those bills as well.

They can have kids living outside attend, they just have to follow the transfer rules, or start there in 9th grade so it will be their "home" school.

Yup. They have the head guy, then an assistant director, and then an athletics coordinator.

All depends on the district. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Some 7A schools have dedicated ADs, some don't. I am fairly certain that all of the Rankin County schools are setup with a head coach as the AD also.

Those jobs are always tricky since they have to have the advanced certification to be the AD also. A lot of assistant coaches won't have that.

Especially when you consider he was the AD in addition to being the HC

Is he not also the AD?

From my understanding every incident was outside of the stadium whether at the gate or away from it after the games.

It's already been discussed by many and stated by many that they hold no power outside of the field. Everything else falls on the school district. The school district is ultimately responsible for anything happening on their grounds. Enforce the rules and policies already in place and tailgating shouldn't be an issue. Now if they are tailgating off school property then the only option you basically have is to enforce not letting them on campus or in the gate if you believe they aren't suitable to be there. If they attempted to enforce something off campus, it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back on the fight against the private organization running high school athletics.

They are on their own regardless for lawsuits. Every part of that falls on each district. The only thing that falls under them is what happens on the field. Everything else is on the school district. They aren't cutting into their kingdom for anything or anyone.

Interesting that the private organization that oversees athletics is able to tell school districts how to police and enforce their district policies and laws based on the advice of their attorneys. The same organization that selectively enforces it's own policies, procedures, and rules as they feel fit with zero oversight. The entire situation is horrible, but pushing all the districts to remove tailgating is absurd.

They were pretty well drummed by d'iberville, and they play Gulfport while OS is on a bye to start getting healthy. The Biloxi game they will definitely be a favorite based on the games I have watched of both of them so far. OS has been playing linebackers on the defensive line for the last two weeks due to injuries. Solo puts up another 230 yard performance in back to back weeks. I look for him to continue his trend as of late. Both OS and Gulfport have played well on the road over the past few years, I don't feel like it's an advantage for West Harrison.

We will see where they end up after these next 3 games. They have a tough stretch to finish up.