Will Oak Grove and Greenville Christian really play each other Sept. 17?

[Arashatora]

3 hours ago, msaisbandkid said:

The main reason why MRA has gotten away with a lot is that many of the people that work for them are affiliated with MRA. The Executive Director of the MAIS is Stone Blanton's dad.

This is exactly right

[msaisbandkid]

1 hour ago, Dubaction said:

Is Collins Hill the most talented team in Georgia in your opinion? 

Probably but there are teams like Grayson and Buford that are up there too. Buford is actually ranked higher right now according to Maxpreps.

[Wareaglefan1us]

Most private schools and if we’re being honest a lot of public schools recruit players. Most of your biggest power house Private Schools will target 5-6 kids at a young age every year. They move them up through their program and when they graduate you have the next class move through. That’s why the same schools are playing deep in the playoffs every season. It’s been going on for years. 

[MSTSatchmo]

1 hour ago, Wareaglefan1us said:

Most private schools and if we’re being honest a lot of public schools recruit players. Most of your biggest power house Private Schools will target 5-6 kids at a young age every year. They move them up through their program and when they graduate you have the next class move through. That’s why the same schools are playing deep in the playoffs every season. It’s been going on for years. 

And why some schools, like a certain school in Northeast MS, has become a sports powerhouse in the last 5 years.   The right people decided that they wanted to make a name for the school in athletics.   

[Deonte3455]

Some of those may be true but you can’t forget kids recruit kids also.

[GoodOnPaper]

GCS is doing what other private schools have done since ever. Not sure why that upsets people; probably because they're winning, it seems. But it is bizarre that a media outlet and MS sports "historian" is talking about their success like this is a ragtag bunch of outcasts/underdogs who never win anything finally putting it all together situation, though.

[Dubaction]

Once you start beating up on the MRAs and Preps of the world it becomes a problem lol

[MSTSatchmo]

8 minutes ago, GoodOnPaper said:

GCS is doing what other private schools have done since ever. Not sure why that upsets people; probably because they're winning, it seems. But it is bizarre that a media outlet and MS sports "historian" is talking about their success like this is a ragtag bunch of outcasts/underdogs who never win anything finally putting it all together situation, though.

How many schools have had an entire starting lineup of transfers?   I don’t have a problem with it, but we can’t say that other schools have done this forever.  It’s a pretty unique situation.   
 

That article was ridiculous though.  

[Arashatora]

28 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

How many schools have had an entire starting lineup of transfers?   I don’t have a problem with it, but we can’t say that other schools have done this forever.  It’s a pretty unique situation.   
 

That article was ridiculous though.  

I agree that article was complete rubbish

[Wareaglefan1us]

24 minutes ago, MSTSatchmo said:

How many schools have had an entire starting lineup of transfers?   I don’t have a problem with it, but we can’t say that other schools have done this forever.  It’s a pretty unique situation.   
 

That article was ridiculous though.  

I don’t have a problem with it only because those kids would has lost 2020 if it had not been for GCS. There school had canceled the season I think I read. If I’m wrong someone please correct me I don’t mind I’m 56 years old I’m a big boy lol. But you point about schools not picking up entire starting lineups is true. It’s usually a few players here and there.

[Dubaction]

Yea they had like 14 players back in the spring or something like that. 

[SCVMC1G]

14 hours ago, s1nglewing said:

This is simply untrue. Catholic schools subsidize some student tuitions and always have

It is 100% true. Catholic schools don't subsidize them for the express purpose of obtaining athletes. There's a big difference ehtically and morally in helping kids in poor income situations and exploiting them for sports puposes. 

[SCVMC1G]

3 hours ago, GoodOnPaper said:

GCS is doing what other private schools have done since ever. Not sure why that upsets people; probably because they're winning, it seems. But it is bizarre that a media outlet and MS sports "historian" is talking about their success like this is a ragtag bunch of outcasts/underdogs who never win anything finally putting it all together situation, though.

No one has ever done what GCS has. That's ridiculous. A player or two maybe but 27 players? They have a 31 man roster with 21 seniors. The spill that they're just helping some kids who would otherwise not get to play is asinine. They're exploiting them for their own purposes and when those 21 seniors graduate, if they do, they better hope they have a huge sophmore class coming in.

[SCVMC1G]

16 hours ago, s1nglewing said:

Tuition at Greenville Christian for HS students is $5600/year; and how are you privy to the financial situations of 27 or so families and a private business?

 

Wrong. Tutiton is 5600.00 for first year entering students and 4500.00 for subsequent years 7-12. As for your question, I assume it's retorical but I'll tell you anyway. My grandchildren attended GCS and my Junior grandson played football for them until the ringers were brought in and him and 8 of his buddies quit the team for being pushed aside after they had worked thier tails off. But really . . . common sense could come to the same conclusion. 

Edited September 9, 2021 by SCVMC1G
Correction

[SCVMC1G]

13 hours ago, s1nglewing said:

... also untrue. Non-Catholics are subsidized as well. Some pay no tuition at all, and not necessarily athletes, either.

 

Basically the truth is that there a rumors of this or that and no one has proof - just talking off the tops of their head and repeating the rumors. 

 

Prove me wrong.

Your asking a negative to be proved which is impossible. You for whatever reason don't want to believe it but I know what I know. I don't deal in rumors.

Edited September 9, 2021 by SCVMC1G

[Dubaction]

Had those 17 kids not quit GC would have some depth. 

Edited September 9, 2021 by Dubaction

[SCVMC1G]

12 minutes ago, Dubaction said:

Had those 17 kids not quit GC would have some depth. 

I just spoke with my daughter and I was wrong about the 17 quiting. There were 17 and 9 quit. Still . . .

[s1nglewing]

15 minutes ago, SCVMC1G said:

Your asking a negative to be proved which is impossible. You for whatever reason don't want to believe it but I know what I know. I don't deal in rumors.

Provide actual proof is all I'm asking.

[s1nglewing]

19 minutes ago, SCVMC1G said:

Wrong. Tutiton is 5600.00 for first year entering students and 4500.00 for subsequent years 7-12. As for your question, I assume it's retorical but I'll tell you anyway. My grandchildren attended GCS and my Junior grandson played football for them until the ringers were brought in and him and 16 of his buddies quit the team for being pushed aside after they had worked thier tails off. But really . . . common sense could come to the same conclusion. 

 

Did they quit because they had to compete for their positions? Weak sauce.

[SCVMC1G]

Just now, s1nglewing said:

 

Did they quit because they had to compete for their positions? Weak sauce.

Dude what's your problem, why you getting your drawers in a wad over this? Your gonna throw shade on kids? Big man huh?  It's my experiance that only very insecure or very weak men do that. 

[SCVMC1G]

7 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

Provide actual proof is all I'm asking.

On a forum? Lol.

[s1nglewing]

2 minutes ago, SCVMC1G said:

On a forum? Lol.

Either you have no proof and have only hearsay... just sayin'.

[SCVMC1G]

2 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

Either you have no proof and have only hearsay... just sayin'.

Just saying.

[Washed_Up_Athlete]

10 hours ago, s1nglewing said:

Provide actual proof is all I'm asking.

Absent a subpoena issued, or the MAIS investigating and GCS complying, this won't occur and you know it. 

 

MAIS schools are private schools. Recruiting - by definition - is their lifeblood. Recruiting does not violate the MAIS rules. Sponsorship - ie., single boosters paying for athletes to attend a school - does violate the rule. I quoted the rule verbatim above to support that point.

 

It is true that other schools have engaged in sponsorship and continue to do so. MRA has done it for years. JP has done it to a lesser extent. JA does it. Hartfield does it. St. Joe-Madison has several kids being sponsored by a single booster right now. Because so many have done it or are doing it with a few athletes, you have the equivalent of a bunch of cars speeding on the highway right in front of the highway patrol. So long as they aren't exceeding the speed limit by more than a few miles per hour, the MAIS isn't going to do anything. 

 

The problem with GCS is similar to what MRA was caught doing several years ago. GCS is driving 100 MPH right in front of the cops. Whether the MAIS will turn on the lights and chase the school down remains to be seen. But please - save the "actual proof" nonsense.   

Edited September 9, 2021 by Washed_Up_Athlete

[lionpack]

15 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said:

And why some schools, like a certain school in Northeast MS, has become a sports powerhouse in the last 5 years.   The right people decided that they wanted to make a name for the school in athletics.   

Public or private school? I am curious now. Would it be in Lee County?