Fox 6 News reporting a Judge has ruled...

[Jamos]

I think it's the right decision as well once I knew more about what happened, but maybe this incident will for the school systems and the AHSSA will revamp some of their rules to prevent incidents like this one from happening again. If this player had been a starter and had factored in Clay winning some games I  would have thought different because I know some of these coaches do a lot of recruiting in the off season.

[Jamos]

Last evening this story took another twist as Gadsden City High School, who was eliminated from the state playoffs by the Judges ruling yesterday, reported that they have gotten legal help and will try to get a reversal on the ruling made by the Judge yesterday.

This issue has really gone bad as the schools that are affected by all of this have no idea as to who they should prepare for Friday night. Hopefully this will all end today.

[pmull]

The ruling yesterday by the judge did not clear CCHS of using an ineligible player. An injunction was granted to allow CCHS to play until the case could be reviewed on 11/10. I guess CCHS is innocent until proven guilty. Disregard the fact that the governing association ruled them guilty and they lost the appeal. This injunction has an affect on 25% of the 6A playoffs in week one. This ruling stinks.

[pmull]

Gadsden City is fighting back. These are going to be some screwed up playoffs.


Latest on Clay-Chalkville: Motion for injunction filed on behalf of Gadsden City

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[SUPERCOACH]

The games have to be delayed.  What are they waiting for?

If CCHS is in, then Gadsden just needs to stay out of it.  They lost on the field and don't deserve to be in IMO.

[SUPERCOACH]

Of course the Gadsden motion was filed in an Etowah county court.  I see how this is going to play out... 

[Marshal Dillon]

All of this confusion and counter injunctions, changing playoff teams, is what happens when the courts get involved. Now, we will try to run our high school football by having a know-nothing judge who will make decisions over experienced people with the AHSAA. Earlier I said I was dead set against any court involvement because this was the results you could expect, mass confusion. Are those of you who wanted court involvement happy now?


 


 

[pmull]

An Etowah County judge this morning issued a temporary injunction against the AHSAA ruling that Gadsden is eligible for the playoffs and not CCHS. AHSAA is filing a motion with the state supreme court over dueling court orders.

Meanwhile, who does my team prepare to play?

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[pmull]

Just in case there are not enough judges involved the Decatur School Board, on behalf of Austin High, has filed a lawsuit to keep Austin's first game at home with Vestavia.

I have never seen anything like this.

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[Coach Hank Crisp]

I have been going to the different threads and handing these out. We don't need to peak before Saturday night!

[SUPERCOACH]

All of this confusion and counter injunctions, changing playoff teams, is what happens when the courts get involved. Now, we will try to run our high school football by having a know-nothing judge who will make decisions over experienced people with the AHSAA. Earlier I said I was dead set against any court involvement because this was the results you could expect, mass confusion. Are those of you who wanted court involvement happy now?


 


 

They need to delay the playoffs for a week until they figure it out.  If they do that and get the right teams in there, I think that is better than going off all willy nilly and having the playoffs with the wrong teams, or changing opponents 2 days before the game. 

[Jamos]

All of this confusion and counter injunctions, changing playoff teams, is what happens when the courts get involved. Now, we will try to run our high school football by having a know-nothing judge who will make decisions over experienced people with the AHSAA. Earlier I said I was dead set against any court involvement because this was the results you could expect, mass confusion. Are those of you who wanted court involvement happy now?


 


 

They need to delay the playoffs for a week until they figure it out.  If they do that and get the right teams in there, I think that is better than going off all willy nilly and having the playoffs with the wrong teams, or changing opponents 2 days before the game. 

They should have had the hearing today, this is totally senseless when you have the powers to be from different counties throwing their weight around. It really makes me wonder just how prejudiced some of our Judges can be when the problem is in their backyard and they are supposed to be unbiased. You would think the two Judges and the AHSAA could find a sensible resolution to all of this.

[pmull]

This is crazy. If a decision is made by the state supreme court between now and Friday afternoon we will play Friday. If no decision is made by Friday afternoon only 4 games will be postponed. We have a game this Friday and as of Wednesday afternoon we do not know who we will play or where the game will be played at. I guess we better keep the home and away uniforms clean and the buses gased up.

The Alabama High School Athletics Association will file a writ with the Alabama Supreme Court this afternoon requesting an opinion on a dispute over the state’s 6A football playoffs, the association’s attorney said today.

If the state’s highest court doesn’t issue a ruling by Friday afternoon, at least four playoff games will be postponed, said AHSAA attorney Jim Williams.

“I don’t think we’d have any other choice,” Williams said. “We have conflicting rulings from two different courts.”

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[SUPERCOACH]

This is crazy. If a decision is made by the state supreme court between now and Friday afternoon we will play Friday. If no decision is made by Friday afternoon only 4 games will be postponed. We have a game this Friday and as of Wednesday afternoon we do not know who we will play or where the game will be played at. I guess we better keep the home and away uniforms clean and the buses gased up.

The Alabama High School Athletics Association will file a writ with the Alabama Supreme Court this afternoon requesting an opinion on a dispute over the state’s 6A football playoffs, the association’s attorney said today.

If the state’s highest court doesn’t issue a ruling by Friday afternoon, at least four playoff games will be postponed, said AHSAA attorney Jim Williams.

“I don’t think we’d have any other choice,” Williams said. “We have conflicting rulings from two different courts.”

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Has it not occurred to them to delay regardless since the teams don't know who to game plan for?  Or at least make a statement to the teams saying to prepare for the original schedule, and if something changes by Friday there will be a one week delay to give you time to prepare for the new opponent.  Why are they hellbent on playing the first games this week?  It seems obvious that they need to wait until this is settled.  CCHS and Gadsden are the only 2 teams who know for sure who to prepare for, because they will either play that team or stay home and be out of the playoffs.

[pmull]

Still waiting on the ruling to decide if CCHS is in the playoffs or out. The state supreme court is expected to make the decision by the end of the day. Austin is preparing to play Vestavia expecting the CCHS forfeits to be enforced.

It has come out that the CCHS player was expelled from Huffman on December 13, 2010. That makes him ineligible to play AHSAA sports for one year. He enrolled at Restoration Academy which is a school for troubled kids. He withdrew from that school in April 2011. CCHS claims they checked his last school to verify he left there in good standing. He can not be in good standing if he withdrew and failed to complete the school year. CCHS either did a poor job checking the kids background or choose to overlook his problems. I think the AHSAA make the proper ruling when they declared him ineligible and made CCHS forfeit 9 games. I expect the state supreme court to let the AHSAA ruling stand.

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