Thomas and his wife have filed suit against VHSL over VHSL deeming their two high school sons ineligible for football at Brookville High. Case was set to go in front of a judge today at 330pm to put an injunction in place to allow the boys to keep playing.
https://wset.com/news/local/former-nfl-star-logan-thomas-and-family-sue-...
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When it comes to eligibility, the VHSL is worse than the NCAA
Oh, and the Assistant Director mentioned in the article is a Hoo.
That entire system down in Lynchburg is corrupt and an absolute $h1t show.
We talking high school, not college
Oh, it extends to every aspect of the city
My comment was specifically about high school football down there.
But it could definitely apply at a broader level.
I see what ya did there
323 pages in the lawsuit? LOL
Woulda been funnier if it was 380
38-0, bro
From the article, it seems like they are having to document about 30 or more events of what was or wasnt done. Probably also includes all the paperwork needed to prove residence. Depending on how many defendants they named outside of just VHSL as an organization, probably had to document why each were named.
AttorneyGPT FTW
If you can dazel them with brilliance bury them will bullshit.
And bill by the hour.
Based on reading the article as long as they are using that home as a primary residence they are going to win. VHSL skipped mandatory steps in determining eligibility and never allowed the family to participate.
Unfortunately for Thomas and his sons, the judge denied the temporary restraining order yesterday. Haven't seen anything with details on why.
Watched a local news clip but reporter really wasnt clear on the reason either.
Update: Judge decided that they didnt follow the appropriate VHSL Appeal process although there technically wasnt anything official to appeal until the season had already started even though VHSL started investigating in July. VHSL didnt rule them ineligible until the third week of the season. Seems like a BS ruling given all the rest of what was documented.
Must be a Hoo graduate. It honestly sounds like nobody is actually following the law based on the available information and sadly that includes the judge.
Assuming this turns out to be some vendetta or impropriety by the VHSL, I hope this situation turns into a major damages win for Thomas & his family. You are taking away a portion of the lives of children (who I am presuming are innocent in all of this) that they will never be able to recover. All over petty rules about where the family lives that should be very easy to figure out quickly, yet it has been dragged out for several months with seemingly vague rulings based on secret society meetings and muddy procedure.
Again, I am saying all that assuming Thomas and his family are in the right all along.
He should sue that guy that denied them 38.0 million.
The no representation part means that the VHSL will lose, however I can also see them delaying until the kids have graduated.
Hey Logan. do like many who married someone from SW Ohio and move on back to the area and send your kids to Moeller, St. X, or Elder. All football powerhouse schools (all Catholic unfortunately) but the boys would have a chance to shine in some of the biggest games in the state. The Cincinnati Alumni chapter would welcome you with open arms.
In West Virginia you can pretty much transfer to whichever HS you want just for sports, I don't think you're even required to live in the footprint as long as you are enrolled at the school.
That started in the late 90s. So only been that way for like 30 years.
However it was structured before, it seems to have been loosened up (or tangentially related requirements relaxed) over just the last few years. (of course my experience comes with living near a state champion Martinsburg who magically found $1,000,000 unused money for top of the line facilities, so maybe it's just back in the news)
I think 97 was the first year you could move schools before that you just couldn't play if you moved from one high school you another. One of the guys I swam with could finally go to our school as his family moved and he had to continue going to his old high school to play sports until they changed the rules.
Why is it unfortunate that they are Catholic?
rhetorical question - how many people do you know went to Catholic school and are no longer Catholic?
I know many.
My daughters goto/wentto Roanoke Catholic. Many non-Catholic kids go there as it's a good school.
o/
I was a product of Catholic schools. Don't get me wrong they are good schools. but here in Cincy the Catholic schools have a bit too much of a culty devotion. The running joke is if you ask someone in Cincy where they went to school, they will name their high school instead of college.