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Given that wording, I'd be surprised if they play in the postseason this year, that's about as strong of a letter as you're gonna see given the circumstances. They might (keyword) remove next year's punishment but honestly, I'd almost condition that to Overton himself. Put a show-cause on him as a coach. If he stays at Hayfield, they don't see the playoffs next year. If he leaves or is removed then allow Hayfield to play in the playoffs next year.
Excellent points @1MoreHokie. He needs to be banned from coaching a member school for a certain period of time and have to apply for reinstatement. Thanks @otnorot. You came through again.
I am not sure Overton is the only Hayfield Secondary School employee or FCPS employee that should incur discipline. The kids are being punished and the adults who aided, abetted and attempted to cover up the situation should be disciplined as well. I am not sure how the FCPS Superintendent has any credibility to remain in her job given the her initial "independent" investigation and ruling contrasted with the VHSL findings. The stark differences in the two reviews amount to much more than a reasonable difference of opinion and FCPS Board members should be asking themselves if she responds this way to athletics matters do they trust her to honestly respond to more serious matters that may arise within school administration and academics?
My issue if they ban DO is they better ban these other coaches and penalize them too. Hold everyone accountable. I just get the feeling nothing is going to happen to anyone.
My question is why did he leave Freedom when he had a successful program. Did Freedom realize that he recruited there also and was scared they were going to be suspended. Inquiring minds want to know.
There’s a YouTube video out there somewhere on “The Kirk and Byrd show” with DO explaining why.
I’ve got to tell you that I find it pretty disrespectfully of the EC member that posted or allow to be posted a confidential memorandum.
Having said that, I liked what I read. The most important aspect of what was said is the that the Sportsmanship Committee may sustain, reduce, or enlarge the penalty.
Hopefully the Independent Sportsmanship Committee, less encumbered by political concerns, will appreciate the need to make a bold statement by dropping an even heavier hammer than the EC proposed.
Yall are some sad bitter individuals. Old men sitting around gossiping about information that doesn't pertain to you or your programs. So we go act like Dinwiddie ain't getting no kids from the Petersburg or Brunswick surrounding county area??? Stop it. And why yall ain't spending time doing extensive investigational research on Liberty Christian Academy? Yall know they are blatantly violating as formulated private school playing in Class 3 with Class 1 level enrollment, bringing kids from all over to winning Rocco his State Public Championships. But they have capital and top of the line attorneys to go against the VHLS we turn the other cheek. Lets call a spade a spade! It's sounds like covert racism being thrown around in these sports blogs as anonymous user names against predominantly black coaching staffs.
Hayfield was too obvious, flat out. This happens everywhere, sure, but most places it's a kid or three a season not an entire starting lineup. The school Overton left, where they won multiple titles and games in a row, couldn't play ten games this season because there weren't enough upperclassmen. If he leaves and takes maybe 4-6 guys then sure, that's not legal but nobody's gonna end up drawing a stink over it but this isn't college and kids can't just enter the portal en masse to follow a coach. SMU got the death penalty not because they were cheating but the way they were doing so, flaunting it to the world. You wanna cheat in sports you keep your head down and make small moves because a little ripple in the pond might just be the wind but a big ripple is where that monster bass lives and someone's gonna go catch it.
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