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Can confirm all four applied at the same time. Could be as simple as the two weakest schools in football were offered? GC is 0-10 all time vs Roncalli and 2-18 vs Chatard. BJ has taken a downturn recently

If you are a basketball fan and have Amazon Prime Video I recommend a new documentary series, Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association. Very informative and entertaining. Well done.

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Sayin it like it's a bad thing. 😃

The mayor and city-county council have been trying to take over the IPS school board since I was in high school in the 1990s. At the time, there was a proposal to consolidate ALL of the Marion County schools into IPS (including the township schools) and have an appointed board.

Another excellent sports documentary on Netflix currently....Miracle - The Boys of '80. https://www.netflix.com/title/81995302 Learned even more about this incredible historical sporting event from the actual players on the team. Well worth the watch!!

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My conspiracy regarding this: It's illegal. It's a "hidden player" scenario ran in a huge, semi-state level game. By Bob's own admission earlier in this thread- "hideout" plays have been illegal for quite some time. Bob checked with the crew chief (again, by his own admission) - and the crew chief gave Bob a plausible explanation for why they allowed the play. Video evidence (as captured by screenshots in this thread) strongly contradicts the explanation given by the crew chief. Nobody wants to admit blame....Bob doesn't want to admit he was either : 1. Lied to ......2. A semi-state official doesn't know the rules....... If I'm North Miami, I would be pretty upset this was allowed by the officiating crew.

I was there both days working...my 2 cents. Pylon hired an outside security group who did an awesome job of checking wrist bands. Wrong wristband color? not allowed on field level. Parents had great excuses to try and get by them...my kid needs his drink, my kid needs his bag. They did not let anybody without the proper colored band through. Westfield PD was also very present. 4 to 5 officers in shifts roaming the fields and concourse areas. Now parents could yell at the refs from above, but no parents were downstairs that I could see. There was an "in your face" attitude with most receptions especially touchdowns. The DB's would also get mouthy on a good pass break up. Kids being kids emulating the pros and occasionally a flag was thrown for taunting, but I did not necessarily see any repercussions. Here was a big problem. Team A 15U is playing Team B 15U. Team A 13U, 14U, 16U etc were on the sidelines watching and cheering for their club team. So, on a great catch instead of the receiver taunting the DB on a singular basis, 30 kids would run down and taunt the DB and vice versa. Lots and Lots of chippy talking. Words I don't use. on and on and on every game. These are some seriously talented kids and clubs. A Pittsburgh team (421 Black, think they were 16's, evidently had 6-7 guys verbally committed) Other clubs the same. Several teams with 14 year olds with offers. The brawl happened between 2 clubs that have been "feudin" and continue to feud as they play in these tournaments. It was brewing and brewing on Saturday and Sunday and finally came to a head. The Westfield PD was on it early. It started and the officers were already in EC1 area ready for something. They sensed it. The brawl starts and soon after, the North doors open and 10-12 more officers are in there. It did not last very long. The problem again....too many players from clubs on the field watching their club play. So, a fight starts here, then there, then over there. Kids joining in the adult fight. 3-4 people kicking one guy. You can see jerseys with numbers on them. It was not just the adults. Kids were defending their coaches and jumping in. Several teams just ran to the corners to get out of the mess. Pretty smart. Can't say enough about Westfield PD and the Grand Park Event Center staff. One of the Pylon people had already left, and another said she had to leave too with about 90 minutes before it was done. GP ops said if you leave, we're closing it down. She stayed. There were no other issues with fighting. On a side note...Brownsburg had a 12-U group. On defense, they were running 2-3 different kinds of defensive zone reads and 2-3 different man to man defenses. Called from the side lines with hand signals. Kids were all talking pre-snap and during the play, passing receivers off to safeties. Well-coached. Smart kids. The only reason I got to watch this intently was it was the last game. The team they were playing was just as good. That is what I want to remember about that Sunday. My 2 cents

7 on 7 = AAU Basketball = Travel Baseball The behavior of the coaches / parents / athletes is often looked past because the coaches want to keep the talented ones on their team. In this day of "I'll just play for another team when the going gets tough", "coaches" look the other way and ignore red flags with a kids behavior because their talent helps them win games. I put the word coaches in quotations because if you are only trying to win games and not trying to teach your young athletes to be responsible young adults, you are not a good coach, and I don't care what your win/loss record is. Kids need discipline and structure now more that ever, and if you're teaching them that they can treat people poorly because they run a fast 40 yard dash, you are the problem. Disclaimer: This does not apply to all coaches, I know there are a lot of coaches teaching the right things and using the vehicle of sport to teach important life lessons. That is one of your most important jobs as a coach. When you teach people the right way of doing things, winning is a byproduct. We owe it to then to do better.