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1 hour ago, SBFootball1 said:
Does anyone know the threshold of getting these items on to this agenda? I would imagine it is not every proposal brought to the IHSAA, so are these vetted/discussed/etc prior to this meeting? I guess the main question is, what are the chances of any/all of these things passing?
I realize some are just verbiage corrections but others are significant changes.
Sports proposals typically begin with the coaches association. They poll the coaches. I have been told the IHSAA is typically looking for a majority participation from the coaches and a 70%-80% yea vote to go along with depending on the the proposal.
Proposals coming from particular sports then go thru the IIAAA (Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association) to try and gain favor with the AD's. You need to have your ducks in a row and present proposals to the IIAAA at their November meeting, to get things on the agenda for the IHSAA's Annual Meeting.
I've never been involved with the principals association, but I would assume it's a similar process.
I don't think each process happens exclusive from each other. I know some proposals coming from the IIAAA are sometimes discussed in the principal meetings.
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You see Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I don't care.
Not a meme, but certainly meme worthy!
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Saw this on Leland Conway's FB page, I thought it was pretty spot on.
QuoteSocialism is a moral copout. It attempts to lay the blame for humanity's inevitable moral failures at the feet of capitalism. In reality, an economic system has no moral values - only humans do. Destroy capitalism and immorality will simply change currency. Leland Conway
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1 hour ago, Irishman said:
Well, there is a LOT of competition here. 🤣
Don't sell me short, I'm quite an A-hole!
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10 hours ago, Lysander said:
In '97, around Semi-State time, after travelling through drought stricken counties on the way, Noah and his Ark was somehow required simply to get onto the field at Franklin County....let alone play on it.
The football field there, specifically, just needed to get right with God. Old Testament field......apparently.
It did get right with God.....as it turned out.
I can't tell you how many times I've been on that field and stared at that dam and thought, oh geez.....
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I think the Ahole theory has more plausibility, if it weren't for the fact that I'm #7, I'm clearly a bigger Ahole than that.
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3 minutes ago, gonzoron said:
If I was #2 I'd try harder.
I see I have some work to do.
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8 hours ago, gonzoron said:
Does anyone know the meaning of the numbers under our school affiliation on comments?
Your A-hole rating? I notice you’re number 1.
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It opens the door to an enterprising young entrepreneur(s). The market will sort it out.
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You can find 2TB portable HD’s for less than 75 bucks, why not archive previous seasons, practices, JV/Frosh yourself?
I would think doing it yourself you could organize it and have a more intuitive system that fits your needs better as well.
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19 minutes ago, DannEllenwood said:
Heck. I don't know. No clue where those schools are. Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever heard of them.
LOL. Thanks for educating me. 🙂
Dude, seriously, there's a whole state outside of the region!
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9 minutes ago, DannEllenwood said:
I was talking to a dear, dear, dear friend of mine who I won't reveal his name, but it does rhyme w/ Coach Rowlin, last evening.
Technically isn't just about everywhere in Indiana "up north" compared to Evansville? 😉
So we can rule out North Posey and Mt. Vernon (Poseyville)?
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I heard on the radio yesterday a couple of D prez candidates stumping for reparations. Reparations are not a new idea, the idea has been thrown around for many years, but the recurring questions I have are:
1 How do you determine who gets reparations?
2 Who is on the hook for the bill?
3 What is the price to right this wrong? How is it determined?
4 How do reparations move this country forward? Does it end racism? Does it put enough money in the economy that entire country becomes prosperous?
5 I don't understand how a US citizen of 2019 can be fined for the legal actions of their forefathers 150 years ago.
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59 minutes ago, Wabash82 said:
The Pennsylvania law (or maybe Philadelphia city ordinance?) that was relied on in the case discussed in the letter to the editor clearly was not like the law enacted in Indiana, since the Indiana law does not create any new crimes (e.g., it wouldn't allow someone to be arrested for "ethnic intimidation"). Our "hate" law is a sentencing enhancement law, so there still must be proof (and conviction) of some underlying criminal offense that is already illegal under existing Indiana law. So that argument against the Indiana law -- that it has now criminalized mere thoughts or attitudes -- is a complete red herring.
My concern about this new law is that, in our legislators great desire to avoid offending some of their constituents by including gender or gender identity as a protected category, while at the same time trying to avoid the bad national publicity (ala with the State RFRA law of a few years ago) of just coming out and saying that they did not intend to cover those categories in the new law, they wrote a law that is, arguably, unenforceably vague. I appreciate that former Justice Sullivan has offered his opinion that it is not, but the Indiana ACLU is apparently already preparing to bring a lawsuit contending that it is.
There was federal law on the books in the case of RFRA, my question for Pence and the legislature at the time, why this, why now? I seem to recall this was about the same time Pence was lobbying for an anti-gay marriage amendment. SCOTUS put an end to that. Politically could anyone make any dumber decisions?
Yet another instance of our last two R governors worrying about the mice, while the elephants are running over them.
But hey, as is the case today, we did something, now we can all feel better about ourselves and go on about our business.
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So does this mean Indiana now resubmits their bid to Amazon for H2?
What a colossal waste of time, effort, and political capital for a nothing piece of legislation.
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On 4/1/2019 at 8:37 AM, swordfish said:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ocasio-cortez-flubs-history-fdr-change-to-constitution
She must be upsetting the leaders of the left when the MSM is actually pointing out her flubs........
As I have stated before, she and those of her ilk are merely the D's Tea Party.
At least on the face of it early on, that seemed to be the case. What seems to be interesting is this group is they seem to be driving the party to the left. Many of the 147 D candidates for pres seem to be echoing a lot of their ideas. I also get a strong sense that VOC and some of her ilk are starting to annoy some of the D leadership, which ultimately could lead to their demise politically. Say what you want about Nancy Pelosi, but she still wields a lot of power.
Moving into the 2020 race, I see a lot of jockeying for position with everyone trying to veer farther left and out left everyone else. They need to remember that Joe Sixpack voter is not the dude that elected VOC into office, you have to play to the masses in flyover country, the left is going to win in NY, CA, etc., areas where these leftist ideas play well, but those states don't determine national elections. Personally I think the left are setting themselves up to fail. They still don't understand why Trump is president, and continue to do everything in their power to see that he gets elected again.
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4 hours ago, TrojanDad said:
Are you talking state roads or city streets? In Indy, the issue seems more with the city
Not totally road related, his general lack of leadership in general. He also signed the bill that raised our gas taxes 10 cents a gallon last year, which I was in favor of, WHERE’S THE PLAN? WHERE’S THE NEW ROADS? WTF are we building a six lane interstate between Seymour and Walesboro? Understandably that project predates Holcomb. Where’s the plan to extend six lanes on 65 south of Franklin and north of Memphis? Is hate crimes law really our biggest concern in the state at this point in history? Why does he dismiss cannabis just on the face of it? Hemp farming? The dude’s a RINO!
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2 hours ago, Coach_K said:
There are a lot of open assistants jobs out there, so I was wondering...
Are more schools moving towards lay coaches as assistants? (Especially with the the current state of teacher funding in this state. See the link below.)
I know schools are moving this way in other sports, but I find it difficult to comprehend. I was an AD with all lay coaches and it was almost impossible to keep the coaches informed on different matters and the students grades/behaviors. Curious about input
I was a lay HC, I took it upon myself to learn the rules, in fact my AD would often call me regarding by-law rules. As far as assistants, good luck. I tried to make sure mine were aware of what they needed to be aware of. In all honesty when you have people essentially working for peanuts if anything at all, just trying to help out, I understand the lack of said people to want invest more time in what seems like minutia. That said my AD always told me I was responsible for my assistants.
I'm still heavily involved in softball which is full of lay coaches, and just getting them to respond to emails is more often than not frustrating. I feel your pain.
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2 hours ago, swordfish said:
I swear to god if the R's aren't smart enough to primary Holcomb, if the D's run ANYONE to the right of Lenin, I'll vote for them! And I thought Pence was bad!
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6 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:
I probably will go.....definitely a member. Might just walk the expo.
IO, open yourself of to some country brother.....
I wonder if David Hogg will be there to thank NRA execs....for helping him gain admittance to Harvard with a sh*t SAT score.
Negative Ghostrider.
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Not a member. No desire to go. I'll be honest I just don't do well around large groups of people. And I'm not really a fan of politicians or country music.
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17 hours ago, Muda69 said:
Not a bad option. Doesn't Purdue have a small reactor?
I still believe nuclear is the answer, my only advice would be don't build it on the beach of an island that's prone to earthquakes.
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1 hour ago, Muda69 said:
But I still don't understand why the push against wind turbines in Tippecanoe county is not NIMBYism. After all most of the southern half of the county looks to be prime wind turbine area, it's mostly rural and the average wind speeds look right: https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Windy-history-505479431.html
What do you believe is the best clean energy solution for Tippecanoe county?
Nuclear.
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An Idea for Student Loans: Get Rid of Them
in Out of Bound Forum
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And Maxine Waters is the chair of the committee. This is why we can't have nice things.