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Impartial_Observer

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  1. I believe this article is wrong, Gitmo has been closed for nine years. The greatest Republican of all time John McCain was supporting it. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
  2. I ain't going to lie, every time I see a picture of him, my I get pissed off. He's such a putz.
  3. There is SO much here, I think we'll have to wait and see the actual verbage. As it stands currently you are required to have five players numbered 50-79 and seven players on the LOS. A maximum of four in the backfield. As I see it now, you can now legally snap the ball with nine players. There's no word on numbering requirements. I'm not sure why the opted for the number to be five on the line. Perhaps someone could elaborate.
  4. I agree, this has been one of the biggest discussion points on the forums I've seen.
  5. Once you are licensed, the only thing that's required to keep your license is to renew it each year. If you are a licensed official, you can work regular season games. In order to work the tournament, there meetings you have to attend, clinics you have to attend, tests you have to take, online interpretation presentations, etc.
  6. Our situation is tough to tell. We had two kids in school in 2017. We had zero kids in school in 2018. My gut says we (middle class) took a hit. I took a modest salary increase shortly after I got the new tax tables. After taking said pay increase my net take home went down about $72 a pay period. The real killer in my opinion was losing the deductions. Our refund for 2018 was about 17% of what it was in 2017. On another note, the real killer that all your sales friends are going to be upset about, if you're a straight commission person who's a W2 employee, mileage is gone. Loopholes for meals are also gone. This does not apply to 1099 subs. I do some odd jobs as a sub that I get 1099'd for, I still get mileage and meals.
  7. I will add another caveat: At local meetings I see a lot of people missing that we've seen in years past. I often ask where's Bill, where' s JIm? And the standard answer is becoming they're not applying for the tournament anymore. So given that situation, the interpretation issues are going to continue to get worse as I see it. There is becoming a larger and larger group of officials who have basically zero contact with the IHSAA for rulings, interpretations, mechanics, etc.
  8. I was in the ditch at: But facts is facts You totally lost me at: DT is right Why must every thread on this board turn into a contraction debate? If the local school board and community support having Football, why not? Are there schools out there that should probably call it a day, absolutely. Is it my place as a taxpayer and community member of Seymour tell Linton what they should be doing with their Football program? Bigger point, you mention yourself open enrollment, this is bigger than sports, school systems today need to have butts in desks to make it financially. How does cutting out sports programs further that cause? Furthermore, in rural communities if they opt to drop Football, because kids can just transfer to another competitive school, how long before rural schools lose enough where it puts their school in jeopardy? What about the local competitive school, how long before they're forced to expand, thus putting more pressure on the local tax base, no bother for the transfers, they have no skin in the game.
  9. Per you instructions: https://www.nvsos.gov/elections/4783.pdf I spent an extra minute and dug a little deeper trying find out what you’re attempting to do: https://fundly.com/fountainhead-society-fundraising-for-ballot-initiative https://fundly.com/users/1377271 I searched for a web presence but could not find one. Since your funding efforts aren’t going well, if I donate 20 bucks, could you set something that specifically would detail your master plan? I’m more than happy to set the wheels in motion.
  10. It's a horrible situation for the kids who want to play Football. Long story short, they were sold a bill of goods by a snake oil salesman and started the program before they were ready. He highlights his kid, they shops him around Indy and move on to greener pastures, presumably. Life lesson, the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. Football ends round one. They team up with another club team and compete for a year, a non-IHSAA schedule, then move everything on campus and call it Trinity Lutheran. Schedule a mix of IHSAA member schools and non-members, with multiple players who aren't enrolled at Trinity. An unnamed by me AD from another IHSAA member school catches wind that he has an athlete attending practices and contacts the IHSAA. Football ends round two. I believe they had 7-9 players who were not enrolled at Trinity Lutheran. As stated this is an awful situation for the kids who just want to play Football. The adults have failed them miserably. I know there were some kids who transfered after the program was shut down the first time, I have no idea if any are transfering this time. I have heard that some may possibly play on a club team. In the meantime between the two shutdowns, Trinity has moved from co-ed soccer to separate boys and girls teams, I would guess this only exacerbates their situation with numbers. I'm a Football guy, I wan to see the game of Football grow and prosper, and the situation at Trinity doesn't do the game any justice. I would guess the folks who write the checks at Trinity are going to have a tough time ponying up for a part three after two failures. Just please get your ducks in a row before there's another redo with Football.
  11. 40 Second play clock, I wouldn't want to go back, good change. Jersey stuff, not much I can do, hopefully the manufacturers pay attention. Legal Scrimmage Formation, so A can now legally snap the ball with 9 players? Horsecollar good move, I still don't see this as being a big issue in HS Football. Illegal kicking and batting, fine, whatever. I would venture to guess the majority of officials have never called it, much less know what the yardage penalty is. Replay I think this needs to addressed in the right way. This could be the greatest thing since sliced bread or a huge boondoggle.
  12. And here they are: http://www.nfhs.org/articles/40-second-play-clock-postseason-instant-replay-among-football-changes/?fbclid=IwAR3Xs_bqGQgA-_axjsQFKRYJtR6V0HXzYIfQIvBiYm_Xpm6E9pO3sZhZGxY
  13. It's pretty funny for those who know my daughter. DE has a hard on for me, and thinks he can get a rise out of me by attacking my daughter. I consider the source and move on. Just words from a keyboard warrior.
  14. I was told by a trusted source close to the program, that they have called it quits for the immediate future. He said he saw no way they could move forward in the foreseeable future. That being said, they have an all new administration in place, principal and AD are both in their first year, so who knows. The principal has a sports background, including college Football, the AD is a retired insurance salesman.
  15. It was posted on Twitter. I looked for the actual proposal briefly, couldn’t find it. I’m not following, what makes you think she’s a serf or a cow? Or that a skinny, bald, 30 something would have a shot to begin with? Based on most of it, it seemed almost ridiculous enough to be true.
  16. I live in a river valley that the last time I checked was about 6’ above flood stage, I’m good.
  17. I couldn’t, it was pulled off of her website in pretty short order. So your family were slave owners?
  18. You’ve acquired a sense of humor, who are you and what have you done with DE?
  19. More stuff from The Green Dream: I’m curious, is VOC drinking urine? I mean as the leader of the revolution, I’m sure she’s leading by example.
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