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    Inside the 'wild wild west' of Indiana's first major hemp harvest

    in Out of Bound Forum

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    We've been a few times, not much has changed, aside from vendors being right up in your grill now. I did go to the dispensary, at least it had the air of legitimacy. And I saved the cool little tubes that they came in. The gummies are clearly the way to go. My guess is come Jan. 1 you're going to see interstate traffic driving really fast to OH and IL, and driving home really slow. 

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    Inside the 'wild wild west' of Indiana's first major hemp harvest

    in Out of Bound Forum

    Posted · Edited by Impartial_Observer

    Wife and I were in Jamaica earlier in the year. Medicinal Marijuana is now legal there. I went to the dispensary, saw the NP, got my script and they hooked me up with the strain that would cure my ills. I have never been a smoker, and I was the quintessential dude trying his first, all the coughing and hacking, TOTALLY UNCOOL. All that being said, I'm all in, it offered a numbing affect, and I didn't really feel "high". Why this is unavailable to chronic pain sufferers is beyond me. But put me down for the gummies, I just can't pull off the Marlboro Man.  

    It is my understanding that the US is WAY ahead of the curve with hybrids for specific health issues. 

    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    45 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

    Good. It is my understanding that under the current open enrollment legislation a government school district is not compelled/forced to accept transfers from other school districts.  Can't they always say "Sorry, we can't accommodate any additional enrollment in the the high school at this time due to X, Y, Z."?

     

    Yeaaaaah, they can, but transfers=$.

    When this law was passed by the legislature, several schools publicly announced they would not accept transfers, Carmel was one of those schools. Schools like Carmel could probably afford that. I mean seriously if 10 kids transfer in, what's another 60K really going to matter to their coffers. Seymour also opted for the same policy, which wasn't the smartest thing they've ever done. At the time, Seymour was loosing athletes to Brownstown and Trinity Lutheran. Kids were leaving and paying tuition to go to school elsewhere. As vouchers came along a some of P/P schools opted not to accept vouchers, they feared it would leave them forced with abiding by the same rules publics had to abide by. All of that has since changed, school systems are after every nickel they can get. Several years back Brownstown put a billboard right in front of Seymour High School advertising "Free Tuition". It has become a numbers game, and schools want every kid they can get because it means more money. So honestly I get a chuckle every time I hear "well they can recruit", EVERY school in the state recruits. 

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    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    2 minutes ago, LCCAlum said:

    Just laying out all possible angles. Officials don't apply to the girls basketball tournament because of the level of play. I think you'd see that mentality carry over. Especially when the average age of officials in this state is 50+. 

    I'm 54, if we have a lousy assignment, we'll complain, we'll whine, we'll cuss the weather, (officials are notorious whiners), but we'll prepare the same way we do every week, we'll show up at the same time we do every week, and we'll work the game to the best of our ability. 

    Football is a different animal than BB. One of the state finals crews from last year opened the tournament with Madison/Edgewood. 

    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    1 minute ago, LCCAlum said:

    I think you'd have officiating crews turn back tournament assignments in that lowest class. It's not worth being in the weather for 60 bucks + mileage for low level football. 

    Regardless of the level of play, to the two teams playing, it's about the most important thing in the world going on at that time. They deserve the third teams best effort regardless of the quality of the two teams playing. When the tournament starts, one team's seniors are playing the last game of their careers, that demands my respect, and demands our crew's best effort. 

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    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    15 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

    Thank you for the clarification.  So the strategy is to identify the OMG! Athletes by the time they are in the 8th grade then steer them to enroll in the correct 'football academy'  as a 9th grader, therefore bypassing the long arm of the IHSAA.

     

    Not just OMG athletes, position players, solid kids, etc. If you look around at rosters, it's not hard to find kids from surrounding school districts. 

    Given the school voucher system as it exists today, EVERY school recruits, they have to have butts in seats, their budget depends on it, it's not necessarily about sports. However we always knew it was about the education right? wink, wink, nod, nod.....

    MSC-PLAC 2019

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

    Posted · Edited by Impartial_Observer

    2 hours ago, btownqbcoach said:

    The first I've ever heard us referred to as the tribe. Just makes me think of an all time great movie: Major League. 

    Wild Thing.. you make my heart sing. 

    I was kinda wondering which tribe?

    Me thinks he’s engaging his inner STC.

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    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    4 hours ago, Muda69 said:

    Then exactly are you saying IO?  What does an 8th grader have to do with the IHSAA and athletic transfers?

     

    You are using the words “enroll” and “transfer”, interchangeably. If I as an 8th grader choose to enroll at Frankfort HS, that is NOT a transfer. If I’m a sophomore at Seymour HS and my dad is unhappy with the coaching staff and I opt to enroll in the football academy at Frankfort, that is a transfer and my eligibility to play football will be ruled on by the IHSAA. 

    You asked if the WL and LJ players were ruled as eligible by the IHSAA, if they enrolled as 8th graders, the IHSAA has no say.

    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    7 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

    So you are saying the vast majority of these transfers are happening as 8th graders in order to elude the long arm of the IHSAA? 

    And what if little Johnny Football, who transferred from school X to school Y as an 8th grader primarily due to school Y's elite football program,  is now in the 11th grade and isn't getting "the touches" his daddy things he should?  Should he be able to transfer to school Z without any penalty from the IHSAA?

     

     

    No I didn't say anything of the sort. 

    Multiplier vs Success Factor - Multiplier is the Pure Choice

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    1 minute ago, Muda69 said:

    But I thought when open enrollment was made law the IHSAA stated that it's member schools would still have to adhere to some form of IHSAA approved "transfer" rule in order to students to eligible to participate in extracurricular athletics? 

     

    The following article is primarily about basketball, but could apply to any IHSAA member sport:

    https://usatodayhss.com/2019/indiana-high-school-basketball-transfers-have-become-a-growing-problem

    So again,  did these open enrollment transfers from Battleground/Harrison to West Lafayette do it for the athletics or the academics?

     

    As an 8th grader, you can enroll in ANY HS in the state without penalty, and the IHSAA didn't make the rules, the state legislature did with their property tax laws.

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    Is it any wonder why people don't trust the media?

    in Out of Bound Forum

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    I have intimate knowledge of two major news stories in southern Indiana, one of which garnered some national media coverage. I was stunned and amazed at the amount of misinformation and rumors, dare I say outright lies, that were broadcast from "credible" news sources in both of these situations. Especially in the case of "breaking news", I believe NOTHING that is reported by the press. 

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