PPHSfan
11-19-2003, 01:31 PM
I sometimes ask myself this same question, and even though I know the answer to be NO, I think that we are all guilty of the fear.
I spent most of the morning trying to open mine and seeing if I could come up with a logical reason to change my mind about something that has been bothering me. I tried to put myself in the shoes of the other schools that seem to think that they have been cheated by my beloved team, because of a player that is fighting for what he feels is an injustice. I must admit that the first thing that comes to my mind is, yes they have a right to cry foul. But then I start thinking about things like...If my team lost a game because of ONE highschool player that MAY OR MAY NOT belong on the other team then maybe I need to get my team to play better.
Then I try to open my mind up to things like,"The District Committee found you guilty, as did the UIL, so you are guilty, so stop cheating."
Does anyone here know what the district Committee is? It is a committee made up usually of the superintendents of all of the schools that belong to a district. Does anyone know what a "Committee Representative" does? A committee representative goes to a meeting and "votes" on an issue that will best serve the intrest of his "constituants" or in this case, his school district.
Is anyone that is in disagreement with me willing to open their mind and try to see the irony in that?
Look at the following example.
If school distict A, accuses schools distict B of a foul, and districts C D E and F can only benefit by siding with A, and there is also a strong possibility that by Siding with school district B that it would cost their school district money, How should a "representative" who's purpose is to vote in his districts best interest vote?
Now let's bring in the Governing Body of All the districts. If you are the Parent of 32 kids, and 6 of them come to you and ask you to rule on a disagreement, and the problem boils down to "He said this, and She said that, and you have to decide, and 5 of the kids say one thing against the 1 child, how would you vote?
Do any of you actually think that the UIL would overturn a decision that has been ruled on 5-1 at the lower level?
Now lets go to how this mess all got started. One Coach makes the decision to check a box that is based on his opinion (because folks, when it comes down to judgement calls, that is what they are) and the ball starts rolling.
I guess the question that I would like to ask of most folks that disagree with me is this. If you were accused of something who would you wan't sitting in judgement of you. A jury of folks that have no interest in your innocence or guilt, or a jury of folks that have a financial interest in the outcome of your case?
Now almost everyone on this board wants to jump in Matthews corner when he is accused of cheating, because we all know him, and we wan't to be there for him. But why is it that so many of you that don't know this KID from Adam, want to listen to heresay and feed him to the wolves, and call him a cheater? Is it because you are afraid your brains might fall out if you stop and think?
I spent most of the morning trying to open mine and seeing if I could come up with a logical reason to change my mind about something that has been bothering me. I tried to put myself in the shoes of the other schools that seem to think that they have been cheated by my beloved team, because of a player that is fighting for what he feels is an injustice. I must admit that the first thing that comes to my mind is, yes they have a right to cry foul. But then I start thinking about things like...If my team lost a game because of ONE highschool player that MAY OR MAY NOT belong on the other team then maybe I need to get my team to play better.
Then I try to open my mind up to things like,"The District Committee found you guilty, as did the UIL, so you are guilty, so stop cheating."
Does anyone here know what the district Committee is? It is a committee made up usually of the superintendents of all of the schools that belong to a district. Does anyone know what a "Committee Representative" does? A committee representative goes to a meeting and "votes" on an issue that will best serve the intrest of his "constituants" or in this case, his school district.
Is anyone that is in disagreement with me willing to open their mind and try to see the irony in that?
Look at the following example.
If school distict A, accuses schools distict B of a foul, and districts C D E and F can only benefit by siding with A, and there is also a strong possibility that by Siding with school district B that it would cost their school district money, How should a "representative" who's purpose is to vote in his districts best interest vote?
Now let's bring in the Governing Body of All the districts. If you are the Parent of 32 kids, and 6 of them come to you and ask you to rule on a disagreement, and the problem boils down to "He said this, and She said that, and you have to decide, and 5 of the kids say one thing against the 1 child, how would you vote?
Do any of you actually think that the UIL would overturn a decision that has been ruled on 5-1 at the lower level?
Now lets go to how this mess all got started. One Coach makes the decision to check a box that is based on his opinion (because folks, when it comes down to judgement calls, that is what they are) and the ball starts rolling.
I guess the question that I would like to ask of most folks that disagree with me is this. If you were accused of something who would you wan't sitting in judgement of you. A jury of folks that have no interest in your innocence or guilt, or a jury of folks that have a financial interest in the outcome of your case?
Now almost everyone on this board wants to jump in Matthews corner when he is accused of cheating, because we all know him, and we wan't to be there for him. But why is it that so many of you that don't know this KID from Adam, want to listen to heresay and feed him to the wolves, and call him a cheater? Is it because you are afraid your brains might fall out if you stop and think?