King Koda said:
Quin Ewers moved to Southlake as a 3rd grader (and from Pleasanton - not Oklahoma). That's not the best example to use when it comes to cheating. You may be referring to the father who put in his lease that he could get out of it if his son wasn't the starting quarterback and then tried to enforce it when his son wasn't the starting QB - but that wasn't anything the coaching staff or school was involved with as it was an overzealous parent.
I think he's talking about Daxx Garmin, the situation that occurred around 2010. Garmin enrolled in SLC after going to like 30 high schools in the previous years (I jest). In fact, he didn't even live in the zone of the one he left Oklahoma for to go to SLC! That school had to forfeit games from the season Garmin played for them. Garmin's family rented a house in Southlake but never moved from Oklahoma. It was clear he was going to play football and after the season, do whatever.
It was a mess and it was very disappointing that parents were blaming WFAA for shining the light on the scam. I can appreciate arguments that a lot of schools cheat -- indeed they do. But virtually ALL schools know the offenders, at least the ones that do it on a regular basis, and for some reason keep quiet about it. Even when it directly affects them.
A current NBA player played his freshman year at a school coached by a good friend of mine. He moved in with the family of his summer league coach and "transferred" to another school. The idiot principal of my friend's school filled out the PAP (Previous Athletic Participation Form) WITHOUT CHECKING WITH HIS DAMN COACH and said, "student is NOT transferring for athletic purposes."
Yeah, and I'm not argumentative.
So, in many cases the schools don't want to get involved because either they don't want to get friends in trouble, or more likely, THEY'RE doing all this themselves. The system needs a radical change and UIL needs total disbandment. So in some ways I am totally unsympathetic to those who claim they're getting "hosed." There is a way to fix this and they're ignoring it.