OT: Surprise! Art Briles is feeling heat for cheating at a Texas high school!
Remember that his football career was revived by a pious high school in Texas last year, after being (reluctantly) run out of Baylor. So apparently, he's brought in some transfers with suspect GPA's and transfer credentials, and the local school board is taking a look.
The link is to 24/7 sports, and the story is authored by 12UP, whatever that it is. It came across a news aggregator that I caught, so its veracity is unverified so far as I know.
Thought it was interesting. He wasn't involved with cheating, per se, at Baylor, but I don't think this can be viewed as a surprise. The man lead an institutional rape cover-up for years - he is first class scum. Not sure why anyone would put him in charge of adolescent sports ever again...
September 18th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
With their depth issues at QB it’s not a surprise that they put in a solid bid for Ray “Voodoo” Tatum.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
Y'all wanna win, put Boobie in
September 18th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
/clutches knee
I cant play footbaw no mo!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
So apparently, he's brought in some transfers with suspect GPA's and transfer credentials, and the local school board is taking a look.
To be frank this occurs quite frequently at the high school level. It's not just random chance that certain high school teams happen to consistently produce elite players.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
Quite frequently? Schools may recruit, and get get players from other districts and schools, but to say that the players quite frequently have suspect GPA's and bad transfer credentials is maybe a little hyperbole.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
It's more common than you may want to believe. There are a lot of high school coaches looking for their big break. How do you get noticed by a college program? Win.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
I'm not disputing that, I just don't think schools and administrator's would risk their jobs with illegal transfers. Transfers come with a lot of scrutiny.
September 18th, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
I imagine that in most cases they find whatever necessary fig leaves they need to make the transfers legal.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
Kevin Grady Sr. agrees
September 18th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
If Texas high school football doesn't pan out, I'm sure Liberty will give him a job
September 18th, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^
I thought he was the coach there, but I was confused because Ian McCaw, Baylor's AD during the scandal, was hired by Liberty University. As you undoubtedly know Liberty hired Hugh Freeze as head football coach. You're right that Liberty has absolutely no standards and wouldn't have a problem with hiring Briles
September 18th, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
Being hired by Liberty University is a pretty good indicator that you're a shitty person.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^
Why not MSU when Mork retires this year? He's got the coverup prerequisites.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
The veneer of "faith" that Briles, Hugh Freeze, Dave Bliss, et al. use to paper over a complete indifference to any genuine sort of moral or ethical code is one of the most contemptible things in the universe. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
I think Urban Meyer needs to be thrown into that pool.
September 18th, 2019 at 7:14 PM ^
....and drowned!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
Why is it so many of the cheaters seem to be so pro Christian?...Briles, Tressel, Meyer, Dabo, Freeze, etc.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Piety is easily faked. Just talk about your family values, God and you're golden. Give thanks to God here and there and a vast majority of certain denominations love you.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Many of life's degenerates use religion as a crutch to get back in the good graces of society. Reference Ray Lewis: maybe he didn't murder anyone, but he clearly had the opportunity to stop a double homicide, yet actively chose not to. He is now considered a man of God and a beacon of the community. Fuck him. Religion offers forgiveness, where nothing else does.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
The thing that always cracked me up about Lewis was he has 6 kids with 4 different women, none of whom (AFAIK) he is married to. I'll admit to not having read the Bible too intently, but that feels like...not something a deeply faithful man would do.
Most of the guys who trot out religion all the time are trying to hide darker secrets, but it works for those who want to believe and that's usually enough to get them a cushy job or some level of respect.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
i mean.. forgiveness is a good thing, generally. except when the forgiveness is coming from someone that wasn't the victim. as in "i forgive you for that thing you did to that person, here, have this job"
September 18th, 2019 at 1:06 PM ^
One of the few outward religious athletes that by all accounts is genuine is Phillip Rivers
September 18th, 2019 at 1:24 PM ^
I don't doubt the authenticity of the faith of the more morally dubious outwardly religious athletes and coaches. It's just that religious people can be terrible too.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:19 PM ^
Must be very few cheaters in China, right?
September 18th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Because a decent chunk of Christians in this country are frauds who believe showing up on Sundays makes them acting like horrible human beings the rest of the week ok. I know plenty of atheists and agnostics who are far better people than some of the Christians I know. Your actions make you a good person not what you claim to believe.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:47 PM ^
*tips fedora*
September 18th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
+1 fake point to you
September 18th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Let's be realistic. The fact is that all people are just deeply flawed.
The only reason why Christians are so predominant in our context is because that was the religious history of the vast majority of European settlers in this land.
I'm sure the same things could be said about a large percentage of people in any other non-Christian (or non-religious) countries.
September 18th, 2019 at 6:36 PM ^
This is true, but religious people also have the distinction of some of them trying to use their religion as justification for hateful views. My point was somebody being a Christian or religious in general means jack shit when it comes to what kind of a person someone is. Many Christians are living the opposite of the kind of life Christ preached honestly. I am pretty sure Jesus didn't have the attitude of I got mine and screw poor people for example. I know plenty of these called Christians who act like being Christian is a trump card when it comes to being moral, and that just could not be further from the truth. So it really isn't shocking reading that so many "religious" coaches/athletes are actually shit people.
September 18th, 2019 at 8:27 PM ^
A decent "chunk"...seriously?
September 19th, 2019 at 2:44 PM ^
I've had this conversation with my fiancee's father, who is ordained. I am one of the latter you referenced who take pride in being authentic and trying to do the right thing. Despite thinking I'm a good guy he wouldn't originally give me his blessing because I wasn't Christian and his daughter was. That being said he cheated on his wife. I've never cheated on a girl in my life as a comparison. I'm not calling him a bad guy or saying I'm better than him, but I always believed that your actions are a better indicator of being a good person than your religion.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Cheaters never prosper*
* except in college athletics
September 18th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
Bet the school has been doing this a while, just getting more scrutiny because they hired Briles.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
Is 12UP the new Sparty blog?
September 18th, 2019 at 1:51 PM ^
I wanted to upvote this, but it already had 12, and I thought it should stay there.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
Apologies, I had to downvote you to bump it back down to 12.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
I'm actually not all that surprised that HS kids get "recruited" to private schools; that was a somewhat-common practice decades ago. But Briles in particular is a huge piece of shit and so I'm happy he's being dragged publicly for it.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:11 PM ^
It still is. Just don't say that to anyone from a private school. They get prickly about it.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:43 PM ^
Public schools are doing it more and more, too. You're seeing a lot of kids either suddenly move to districts that just happen to have elite HS programs, or conveniently discover a long-lost uncle who lives in the district.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
This is true. Another way is the athletic director of a school grants the transfer of several football players, right before he accepts the coaching job at the school they all transferred to.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Weak sauce.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
12UP is someone from the MSU Sports Information Dept trying to deflect from their colossal failure from last weekend! The only bigger blunder was another former Sparty, Narduzzi.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:23 PM ^
Field Goal Franklin beat Field Goal Narduzerini. Imagine that.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:22 PM ^
He needs to take urban's course on character and leadership.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
"... its veracity is unverified so far as I know."
I think you mean "voracity".
September 18th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
Incorrect. I was not hungry...
September 18th, 2019 at 5:08 PM ^
Nice.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:13 PM ^
So a high school football coach maybe accepted a kid with a poor GPA as a transfer student?
Thought it was interesting.
You thought wrong.