This behavior has been allowed, accepted, and ignored all in one package that it has become the norm and the way of life within.
1. The first concern here is, you dont attend church
My first concern is: Who are you to judge, maybe I worship Thor or Crom or someone else.
1. The first concern here is I did not judge, sammyk said "Reason number 485656 why I dont go to church".
Well thank you for that I am sure you feel that you are helping. Now back to the thread
Dont blame the parents. You are dodging what shouldnt be dodged.
Name one player that has been recruited from the Raider Elite from another county that is playing at Richmond ...Please just ONE....
BETTER THAN THAT NAME ONE THAT IS EVEN AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM ANOTHER COUNTY..U DONT KNOW WHAT U ARE TALKING ABOUT...The recruiting is coming from Meck County....Everybody in the state knows that...Thankfully someone is now doing something about it , HOPEFULLY.....Cant no team there win it without doing it....U know it and all the other coaches know it....
Amen, Amen, and Amen
So when you guys had the pregame fireworks
And after beating 2 other Charlotte teams in the playoffs, you guys were so confident you would beat Vance, just about every social media high school page in NC had 1000’s of Richmond county fans coming out the Woodworks talking smack, about beating Vance. Shortly after the light show. Vance put on a backyard beat down. Beating the breaker’s off of Richmond 38-7 “Everybody in the State said no way, it was because of recruiting. Ok Gotcha! Now that’s a new one.The elite were a team that was merged. Hood had the original raider teams that played in charlotte, Pinehurst, and fayetteville. Played at the 9th grade academy. The elite regularly stop in Charlotte and surrounding counties for 7v7. Do you know how many RC transplants there are in Charlotte? How many RC people go between CMS/Richmond county? How many RC people in Charlotte actively push for RC football? I'll hang up and listen. Just dont think its only big city schools that push their product. All schools with a tradition, good coaching, and big fan base have folks working for their best interest.
As I wrote I have been out of the loop for awhile.
When Mo Greene left as Charlotte assistant superintendent to take the top position in Greensboro in 2008 he looked into the sports residency and eligibility immediately. Per a statement that was in the papers he stated that Guilford had major issues that rivlaed CMS. He was surprised with the amount of school personnel that were involved there.
I work out about 25 to 30 kids 3 days a week, and every Saturday morning. I told a group of them, if you do your work in the weight room, good film, good grades. There's a home for you. They do their part, and I'll do my part. It's probably not going to be Alabama or Georgia, but their are numerous Div 2 & Div 3 schools that will give you full financial aid packages. Let's feel out that FAFSA form and get your package.
Even if CMS was squeaky clean, you all out there in Rockingham would still accuse any school in that distrcict of cheating, even if they barely lost to the Raiders. This is nothing new under the sun. Alot of you always sound angry for angry sake. Richmond is not as relevant as they used to be and alot of you supporters are very bitter about it.
The mantra is still true at its core but the playing field is not that simply anymore. Just my opinion but I understand why parents move mountains to get their kids to be recognized.
That damn portal & Covid has did some serious damage to high school recruiting.
Excellent narrative to create for everyone get's a trophy. Hey little Johnny, they beat us because they cheated. Thanks Coach! That makes me feel much better about my lack of athleticism. Are we still having a pizza party at the end of the season? Yes! We're also giving out Cracker Jacks with prizes!
Your opinion was very broad, and uninformed. Who's cheating? When did they cheat? How did they cheat? If you're going to throw that out there, bring something with it. Or it's just gossiping. 2020 Team at Mallard Creek was loaded. Tied State Champs Dutch Fork 1st game of the season. Beat Gaffney, Beat Vance the 1st game. The 2nd game they beat us in the 1st round of the playoffs. We lost! no excuses! They went on to Win the State Championship. They did it with their home Grown Guys, against a very loaded Senior Heavy Mallard Creek team, that had been playing with each other since the 9th grade. Those kids lost 2 games their entire Football career at MC since the 9th grade.
How long has that been a regulation OR can the LEA override? I can assure you 12 years ago that rule was either not in the book or the LEA could legally override it. Not only in CMS but other districts.
He started off at Hough as a Freshman. Myers park gave him a 3 year NIL deal.
Guess then Hough started upping the deals to land their recruits. I thought he went there. Rich kids can go where they want but us average Joe's would have been ruled ineligible for changing schools without a bonafide move.He started off at Hough as a Freshman. Myers park gave him a 3 year NIL deal.
You ain't lying brother. It's the wild west and money talks
No, most of Cardinal Gibbons players are children or siblings of Cardinal Gibbons alumni or long term catholic school kids. Unlike Charlotte Catholic there’s only one Catholic school in Raleigh and it’s controlled by the diocese. So Gibbons cannot except a lot of kids outside the Catholic school system. It has more attention lately so more people wanna go there, but they’re facing a lot of pressure from the diocese. Very few non-Catholics are accepted into Cardinal Gibbons due to the large number of Catholic schools currently in the Catholic school system in Raleigh. And these kids all funnel onto one high school. the newspaper here did a study on them for a couple of years and it was post to high school OT. It’s just under 90% of all the kids to play football specifically for Cardinal Gibbons came from Catholic schools. Very few came from public middle schools and that is over the course of years not even one season very few from public schools. Those that didn’t come from Catholic schools, the majority were people moved from out of state. Kids coming from wake county schools for the school overall was in the low teens
Thank you for the last two posts. Informative, similar to Catholic although I think CC’s alumni/legacy percentage might be a bit higher.
Didnt a tight end transfer in from Sanford in the past few years...Word is he was a highly sought after player who was not Catholic faith,,Dont know if that is true or not ,. just what I heard...Booner