Fhsaa dropped the hammer on TFA

[Zachk1003]

Well guys it's here the fhsaa did it they punished TFA according to the Orlando sentinel tfa will forfeit all 8 wins will be playoff ineligible for the next two seasons (2024 and 2025) and will be fined 36,000 dollars TFA will appeal this punishment

[Ray Icaza]

5 minutes ago, Zachk1003 said:

Well guys it's here the fhsaa did it they punished TFA according to the Orlando sentinel tfa will forfeit all 8 wins will be playoff ineligible for the next two seasons (2024 and 2025) and will be fined 36,000 dollars TFA will appeal this punishment

HALLELUJAH!!!  Maybe some of the naysayers can give the FHSAA and those corrupt state officials at least a modicum of credit.  The message sent will certainly give teams some pause and even possibly return stolen players back to their rightful teams.   I seldom harp on any team though I know some of this does go on throughout our state, but what these folks did was just too egregious to ignore, thus it needed to be hammer time. 

[Jullian]

When a team comes from nowhere to one of the top 10 schools in the state, you’re going to get looked at CLOSELY!!!!!! What u bet the coach is looking for a new team to coach next year????

[Zachk1003]

2 minutes ago, Jullian said:

When a team comes from nowhere to one of the top 10 schools in the state, you’re going to get looked at CLOSELY!!!!!! What u bet the coach is looking for a new team to coach next year????

You aren't wrong at all

[Perspective]

51 minutes ago, Ray Icaza said:

thus it needed to be hammer time. 

 

[Perspective]

15 minutes ago, Jullian said:

When a team comes from nowhere to one of the top 10 schools in the state, you’re going to get looked at CLOSELY!!!!!! What u bet the coach is looking for a new team to coach next year????

Sadly, some school will give him another chance . . . especially if he can promise to bring some of those players with him. 

[DILLARDBOYZ954]

24 minutes ago, Jullian said:

When a team comes from nowhere to one of the top 10 schools in the state, you’re going to get looked at CLOSELY!!!!!! What u bet the coach is looking for a new team to coach next year????

I haven’t followed the TFA situation closely but what was the difference in what they did vs western & norland. And why was TFA punishment way more severe where as norland and western got a slap on the wrist ?

Didnt all 3 play with ineligible players , or is this a recruiting scandal ?

[Zachk1003]

11 minutes ago, DILLARDBOYZ954 said:

I haven’t followed the TFA situation closely but what was the difference in what they did vs western & norland. And why was TFA punishment way more severe where as norland and western got a slap on the wrist ?

Didnt all 3 play with ineligible players , or is this a recruiting scandal ?

TFA is about recruiting western and norland just played with ineligible players 

[Ray Icaza]

26 minutes ago, Jullian said:

When a team comes from nowhere to one of the top 10 schools in the state, you’re going to get looked at CLOSELY!!!!!! What u bet the coach is looking for a new team to coach next year????

That would be par for the course as this is his 3rd school in the past 4-5 years.  Steven Moffett has done this everywhere he has been (Winter Park - Leesburg) prior to landing with his entire coaching staff at TFA this year. Fortunately, he will have to travel out of state as his suspension is thru 12/25.  At Winter Park he recruited one of our best players in slot WR Izaiah Jean-Baptiste his Sr. year.  He led them in receptions, receiving yards, kick returns and TD’s.  This suspension couldn’t happen to a finer Coach.

[THAT S--T WAS FUNNY]

Bravo FHSAA......Bravo! Job well done.

[PinellasFB]

Finally the FHSAA got both their decision and punishment right!

[SportsFan]

7 hours ago, THAT S--T WAS FUNNY said:

Bravo FHSAA......Bravo! Job well done.

 

32 minutes ago, PinellasFB said:

Finally the FHSAA got both their decision and punishment right!

 

Now just gotta see if they stick with it or decide to overturn it if they get a little pressure from the state legislation and the governor who are very anti public school and pro private 

[ohs vargas]

Im happy they got it right but disappointed the decision was made so far into the season.

All roads were pointing to a Chaminade vs TFA showdown, which i would have loved to watch and honestly feel like TFA was the only team that can dethrone Chaminade in 1A.

 

[Ray Icaza]

4 hours ago, ohs vargas said:

Im happy they got it right but disappointed the decision was made so far into the season.

All roads were pointing to a Chaminade vs TFA showdown, which i would have loved to watch and honestly feel like TFA was the only team that can dethrone Chaminade in 1A.

 

I agree with you that it would have been better if it happened early in the season.  My guess is the FHSAA had early indications of guilt on TFA, but it probably became crystal clear to them that these folks were not going down without a fight as demonstrated by the lawyer they hired.  So, it was incumbent to have all their ducks in a row to weather them challenging the charges.  Hopefully, that is the case as they now have solid evidence of wrongdoing on many fronts and won't be intimidated.  

[Perspective]

On 11/2/2024 at 9:27 AM, SportsFan said:

 

 

Now just gotta see if they stick with it or decide to overturn it if they get a little pressure from the state legislation and the governor who are very anti public school and pro private 

Did I just hear Lakeland snickering in the background?  

[Dr. D]

It will be interesting to see if TFA can go to court and get a restraining order that allows them to compete in the playoffs.  They will argue that "irreparable harm" will be done to the school and the players if they are not allowed to compete, if a judge believes that TFA might prevail through the judicial process.  

[DarterBlue2]

1 hour ago, Dr. D said:

It will be interesting to see if TFA can go to court and get a restraining order that allows them to compete in the playoffs.  They will argue that "irreparable harm" will be done to the school and the players if they are not allowed to compete, if a judge believes that TFA might prevail through the judicial process.  

That's exactly what may happen only for the results to be overturned and TFA stripped later on resulting in a tarnished state champion or none at all depending on the final outcome once a final ruling is made. 

[Perspective]

1 hour ago, Dr. D said:

It will be interesting to see if TFA can go to court and get a restraining order that allows them to compete in the playoffs.  They will argue that "irreparable harm" will be done to the school and the players if they are not allowed to compete, if a judge believes that TFA might prevail through the judicial process.  

I believe they would also have to argue substantial likelihood of success on the merits, which is going to be an uphill climb in a case like this.   Not impossible, but very difficult. 

[Dr. D]

True.  But if this action is somehow overturned in the judicial system, the FHSAA will not file another recruiting case in our lifetimes. 

[THAT S--T WAS FUNNY]

7 hours ago, Ray Icaza said:

I agree with you that it would have been better if it happened early in the season.  My guess is the FHSAA had early indications of guilt on TFA, but it probably became crystal clear to them that these folks were not going down without a fight as demonstrated by the lawyer they hired.  So, it was incumbent to have all their ducks in a row to weather them challenging the charges.  Hopefully, that is the case as they now have solid evidence of wrongdoing on many fronts and won't be intimidated.  

Nailed it! I believe that is what happened as well. The FHSAA couldn't afford to get embarrassed again so they held on to the evidence and like you said, "got their ducks in a row".

[Ray Icaza]

5 hours ago, Dr. D said:

It will be interesting to see if TFA can go to court and get a restraining order that allows them to compete in the playoffs.  They will argue that "irreparable harm" will be done to the school and the players if they are not allowed to compete, if a judge believes that TFA might prevail through the judicial process.  

A good prosecutor would counter argue that the real irreparable damage has already happened...... to several other schools whose season got destroyed by losing players, to the players on said team, to the players that were at TFA thinking they may be staring and lost their hopes due to the new arrivals and also to the teams they only beat thru cheating. Even key school staff (coaches/administrators) that felt they had to quit their jobs to come forward with these allegations.  Gotta stay on offense. 

[Ray Icaza]

3 minutes ago, Ray Icaza said:

A good prosecutor would counter argue that the real irreparable damage has already happened...... to several other schools whose season got destroyed by losing players, to the players on said team, to the players that were at TFA thinking they may be staring and lost their hopes due to the new arrivals and also to the teams they only beat thru cheating. Even key school staff (coaches/administrators) that felt they had to quit their jobs to come forward with these allegations.  Gotta stay on offense. 

Lastly, the irreparable damage to the kids that transferred in was inflicted by the coaches deception not the punishment that was handed down as they also know the rules.  

[THAT S--T WAS FUNNY]

The parents are the main culprit in this. They let some shiesty coaches (street agents) influence them. Those dudes are only coaching for self-gratification and using players success for coaching advancement, social media influence and monetary reasons. 

[Ray Icaza]

2 hours ago, THAT S--T WAS FUNNY said:

The parents are the main culprit in this. They let some shiesty coaches (street agents) influence them. Those dudes are only coaching for self-gratification and using players success for coaching advancement, social media influence and monetary reasons. 

AMEN!!

[h8r]

appeals committee upheld the findings, TFA is offically out, a 2nd appeal is forthcoming