The next 24 hours are going to be maddening for Andrew Brown as the Mississippi High School Activities Association decides whether to reinstate the freshman track phenom for the 2024 outdoor track season .
Brown is a student at Tupelo High School. He ran the 1600m in 4:18 at an earlier track meet this year. It was the best time for a freshman in the even this year and eighth best ever for a freshman. The time qualified him for the indoor nationals even though Mississippi has no indoor track season.
MHSAA suspended Brown because he, gasp, competed in the New Balance Nationals (Indoor) Track Championships in March. Brown appealed the decision. Earlier post.
A hearing was held for the appeal at MHSAA's Clinton headquarters yesterday. MHSAA expelled JJ from the premises and closed the hearing to the public. Brown's attorney was barred from speaking during the hearing as well.
Jim Brown, Andrew's father, said the Executive Committee allowed him to speak for only ten minutes. The hearing lasted 45 minutes .
MHSAA told the Browns it would issue a ruling within 24 hours.
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Literally Everyone: "We need to do all we can to encourage our kids and promote their talents"
MHSAA: "F them kids"
Follow the money.
This process can't possibly be constitutional. What say you lawyers on here?
Did the man sign a contract!
If not, I hope he moves across the state line. Some dick-heads can't handle power and authority. And it goes hand in hand with anything associated with school systems, education, athletics, controlling, writing rules, being in charge etc.
For an organization that is supposed to be against bullying, they appear to be on the wrong side of this one.
If it is truly Pearl HS I have a big issue with them being an independent school district and not part of Rankin County School District and their taxes just going to their schools. If that allegation is true, it proves everything I grew up learning about Pearl and their schools.
"Did the man sign a contract!"
You mean the minor affected by this decision? Can a minor sign a contract?
Once again we await the MHSAA side of the story before rendering an opinion.
12:46 for the win! Everyone agrees there has to be rules and order that are enforced in a logical and common sense order. The MHSAA is full of, to use 12:46's words, dick-heads who obviously possess no understanding of "logical" and have no idea what common sense is. Thank you KF for championing this young man's cause.
@12:41, no, it is not constitutional. It is a clear denial of his due process rights, as was the arbitrary limitation of the father's speaking time. I imagine that the family are just exhausting their administrative remedies before going to court. Someone needs to take the organization to federal court so they can be slapped down. Sounds like it is nothing but a bunch of bullies.
Due process requires notice and an opportunity to be heard. The dad's 10 minutes satisfies that requirement.
Private organization can set it's own rules.
2:17: MHSAA is not an administrative agency. It is a private non-profit. Can a non-governmental entity violate one's right to due process of law?
So then how does MHSAA get to exercise regulatory authority over public school athletics? That, to me, is the real issue.
Folks, there are a lot more laws on the books that just the U.S. Constitution.
They couldn't be powerful enough bullies on their HOA board so they joined the MHSAA.
Let the youngin run.
Am i the only one who doesn't care?
"Folks, there are a lot more laws on the books that just the U.S. Constitution"
What a poor education you have. The only law in this land is the United States Constitution. Every thing else is a statute, rule, regulation, or policy.
April 5, 2024 at 3:44 PM, yet, here you are. What am I to believe?
Free the runner!!!
3:17 gets it. If MSHAA is truly a private organization, but sets and makes rules for public schools, then that’s where the challenge I believe needs to be. And where this young lad and his legal team will challenge them and tell them to kick rocks. If Randy West voted in favor of his termination than I am highly disappointed in him. And the school and person who petitioned for this needs to be publicly shamed. It will come out.
THOSE buffoons at MHSAA dont understand that there is no ''offseason'' in competitive distance running and no amount of practice can duplicate racing tactics and competition.
to be a winner you got to be on your game year-round.
this aint football.
"Private organization can set it's own rules. April 5, 2024 at 3:09 PM"
You might want to revisit that hasty legal opinion as relates to an organization that holds itself out as a representative of and governing body for public school (government) athletics.
One would have thought a "founding father" like T.J. at 4:58 p.m. would understand that federal code, state code and local statutes are laws as well. While the Constitution may be the overarching law of the land, it is by no means "the only law in this land."
"The only law in this land is the United States Constitution. Every thing else is a statute, rule, regulation, or policy."
C'mon man. You're ruining Google's reputation. Try the search terms "statutory law" and "administrative law."
-3:17
I am still so confused how the mshaa can do this. It governs the public schools and is to promote public school athletes.
April 5, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I’m going to guess that all of the MHSAA participating schools are willing signatures of the compact, bylaws and codices establishing the MHSAA’s governing authority regarding sports, cheer, band, etc. competitions among MS schools and acquiescence of said schools to that authority and willingness to abide by its rule and judgments and as well pay for that pleasure.
Does anyone have a good link where I can find out the rules that kangaroo courts operate under?
MHSAA needs to be scrapped and replaced.
For a non profit they sure have a stable of lobbyists down at the Capital working legislators!!
A private organization that is funded with public money and sets rules for public school athletics needs to be more open about how they do business. It will take legislative action to make this happen so in other words, it will never happen.
to 11:01........''the rules'' you ask???
its called ''make it up as you go along''
its the same way many municipal and justice courts in mississippi operate.
Nobody cares. This is a private matter. It’s all about greed on both sides.
4:26
Who are their lobbyist?
Non-profits profit those who get a salary and perks. Some of those perks are very expensive.
They can often help those running it become more influential.
Our new cultural norm of money and power being more admirable than fairness and honesty and empathy for others and competence/knowledge/experience gets us " adults behaving badly".
Rules are rules and there are consequences. Good lesson.
@9:23 am, only one registered on SOS website is a 2023 Joel Yelverton for 2023, signed off by a Rickey Neaves for the MSHAA.
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