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Those tailgates should be arrested and prosecuted. Maybe making shooting someone illegal would help also.

What a tool?
What was that son?
What a shame a few bad apples had to spoil it for the rest of us.

As if the MHSAA has any such authority. Local jurisdictions should make that call. And local jurisdictions should heavily police the area starting around 5:00pm until the last bus leaves. MHSAA just doing some CYA.

I guess they ran out of athletes to ban from competition, so now they want to ban parties.

These people have way too much power already, and now they want more.

If you read the comment, it did say their lawyer had suggested...

And, yes, they do have the authority to prohibit tailgates on member-school property.

Sigh…that’s why we can’t have nice things

All High School activities should be held during the school day including prom! No need to be out past sundown! Thats when the roaches come out and they care about no one! Keep your kids safe, it’s not the same era when you were in High School.

What a sissy response by the timid MHSSA.

7:35, please provide a citation for that authority.

The MHSAA has zero authority to prevent citizens from gathering. Read the Constitution under the "Freedom of Association" amendment. For crying out loud when did we as a citizenry just go along with capitulating our natural rights so easily? And in this case to a non-government body with zero policing authority. This is why it is a "recommendation". Geez.

If parents/legit boosters want to tailgate then they should be able to, however the statement I saw in the news mentioned alcohol and other substances. Should be no alcohol or other substances allowed on a high school campus for such events.

I remember when you used to be able to go to the mall too

Fight for your right to PARTY …

And prolly get shot by a teen

After Ennis Proctor retired the MHSAA had a golden opportunity to become relevant and hire Mike Kent as their Executive Director. The MHSAA chose to be irrelevant and here we are.

The shooters in Leland were 29, 29, 25, and 44.

None of the garbage that happened this past weekend occurred during pre-game or in-game high school tailgates. Only one incident, Heidelberg, was even remotely related to tailgating and that was just because one of the unfortunate victim's bodies was found in "the area". This is like blaming the dog because you cheated on your wife. It's nonsensical blame-shifting and deflection.

Makes perfect sense to ban the tailgates. Tailgates have alcohol. Thus, the tailgates become the town's party, which brings in all kinds of people. It's not limited to high school. Heck, LSU has had two shootings this month at "townie" tailgates. Not fans, no tickets to the game. JSU and Alcorn had shootings this weekend. Football games are now excuses to throw parties, with unregulated outdoor drinking (and whatever), and there's no cops.

On the collegiate level USM has implemented changes with tailgates after an incident (last year, I think) where a group decided to use game day as a free location to have a large family reunion gathering on the campus. The group caused trouble serious enough for USM to make changes and prohibit tailgating in areas that had been used by people legitimately there for years.

Back to the high school tailgating, I saw a social media post last week regarding tailgating at my former hometown local public high school’s upcoming homecoming, with spots advertised at $200 each. No mention of the tailgate being a school fundraiser or even if the event was being held on school property but it struck me as odd. I’m thinking groups are using “tailgate” and “homecoming” as covers for nefarious activities.

The LSU shooting happened outside of campus. Two smoke shops took it upon themselves to have block parties (and I bet there was no permit). DJ's, the works. Made a point to attract a certain crowd that is kind of rachety. It's a fixable problem. It remains to be seen if the city and LSU will do something about it since it is off campus. In fact, the whole area north of campus needs to be cleared out.

18 year olds have the right to own guns and have parents who think it's fine for them to take those guns to parties.
It's almost funny that it was the hippie liberals who said " If we can die in 'Nam with a rifle in our hand, we should be able to drink and own a gun and vote at 18". Now it's the conservatives that defend gun rights to the extreme so the learning disabled, the mentally ill and even the blind have the right to shoot somebody. Rights without being capable of being responsible is not turning out well. Things worked better when we gave the brain a chance as well as the body to be fully developed before expecting humans to have " good sense"!

Oh really? Then why did I watch a video of players at the Heidelberg game running off the field as fast as they could when they hired shots fired right behind the stadium during the game? The Leland incident happened because of the homecoming tied to the game. It didn't happen at the game but it happened because the game drew in hordes of people for homecoming who partied nearby afterwards.

I was shocked when I started attending local high school games and noticed the large amount of tailgating and non stadium areas where people congregated. I noticed that many of the schools not only allowed it, but sanctioned it .... sold spots. I also noticed a large number of adults drinking during these events. I guess they could not wait until college game day.

It’s has nothing to do with tailgates the same group ruins bowling alleys, high school graduations, parks, shopping malls, and restaurants whenever they show up. Society choosing to tolerate poor behavior out of fear of being accused of bigotry is the real problem.

Went to a game at East Ascension in Gonzales when I was in high school. You could easily smell the booze in the stands.

"This is not who we are as a community." - Leland Mayor John Lee. No, Mr. Mayor. It IS who you are as a community.

“Society choosing to tolerate poor behavior out of fear of being accused of bigotry is the real problem.”

I agree with this, except that I don’t think it’s limited so much by race.

8:24, The drinking age was 18 back then. It was we GenXers who made the argument in the 80s that if we had to register for the draft at 18, we should be able to drink at 1&.

7:35pm could not be more wrong.

Oh really? I said "in-game tailgates" such as those at NWR or other metro schools with tents in the end zones. I did not say it had nothing to do with the game itself drawing people together. As to your Leland point, let's just ban homecoming then, right? That's your logic trail.
Let's call it what it is: young black men with no moral compass, shitty attitudes, and firearms. It has nothing to do with adults gathering at football games.

"I agree with this, except that I don’t think it’s limited so much by race." BS Snowflake. Give me ONE example of a group of gringos shooting up a party at a HIGH SCHOOL football game. ONE.

TV talking head calls it a “trend of violence,” as though it’s someone named Violence popping caps at ballgames. “Violence” didn’t perpetrate any shooting anywhere. Think about it.

I suggest that they ban human fans at ball games and go back to the cardboard cutout fans that were used during COVID.

Bottom line folks, until the thugs stop shooting folks and carrying guns into to sports events and the crime cannot be taken under control, this is the new life. Law enforcement can only make recommendations and if it cramps your tailgating style in order to SAVE LIVES, so be it. Hey President Trump, how about sending some folks here to Mississippi and go after all these young Democratic thugs?

Fatigue intensifies

Never gonna happen. To many following and saying "it will never happen here".

9:14, because white folks don’t commit gun violence, right? Riiight

Fantastic, as those tailgaters on I-55 and I-20 are very reckless.

Kingfish, Highland at Dalrymple is most definitely on LSU’s campus. And that’s where one of the shootings occurred. No doubt it was spill over traffic from the parties a few blocks north, but that end of campus was cleared during the football game. And it was homecoming to boot.

Quit going to games when the schools decided to start severe and expensive gates.........imagine dropping 8 bucks to see a softball game. Quit going to movies because of load and disrespectful teens of all races.

Leland has lost 48% of its population and the bottom is nowhere in sight.

Brilliant advice, it is a shame they didn’t advise this 2 weeks ago.

@8:05, The shooters in Leland were 29, 29, 25, and 44.


They must have been wanting relive their High School daze

@9:14 every school shooting in America maybe? However agree that there is a cultural problem with violence

People it’s all about timing! A study was conducted that found between the hours of 8:00am - 6:00pm violent crime from outsiders during school events was non existent.
It’s simple MHSAA have all school sanctioned events during daylight hours including prom, just turn down the lights!
The study was conducted by WLD research group LLC, now that study didn’t cost time nor a dime, I just made it up! But it will save lives!

@ 10:19
There is no such thing as GUN VIOLENCE, its a term liberals use so they don't have to tell the truth. Many people die as a result of automobile accidents, does this mean we have CAR VIOLENCE? Let's outlaw sober drivers so drunk drivers won't kill them.

If Biden was still President, he would pay a visit to Leland.

Where is the outrage from the ACLU, SPLC and NAACP? Crump, Bennie, Hakeem, Spartacus and Rev Al?

In some instances I guess mere age is not a defining trait of "adult".

The ACLU, SPLC, NAACP seem to only care if it isn’t black on black. They seem to have no concern when blacks shoot blacks. They have no interest in solving the real problems that lead to violence like lack of family stability, fatherless homes, quality education, etc. In other words, they offer no real solutions to problems that plague many black communities.

You might want to go back and check your facts on all school shootings are committed by whites. I know that’s a common misunderstanding with the left and they like to immediately downplay or downright ignore that one of their checkmarks committed any crime or mass violence. They always go back to “but guns” in these situations and never address the human aspect. Don’t let it be physical or use of any other weapon than a gun either, those deaths don’t count to the left.

And two of the shooters at Heidelburg were both 19. Quit trying this as age crap as some sort of deflection stance. All you are proving is that it's not just youth that perpetuate this violence and stupidity. You're not helping.

Quit playing MHSAA get some guts, Leave tailgating alone, just have school activities during daylight school hours or Saturday, the troublemakers don’t come out during the day!!!

Have games during the day. I want to at least see whose shooting!

Not during and after high school football games. They don't do donuts in the middle of Mississippi interstates, either...and they don't black-out their 1989 vehicle windows and pop caps at each other at midnight either. Refute me if you can, Goober.

So, a few bad people (who are arrested) in one area mean that no one else can enjoy a tailgate? That is just stupid.