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Eastern High Suspends Coach & Forfeits Game

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Posted: 6:46 PM Sep 4, 2008
Last Updated: 11:10 PM Sep 4, 2008
Reporter: Jeff Proctor
Email Address: jeff.proctor@wilx.com

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The Lansing School District has suspended Eastern High School football coach Tommie Boyd and forfeited last week's season-opening 34-20 win over Detroit U of D Jesuit High School because Boyd used academically ineligible players. In addition, the district has placed Eastern Athletic Director Mario Villareal on administrative leave and removed five academically ineligible players from the team.

An interim coach will be named Friday to lead the Quakers against Lansing Sexton. The Michigan High School Athletic Association will be notified when an investigation is finished.

Lansing Schools Superintendent T.C. Wallace released the following statement:

"Student eligibility rules are clearly spelled out by Lansing School District policy and Michigan High School Athletic Association guidelines. We need to reinforce with our staff, students athletes, families and athletic boosters that eligibility rules apply to everyone and are not optional. More importantly, we want our school community to know that being accountable and following the rules go hand-in-hand with strong academic scholarship and athletic sportsmanship."

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Posted by: interested Location: lansing on Sep 6, 2008 at 06:19 PM
It is also very interesting to me that these kids are being called out for being ineligible now. My guess is that if they are ineligible now, they were ineligible when Saade (should be spelled SAD) played them! Why don't we also look at the records from last year and see if SAD played any of these students when they were ineligible? We can't forfeit any of those games (because SAD lost all of those too), but we can also deal with SAD accordingly. What's good for the goose is also good for the gander. v

Posted by: Concerned Reader Location: Lansing on Sep 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM
We need to know the whole story. Don't judge lest yee be judged. Mr Villarreal/ Mr. Boyd seems like he was doing his job. The new couch seems to me like could have been caught up in the moment and sent the players out. I really don't feel this is news that needs to be on every station and in the paper. People in Lansing really should find them some business. Everybody business is not your business. These people do have families lets give them some type of respect. I hope this matter it quickly resolved and these gentlemen are returned back to work.

Posted by: Pam Location: Jackson on Sep 5, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Coaches are teachers about how to excel at life. They should not give approval that it is alright to win at all cost even if it means cheating or 'bending' the rules.

Posted by: j.a.d.e Location: lansing on Sep 4, 2008 at 11:38 PM
So exactly what made these players academically ineligibible? They couldn't posibly have been failing classes in the first week of school.

Posted by: Don Location: Lansing on Sep 4, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Knowing first hand what Villareal is all about with children at Eastern, I can only agree with ed jones, it is way past time to see A.D. Villareal GONE!

Posted by: ed jones Location: st.johns on Sep 4, 2008 at 09:05 PM
its past due for change in the ath. Dir. office. A.D. Villareal has been the leader that has caused half the problems and overlooked the other 50%. Its past time for new leadership at the top so Coach Boyd has a fair shot at building a successfull program

Posted by: bill Location: Lansing on Sep 4, 2008 at 08:03 PM
Does it really make a differance who reported the ineligibilty and where would you get the impression that the coach across town was disgruntled unless you are in Villareal's back pocket.He seems to be the only one that percieves the situation that way.

Posted by: Old Blue Location: Lansing on Sep 4, 2008 at 06:54 PM
This is very disturbing, I hope a disgruntled coach across town did start up this mess. Mario should watch this better.

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Posted By: craig: government should help automakers at this point, however to say they (auto makers) are not responsible for the recession is absurd. how many more jobs can they push overseas before there will be no one left to purchase their products anyhow?
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Posted By: Beth: The Big 3 failure would be a major disaster - I agree. However, I don't feel that the government or tax payers should bail them out until they have made the same kinds of concessions that citizens, small business, and union members have already made. Begin by severely downsizing the execs and their benefits i.e. luxuries. Times are tough and they should share in the "recession life style" is part of the reason for decreased car sales. I need a newer car badly, but it's not on my shopping list any time soon. They are flying and driving nice cars. Get real! The union members have suffered considerable cuts already including loss of workers, benefits and wages. Make equal cuts in management, wages, and benefits, then look at union members' additional concessions, and financial aide from the government.
Posted By: jon: like i said we the workers will and are getting hurt.they gain we lose
Posted By: ME: Thank you UAW, if the union would not have barganed until the big 3 couldn't afford it any more we would all be able to afford nice cars. I was in the union before and it definently isnt all peaches and cream. Sure they will fight to get you more but look what it has done.. Workers recieved more then the company could afford and now more may lose everything. Thanks again UAW. It is flat out B.S. that the government will bail out huge corporations but only give the autos a loan. Its all for the politicians gain, main street America has been hurting alot longer then wall street, but wall street affected the politicians pocket so they did something about it. Mr & Mrs politician help us out, cut your pay & benefits.......quit cutting ours.
Posted By: LegallyRad: To Explain: If the banks were not bailed out, that would have affected the big 3, and every other business that deals with the banks (show me one that doesn't). This has nothing to do with Bush. Big 3 are very poorly run, and concede too much to organized labor. The bail out will first be essentially worthless since it will amount to a drop in a bucket, and the companies just blow cash. They need to fail to preserve our American capitalistic economy. Chances are only one or two of them will go out of business, but if they properly restructure then they could be saved... restructuring means cutting labor costs and consolidating products. If you want to blame something, it's mostly due to the mortgage crisis which began with Carter and Clinton who refused to allow banks to ensure that people could actually pay for their loans because they felt it might be discrimination. Look where that policy got us. Bush just happens to be in office when their poorly built floor calapsed.
Posted By: Michele: I cannot believe that they are not going to bail out the Big 3.Ford is not even sure it is going to need the money. And why do the banks get bailouts with no questions asked but they make the Big 3 jump through hoops of fire and all they want to do is borrow the money...... Reid is an idiot, and doesn't have a clue of how manufacturing works and what the ramifications down the road will be. Including restraurant, stores, and other service industries closing and going out of business due to lack of business. Let's keep America working!
Posted By: : George Bush did not run our country in the ditch. He crash it stright into the wall at 100/mph.
Posted By: pat: this is one more reason we need to thank George Bush for running our country into the ditch!

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