[charlie22]

[quote=#1 Blackcat Fan]

I would wholeheartedly agree with the above; however, the Principal and the Superintendent should also bear some responsibility. They should know what is going on.

I think you are asking a bit much for the S and the P to know every thing going on, but even if you are right, the KHSAA has zero ability to discipline a S or P. They do have the ability to not allow a person to coach a KHSAA sanctioned game, although as was pointed out by another poster, the KHSAA has been very reluctant to hand out any thing more severe than a couple game suspension of coaches.

Rather the KHSAA relies on the school district to hand out more severe punishment if the school district thinks it's warranted (i.e. firing the coach). I think that's a huge mistake by the KHSAA. If they find a coach blatantly cheating, he/she should be forever banned from coaching in Ky again. Period. No exceptions. No second chances.

Heck, the KHSAA caught a basketball coach cheating several years back. His school district did the right thing and fired him. No worries for the coach, another school district, with the knowledge the coach had been caught cheating, soon thereafter hired him. I get the whole second chance thinking, but when the offender is a role model of kids, placed in a position of trust and leadership over our youth and charged with the mission of teaching the values that are gained by participating in sports, there are no second chances in my book for cheating. Others may disagree with that stance, which I'm fine with, but until the KHSAA makes the costs of cheating greatly outweigh the benefits of cheating, some coaches will cheat.

And I have almost zero knowledge of the situation going on in Pike County, so I am not commenting or passing judgment on any thing or any one involved in that situation. I am only expressing my general feelings on coaches caught cheating.