Hosting camps/clinics put on by college athletes who I'm assuming out of the kindness of their hearts did it, or maybe they got paid to do it...which was that during the NCAA season or out of it??? It couldn't be classified as recruiting because none of the athletes coaching went to Pius, they were coached in YOUTH football by the coach. Pius really need money??? or does the coach??
You are correct in they had college players coaching the camp. I am not an expert, nor claim to be. If you look at the MSHSAA handbook 3.13.5 Sport-Specific Instruction by Private Organizers or Schools
I wondered about the legality of things below though. I have no skin in the game and really have no opinion, but at the same time rules are rules and are to be followed.
b. General Requirements:
4. No school-owned uniforms or player equipment shall be used in any instructional event other than as outlined in ByLaw 3.15, Summer. Member schools may not rent, sell, lease, or loan their uniforms or player equipment for use in non-school sponsored instructional events, other than outlined in By-Law 3.15, Summer.
UNLESS THE COLLEGE KIDS BOUGHT THEIR OWN AND BROUGHT WITH THEM TACKLING DUMMIES, FOOTBALLS, CONES, ETC THEY USED PIUS EQUIPMENT
d. Same Season/Different Sport: During the school year and within a season a student is participating in an interscholastic sport, the student may attend privately organized specialized sports instruction for a different sport under the following conditions, in addition to those outlined in letter b, General Requirements, above:
1. No member school or member of the coaching staff of the school the student is attending or will be attending the following year is involved in any way in the organization, sponsorship, or administration of the sport-specific instruction.
EVENT FLYER STATES- WINTER WARM UP HOSTED BY ST. PIUS (FESTUS). SIGN UP LINK WAS @HTTPS://BIT.LY/PIUSWINTER. STRANGE IF IT ISN'T A PIUS CAMP WHY WOULD THEY NAME IT PIUS WINTER AND PROMOTE "HOSTED BY" WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ABOUT IF FORMS WENT THROUGH, HEAD COACH REPLIES "I WILL CHECK" AND THAT "IT WORKED". (MEANING THERE WAS ACCESS TO THE ONLINE SIGN UPS, AND BY CHECKING AND REPLYING DOES THAT IMPLY ADMINISTRATION? ALSO IN POSTS,THE USED OF HASTAGS - #LANCER UP AND - #IFYOUBUILDITTHEYWILLCOME IS USED,
2. Prior approval from the school administrator and a school coach for the school sport in season is required.
DID THEY HAVE PRIOR APPROVAL FROM ALL HIGH SCHOOL AGED KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS WHO ATTENDED?
3.13.6 Penalty: The penalty for violation of By-Law 3.13 shall be ineligibility for a period not to exceed 365 days in the sport in which the violation occurred.
I'M SURE IT IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL, BUT POST ALSO STATED "WE WILL ALSO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE YOUTH FOOTBALL PROGRAM THAT IS STARTING IN 2024 AT ST. PIUS X FOR AT THE WINTER WARM UP"
