"This would have been a great opportunity for the association to say, 'If you cheat, you've got to pay the penalties.’ ”
Some argue that's what the panel did in imposing hefty fines, three years of probation and in the case of East, a three-game suspension for head coach Brandon Matich.
The group wasn't certain what the solution is, but there was a movement to petition the board of trustees to at least change the seeding back to what it would have been before the forfeits.
"Anything that offers a greater sense of fairness," said Herriman head coach Larry Wilson. "We would all have to take a look at it. I don't think we can come out and make the statements we have without looking at every option of fairness because right now, that's the thing that's lacking. Right now it's not fair. It's not equitable."
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I think the reason coaches, schools and communities are upset is because of abstract nature of UHSAA's two boards...the Executive Board and Board of Trustees. The Executive Board, which is made up of high school princpals, appears to have ruled More..
Do not look past the fact that the original decision was that East forfeit the wins due to violation.
There was no compelling "new" evidence presented to allow the overturn of the rule 24 hours later, the governing body just caved in to More..
The panel seems to have been moved by a bunch of sobbing athletes. Dispassionate observation, but so it seems.
The rules typically call for forfeits and if the forfeits knock them from the play-offs then that where the chips should fall. More..