The LHSAA’s recent punishment handed down to McKinley High for recent violations comes with quite the price tag: a fine just shy of $50K. The ruling also saw coach suspensions and a ban on the school participating in post season competition for all sports for the next two school years.  High school sports writer for the Advocate newspaper, Robin Fambrough, speaks on the nature of the violations.

Cut 12 (09)   “…paperwork things.”

Fambrough says the school may have to resort to donations from alumni and fundraising for the fine, and as far as the post season ban, Fambrough has only seen one similar punishment before.

Cut 13 (09) “…reduced to one year.” 

Fambrough says the 50 thousand dollar fine is due to the sheer number of students that were affected by the paperwork failures

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