Gray Collegiate vs Abbeville discussion

[bbrown1240]

You should see the basketball team lol.

I still have a hard time wrapping my head around why they are allowed to play in SCHSL, at least without being in 5A. Schools like Gray can recruit the best from the area. They say they don’t, but that’s a lie. Plus you can’t really beat their academic methodology, going to school half a day, and being able to focus on athletics the other half. It’s very attractive for athletes.

[Fortfor5]

You should see the basketball team lol.

I still have a hard time wrapping my head around why they are allowed to play in SCHSL, at least without being in 5A. Schools like Gray can recruit the best from the area. They say they don’t, but that’s a lie. Plus you can’t really beat their academic methodology, going to school half a day, and being able to focus on athletics the other half. It’s very attractive for athletes.

I can see that being very attractive to a hs athlete.

[bbrown1240]

You should see the basketball team lol.

I still have a hard time wrapping my head around why they are allowed to play in SCHSL, at least without being in 5A. Schools like Gray can recruit the best from the area. They say they don’t, but that’s a lie. Plus you can’t really beat their academic methodology, going to school half a day, and being able to focus on athletics the other half. It’s very attractive for athletes.

I can see that being very attractive to a hs athlete.

And I’m not knocking what they do academically because I think it’s great. A student can graduate high school and have two years of college under their belt. But I don’t think schools like Gray provide a level playing field to the schools they play them due to their philosophy. That’s why I believe schools like Gray, Oceanside, and Legion should have to play 5A. It’s still not fair, but the playing field is a little more level with the size of the 5A schools and the potential to find athletes among the student population vs the recruitment of athletes at the schools above.

[mikey]

Wasn’t the motion to have the schools only pull from a certain area dismissed in court? If these type of charter schools begin to open in more counties, the SCHSL is going to need to step in and revisit this again. I know that Gray has already started an 8th grade academy and will be adding 7th grade to it. They will start pulling from the middle schools also.

I do not know .i thought that was how it sas set up at onetime .but reading the school website it looks wide open.
None of your good programs will lose much.but stall wando ect .will probably loose thier best .i have heard wado already has been raided .
We know kids that play baseball over there .but no football players.

I would think it would be unfair in baseball....get u a couple of dominate pitchers and a decent catcher and u can win a lot of games in HS baseball..

[Onion Rings]

You should see the basketball team lol.

I still have a hard time wrapping my head around why they are allowed to play in SCHSL, at least without being in 5A. Schools like Gray can recruit the best from the area. They say they don’t, but that’s a lie. Plus you can’t really beat their academic methodology, going to school half a day, and being able to focus on athletics the other half. It’s very attractive for athletes.

I can see that being very attractive to a hs athlete.

And I’m not knocking what they do academically because I think it’s great. A student can graduate high school and have two years of college under their belt. But I don’t think schools like Gray provide a level playing field to the schools they play them due to their philosophy. That’s why I believe schools like Gray, Oceanside, and Legion should have to play 5A. It’s still not fair, but the playing field is a little more level with the size of the 5A schools and the potential to find athletes among the student population vs the recruitment of athletes at the schools above.

agree 100% bump em up

[spectator]

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Gray Collegiate is a disgrace to SC high school football!
To say nothing about the fact their very existence is illegal and their crooked recruiting tactics are robbing hometown teams of THEIR players (QB and WR both were at B-L last year for starters), Gray Collegiate, their players, coaches, and fans are the worst collective group I have EVER seen!

I was at the game last night and sat on the visitor's side because it was the only side I could get a ticket on, but I was openly pulling for Abbeville. Gray plays dirty, they are vulgar, and their players have a sense of entitlement about them that is sickening. They made zero attempt to hide their cheap shots on Abbeville players, or their incessant bickering and whining to the refs that resulted in several more unsportsmanlike penalties. And it's easy to see why their players are the way they are because the fans, namely parents, egged it on and were equally as vile. I was stunned by some of the things I head from their fans so I started giving it back to them. My favorite exchange between myself and a Gray fan last night went like this...

Gray fan: "200 d**n yards in penalties! You stupid f****ng refs came here just to screw us! That's ok, we undefeated!"
Me: "Don't worry, you won't be in another four minutes!"

It was 28-10 Abbeville late in the fourth quarter at the time. And it was like that ALL NIGHT. Gray is a disgrace. They have no place with us in the SCHSL and they are not, nor will they ever be, welcome!

That said, I remembered why I have such respect for Abbeville. Coach Nickles is not only the real deal, but his players played hard, hit hard, and even as their opponent was taking cheap shot after cheap shot and trying to bait them into a response, the Abbeville players represented themselves, their school, and their town with class and decorum. I hope they win #11 against Marion!

Gray Collegiate, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

"You won't be in another 4 minutes".................. .............that one goes in the archives.............love it !!!!!...........

[Onion Rings]

I'm getting. Abbeville good. Grey bad