A voicemail that shouldn’t have left the phone line ruined a season
A high school football team’s playoff hopes vanished after a private call was shared with the league.
The story
A Tennessee high school was banned from the playoffs after a leaked voicemail revealed a coach tried to recruit a student not enrolled at the school, violating rules.
Source: brobible.com
Our reading
The TSSAA has banned Karns High School from the playoffs after a voicemail revealed a coach tried to recruit a student who wasn’t enrolled there. The school’s head coach, Lee Warren, is suspended and the team faces fines and probation. The voicemail was never meant to leave the phone line. It’s like a secret conversation that somehow ended up in the hands of the league, which then used it to ruin a season. The school’s chances of making the playoffs were already slim, but now they’re completely out. The coach’s attempt to get a player to switch schools was so bad it got him in trouble, but also made the whole thing feel like a high school version of a corporate scandal. The school’s only hope now is that the next season’s rules are less likely to be broken by a voicemail.
