CIF-Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod’s “A Message from the Commissioner” that appears periodically at the section website, cifss.org, this time is about the relationships of private schools and public schools within CIF-SS athletics.
It’s a good read. You can access it here.
Edison coach Dave White will be suspended for the Chargers' game on Sept. 8 against Garfield of L.A.
(UPDATED) Edison football coach Dave White has been suspended for one game for violation of a CIF-Southern Section rule, Edison athletic director Rich Boyce confirmed today.
Edison imposed the suspension, which will be served for the Chargers’ second game, Sept. 8 against Garfield of Los Angeles. White will accompany the Edison team and coach the Chargers when they open the season Aug. 26 in Hawaii against Baldwin of Wailuku.
White indicated the violation was for CIF rule 510, which covers undue influence and recruiting — specifically, the portion of 510 that deals with pre-enrollment contact — and involves the transfer of senior-to-be receiver Sedric Hill from Mater Dei to Edison. Hill was denied athletic eligibility by the CIF-SS office which determined Hill’s transfer to Edison was at least partially based upon athletically motivated reasons.
Servite’s award-winning athletic director and wrestling coach Alan Clinton said he is considering applying for the CIF-Southern Section assistant commissioner post that will be vacated this summer when Rob Wigod moves from CIF-SS assistant commissioner to commissioner upon the retirement of current commissioner Jim Staunton.
The CIF-Southern Section website has a very good guidelines page on Rule 510, the undue influence/recruiting rule, which can be found here.
More news from the OCVarsity blog:
Scott Donald, a Sacramento-based attorney representing the Diocese of Orange/Mater Dei in their legal complaint against the CIF-Southern Section, said he was not surprised by the results of the hearing Monday in Orange County Superior Court where the court tossed out two counts of the six-count complaint, kept intact two counts and gave the Diocese/Mater Dei side 15 days to amend the other two counts.
“This was about trying to narrow down the case as much as possible,” Donald said. “We’re fine with the way the court ruled.”
Donald said there could be a filing of another demurrer, or the filing of another answer on those two counts on which the 15-day amendment period was placed.
Nothing substantive is on the court schedule for this case, other than a case management conference in April when the two sides’ legal representatives will meet to discuss where the case goes from here.
The hearing for the Diocese of Orange/Mater Dei legal complaint filed against the CIF Southern Section, scheduled for Monday at Orange County Superior Court, has been postponed. No new date has been set.
The CIF-SS filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. The Diocese responded today by filing an amendment to the complaint. Contents of the amendment are not known at this time — we will pursue. CIF-SS attorneys are studying that amendment. As the hearing had become based upon the motion to dismiss the original legal complaint, the amendment made that hearing
moot.
More news from the OCVarsity blog:
The CIF-Southern Section on Tuesday released a statement about the legal complaint the Diocese of Orange filed on behalf of Mater Dei. The complaint alleges unfair treatment of Mater Dei by the CIF-Southern Section office. The matter goes to court Dec. 10.
Mater Dei deferred comment to the Diocese.
The Diocese response to the CIF-SS statement …
The hearing for the Diocese of Orange/Mater Dei legal complaint against the CIF-Southern Section will be Dec. 20 at the Central Justice Center, Orange County Superior Court.
The complaint accuses the CIF-Southern Section of breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duties, and unfair business practices in its relationship with Mater Dei athletics.
The text of the complaint states: “CIF-SS has consistently, intentionally and systematically engaged in arbitrary and discriminatory actions against Mater Dei by issuing and enforcing unsupported and erroneous findings and rulings relating to eligibility of student athletes at Mater Dei.”
The courthouse is just a few hundred yards from Santa Ana Stadium, where Mater Dei has won a lot of football games.
CIF-Southern Section commissioner Jim Staunton announced today he is retiring from the post at the conclusion of this school year.
He has been the section commissioner since the 1999-2000 school year, making this his 11th year at the position. He is the eighth commissioner in the almost 100 years of existence of the CIF-Southern Section.
Staunton, 61, had been a high school teacher and administrator in Orange County, most recently as principal at Huntington Beach High, before taking the commissioner’s assignment.
Staunton said he made the decision this past May.
Football news from the OCVarsity blog:
The CIF-Southern Section today released a response to the legal complaint the Diocese of Orange, representing Mater Dei in the matter, has made against the CIF-SS office.
The response states that Mater Dei could have pursued this through the usual channels instead of seeking legal action, and that Mater Dei has been a very successful athletic entity under CIF-SS rules and regulations.
The text of the CIF-SS response …
A CIF State appeals hearing on the eligibility of Todd Hunt is Wednesday.
Hunt, a linebacker who is enrolled at Mater Dei after moving to Southern California from Connecticut, has been declared athletically ineligible by the CIF-Southern Section.
The Diocese of Orange, on behalf of Mater Dei, has filed a suit against the CIF-Southern Section. The suit is a complaint that alleges the CIF-SS office has been unfair to Mater Dei.
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