Word is that Southlake Carroll won’t know if star QB Daxx Garman will be playing Friday night until that day, now that his eligibility is being reviewed again.
But since Brett Shipp’s report, another website has ponied up what it says is another part of the story. If it’s true, well, wow. If it’s not, well, wow.
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seriously!!! This kid doesn’t do drugs doesn’t cause problems or get into trouble and yet all he is guilty of is wanting to play ball and wanting a future! We need to stand behind him and support him! What is wrong with you people! Lets visit some of our local high schools where kids are doing drugs and getting into trouble! This kid is a success in today’s high school world lets put ourselves in his parents and his position what one of us wouldn’t go to the ends of the earth for our kids and their future success!!
Hey Stacie, Go take a course in punctuation. The kids at the schools he’s competing with, might not be on drugs either. They just play by the rules. I guess high schools should start recruiting players from all over, as long as the parents can afford to own two homes etc… Send him back to where he came from. Give the local kids a chance.
Really Stacie? You teach your kids that the rules don’t apply to them, just everyone else? Did you pause to think of the effect this rule breaking had on the kids from his old team who had to forfeit their last season and district title because his family didn’t follow the rules. They won’t get their senior year back to do over. Or how about the other SLC QBs that have practiced and trained in their system coming up through the years, going to all the camps, keeping their grades up, learning the system, supporting the team, following the rules for their chance, then suddenly this agent helicopters this kid in, who’s ineligible to play in Oklahoma, to take over at QB1 cutting in front of everyone else. If the DEC and UIL let this stand, it is a total sham.
To, “This is Texas,” Your personal attack to Stacie is, quite frankly, underscored by your lack of grammatical knowledge. While I wouldn’t want to bring drugs, troubled schools, etc. into this “controversy,” can we just let this kid play ball? I commend these parents who seek out the best for their child. My parents did the same thing for me in the 70’s. When I was an all-star athlete going to state, they kept their house, that happened to be in the school district and purchased another outside of the district. I was not persecuted by the DMN or any other organization. Maybe it has to do with football in Texas and the back-stabbing rivals (ie: parents, boosters and financial backers) that want to find any controversy that could perhaps topple their adversaries and make them the champs!
Really Barbara?
Nothing like parents teaching their kids how “entitled” they are, even if they lied or cheated. Gag. Rules are for everyone, and clearly after this family ruined one school’s year, they should have known better. Sorry Dragons, but this kid doesn’t deserve another chance to cheat.
Shame on these parents for seeking the best for their child, and shame on him for being talented in a sport and better than others. That is is just not fair or right.
Also, I am grateful that quality investigative journalism caught this highly dangerous act before it was consumated. Thankfully, the only place this occurs is Southlake.
So the answer is we punish the kid for having stupid parents? That seems fair! Or, how about we let the kid play football and somehow punish the parents? That makes more sense! BTW, you can find the same thing happening all over the state in every sport. Why did Brett Shipp pick this kid? Something tells me he was tipped off by a Southlake rival. I hope the kid gets to play!
The kid should just get an Oklahoma GED, move away and fulfill his commitment as QB at Arizona.
@cbs–you should have just stopped at ’shame on these parents.’
This is all so “Friday Night Lights” and the agent even resembles Buddy. hmmmmmm……
We wouldn’t have all these problems with outsiders coming across our borders and taking jobs from the locals if we just finished that dang-nabbed fence.
Story about the street agent is interesting. If not the death penalty, knee-capping might be appropriate.
People please research before you accuse. It was Southlake parents who turned in Garmon.
It is sad the kid can’t play. It is also a shame the parents were not smart enough to do it legally.