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Uh, no.

Here is my understanding as to what the situation is: 1. The ruling by the DEC was based upon an internal investigation by the BISD into allegations made to district AD's earlier in the week about an ineligible player. 2. The controversy centered around a Jaguar who began the season with insufficient credits to be eligible. 3. By UIL rule, if a player begins the season with ineligible credits, he is ineligible for the first six weeks of the school year. If the student is passing after the first six weeks, he regains his eligibility. 4. By the timeline, which was established after conferring with the UIL in Austin, the student in question would not have been eligible to play for Central until the Oct. 13th game against Nederland. 5. The student, backup/special teams player, played in 3 district games while ineligible, 9/20 vs. Memorial, 9/26 vs. Vidor, and 10/7 vs. Ozen. 2 of those games, Central lost so no forfeit was required there. But as Central defeated Ozen 49-14, they had to forfeit that game. 6. The DEC unaniously determined that there was no intent by Central to play an ineligible player. However, playing an ineligible player is a ZERO tolerance violation so the forfeiture was mandated.

Season opener for both teams

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Season opener for both teams

Before folks make the assumption that Central was trying to pull the wool over the district's eyes, let's remember a couple of things. By Ogletree's tweets, it is apparent that this was a self reporting by Central, not them being caught by someone else. Second, it didn't sound like the playing of these players was intentional but rather it was simply confusion about eligibility rules and an "eligibility cutoff." If someone could explain that "cutoff" to me, it would be appreciated.

Royden Ogletree‏ @roydenogletree 23m23 minutes ago Beaumont Central will be given a private reprimand by the DEC and Ozen will have a 1-0 victory over Central. This all but eliminates Central from playoff contention for 2017.

Actually, Ozen's record now stands at 2-5

Royden Ogletree‏ @roydenogletree 23m23 minutes ago It is determined Beaumont Central played an ineligible player the first 3 games of district schedule. In losses to P.A. Memorial and Vidor, and in a win against Ozen. Central will have to forfeit the win against Ozen. Central’s District record goes to 4-3 to 3-4. Ozen goes to 2-4

Royden Ogletree‏ @roydenogletree 39m39 minutes ago Central reports that they played an ineligible player. The question is when the eligibility cut off was and how many games the player played in that time. Eligibility cut off in question because of Harvey. Trying to determine if player was ineligible when they beat Ozen.

Standings going into tonight's game

Ouch!

Some of us still hear from Gabe and while I will never say never I can tell you that he is quite happy with life the way it is right now.