NCAA to formally charge Ole Miss with rules violations (Freeze has resigned)
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They did, but Briarcrest is a 'respected' private Christian school and they apparently swept this under the rug. Gotta keep that reputation up so you can charge a premium for education, you know...
He went to MSU (but Ole Miss law school), so he may be enjoying this.
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Y'all knew I'd be back when the rumor mill started rumbling again. Can someone help my old remembers? Seems there was a blip of a story a year ago about a girl / lady from the University of Florida who had moved there from Mississippi who had some interesting information that was deemed really far fetched.....then. Might not be so far fetched now. If memory serves, Scott Stricklin was asked to allow the NCAA to talk to her about some information she had. Does anyone remember that story and can you point me in the correct direction------it seems it just kinda died.
Isn't Briarcrest a Christian school? What behaviors were they (staff, et al) modeling there? Sin/s? Was the Bible part of their curriculum? Were they teaching about David and Bathsheba, Solomon and his 700 wives and 300 concubines, etc.?
The entirety of the New Testament is pretty clear that those sins are forgiven.
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Propst's case was probably worse with the extracurricular activities (unless the Briarcrest stuff is true), but I'll say that atleast Propst never tried to act like he was this man of high morals and ethics. I think Freeze probably hurt his career more than Propst mostly due to the shock and awe of his situation. We all pretty much thought Propst was a slime ball to begin with.
I don't think scandal is all that uncommon in so-called Christian high schools. Covering up scandal at them is de rigeur for reasons Crimsonaudio pointed out above.
Several months ago, there was a long thread about Briarwood Christian (in the 'burbs of Birmingham) trying to get the state legislature to authorize them to have their own police force.
The ostensible reason was to provide security 24/7/365 for the megachurch and school. Collectively, it is several thousand people, so you can kinda make a straight-faced case for it.
But most people in the Birmingham area thought it was so they could better cover up drug use, vandalism, etc. by children of influential church member / donors. I never heard sexual harassment mentioned, but I'd be shocked if kids were getting stoned and destroying church and school property, but not sexually harassing.
I have a personal friend who pulled their kids out of Briarwood because of it. He said everything from playing time on the sports teams to scheduling, extending even to grades, could be bought with contributions to the church.
A lot of self-proclaimed Christian schools live by a far different set of values than you will find in the Bible.
As Saban says, "What you do is so loud I can't hear what you say."
I won't say much on this to avoid thread creep but I know my fair share about Briarwood. The major drug bust two years ago and the campus cop are issues far more complicated than most people acknowledge.
Again - won't say anymore than this - but let's not get hung up on this issue. Lot of intense feelings in both directions.
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Even if he is forgiven, that doesn't change the fact that this man's actions affected others. If the stuff coming out of Briarcrest is true then some of those girls were affected by his actions(sins).
I think this man was a phony from the git go and I have no sympathy for him.
Freeze deserve his forgiveness that we should aspire to extend to all people but I think he deserves a good shaming for acting like a man of immense faith to advance his career.
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