Ohio High School Athletic Association fines, puts all Dayton public schools on 3-year probation
As a public reprimand for a lack of administrative responsibility and institutional control, the Ohio High School Athletic Association placed all Dayton Public Schools boys and girls athletic teams on immediate three-year probation Thursday. The district also was fined $10,000 and selected administrators were ordered to attend compliance meetings in Columbus and new level training.
The OHSAA ruled its bylaw 3-1-1 — concerning administrative control — had been violated during a Week 10 football game last season between Dunbar and Belmont at Welcome Stadium. Commissioner Dr. Dan Ross outlined the punishments.
The probation will be lifted and $2,500 will be refunded if no other similar violations of OHSAA bylaws occur within the first two years. Affected are all six DPS high schools: Belmont, Dunbar, Meadowdale, Ponitz, Stivers and Thurgood Marshall.
“It strikes at the heart of what we believe high school sports are all about and that’s teaching life lessons and the things you want them to learn as citizens when they’re out of school,” Ross said. “For us, it was reprehensible that anything like that would be suggested.”
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