Mountain View head coach Bam McRae calls out to his team during the first quarter of the Mountain View vs. Marana high school football game on Aug. 28, 2014.

After the AIA suspended Mountain View High School football coach Bam McRae for the year’s final game, MVHS released a one paragraph statement with no apology to senior Demetrius Flannigan, a University of Arizona verbal commit. It said, basically, “we move on.” The AIA found that McRae had improperly recruited Flannigan from Tucson High. Where’s the public apology to the student-athlete who paid the price for McRae’s irresponsible action?


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