Shortly after Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez got a recruiting commitment from Tucson High defensive back Demetrius Flannigan this summer, two men connected with the THS program told me Flannigan was planning to play his senior season for Mountain View High School.
That’s playing with fire.
Both men said: Flannigan will never play another down of high school football.
If you mess with the Arizona Interscholastic Association, you can expect to get burned.
When Flannigan indeed showed up at Mountain View, it had the same effect as hiring a blimp to hover over the AIA offices in Phoenix with an attached banner reading “MOUNTAIN VIEW IS TRYING TO PULL A QUICK ONE ON YOU GUYS.” There was no chance.
The loser is Flannigan, ineligible, sitting out his senior season, done in by the advice of adults who should’ve done better homework and put Flannigan’s welfare first.
