A major table turner for the IHSAA conference is the suspension of the sports program at Thea Bowman Leadership Academy. On Friday, January 13, 2017, Bobby Cox, IHSAA commissioner, suspended all sports available at Bowman for two years. Bowman Academy has been a member and one of the most competitive teams in the IHSAA since 2006. The Eagles claimed the Class A state championship in 2010, proceeded to become the Class 2A state runner-up in 2012, and then won state in class 2A the following year. Earlier this year, Bowman was negatively put into the spotlight and the talk of the town when their boys basketball coach and athletic director, Migel Nunnery, was fired after allowing Dajoure Britt to play on the team even though he was not enrolled at the school. These program violations are nothing new for the boys basketball team at Bowman, as they have been put on probation twice before this current incident. These other incidents include, using an ineligible athlete in several games and playing another athlete who provided false information in a transfer report to the IHSAA.  As a result of Bowman being currently suspended from IHSAA, any games they have won so far throughout their season, will automatically count as a forfeit from Bowman and an automatic win for the opposing team.

Bishop Noll boys basketball, faced Bowman last year in the second round of sectionals which would determine if the warriors would move on to regionals. Although it was a hard game for the warriors, they were still able to defeat the Eagles to move on to regionals. Fortunate for the warriors, Bowman will no longer be competition for them in the sectionals championship game as of this year. 

Earlier this week,on January 24th, Hammond high school was also hit by the IHSAA with a plethora of penalties. It has been confirmed that Hammond high girls basketball team, were allowing a student to play on the team who was not enrolled in the school. It has also come to the attention of the IHSAA that Hammond high had at least five girls playing on the team that did not have physical examinations on file before the start of the season while also playing two other girls that were not academically eligible to play. As a result of these violations, Hammond high girls basketball, will be forced to count any of the games they may have won as a forfeit. As of right now, no one knows what other schools may be under investigation by the IHSAA but this is a wake up call to all staff and sports administrators to follow the rules or suffer the consequences.