I'm just waiting for Walter to post the Pro-Transfer Highlights v. Anti-Transfer and Anti-Transfer Highlights v. Pro-Transfer.:popcorn:

43 posts after the initial question and everyone has already decided who the OP was talking about and given their opinions without even knowing anything more regarding the question. Congratulations all you mind readers!

 

90% of his posts are about Cordia.

Lets hear it then. If its legit, this would all go away. Someone has to know why they came all the way to Cordia. If its okay, why not tell? And please don't say to play for Rhodes. A lot of transfers don't even have to move. These guys moved 800 miles. And from what I was told, without their parents? Is that true? Again, may just be rumor, but so far everything I'm hearing has been confirmed or very close to the truth.

 

Well, I'm sorry but I believe they simply wanted to play for Rhodes, a former college and NBA player, and also get away from a bad environment. They recruited him, not the other way around (although they will smartly not It to that due to KHSAA policies). And there's not one thing wrong with that. You seem to have a problem with the distance these young men traveled to get to Cordia, but IMO that is a non-issue. A transfer is still a transfer whether it is from 2 states away or 2 counties away.

I think Rhodes has his name out there in basketball circles, is a well known person due to his UK and NBA past, and these kids and their parents hear about him and contact him, not the other way around. They want a better, safer environment. Nothing wrong with that.

The team that defeated Cordia yesterday also had transfers, but you don't seem to have a problem with that because: 1. They didn't have as many as Cordia 2. They didn't move as many miles to their new school as the Cordia kids did (as if that is even relevant). If a kid moves in and helps make their new team better, and it's usually a move made for basketball purposes in most cases but not always, it could be for academics, what does it matter if they are 50 miles away or 500 miles? In both cases they're still transfers!

 

Southeast Kentucky is a nice place to live IMO. I know, I've lived there my entire life. Cordia is close to Hazard, a small city of about 5,000. They have access to nice restaurants, movies, super stores, and other conveniences. I hope these young are happy and content in their new surroundings and are enjoying their high school experience.

90% of his posts are about Cordia.

 

Noted. Thanks. Still don't like how the thread evolved though. :idunno:

But couldn't these players be transferring to Cordia for the same reasons a player might transfer to NCC, Scott Co., Bowling Green, etc? Does this make them legal? What makes them illegal? the distance they traveled? What if a kid that plays football in NYC transfers to Trinity for the same reasons one might transfer to NCC, Scott Co., Bowling Green. Does that change anything? What if its Fulton County?

 

They would be in for a loooooooooonnnnnnngggggg season. :lol2:

Well, I'm sorry but I believe they simply wanted to play for Rhodes, a former college and NBA player, and also get away from a bad environment. They recruited him, not the other way around (although they will smartly not It to that due to KHSAA policies). And there's not one thing wrong with that. You seem to have a problem with the distance these young men traveled to get to Cordia, but IMO that is a non-issue. A transfer is still a transfer whether it is from 2 states away or 2 counties away.

I think Rhodes has his name out there in basketball circles, is a well known person due to his UK and NBA past, and these kids and their parents hear about him and contact him, not the other way around. They want a better, safer environment. Nothing wrong with that.

The team that defeated Cordia yesterday also had transfers, but you don't seem to have a problem with that because: 1. They didn't have as many as Cordia 2. They didn't move as many miles to their new school as the Cordia kids did (as if that is even relevant). If a kid moves in and helps make their new team better, and it's usually a move made for basketball purposes in most cases but not always, it could be for academics, what does it matter if they are 50 miles away or 500 miles? In both cases they're still transfers!

 

Southeast Kentucky is a nice place to live IMO. I know, I've lived there my entire life. Cordia is close to Hazard, a small city of about 5,000. They have access to nice restaurants, movies, super stores, and other conveniences. I hope these young are happy and content in their new surroundings and are enjoying their high school experience.

 

I'm a buyer of what you're sellin' here.

I am not sure if you want to classify as a transfer. I would say it was more of a trade, NCC got the Moeves brothers and Walton received coach Grant Brennan and players to be name later!

Well, I'm sorry but I believe they simply wanted to play for Rhodes, a former college and NBA player, and also get away from a bad environment. They recruited him, not the other way around (although they will smartly not It to that due to KHSAA policies). And there's not one thing wrong with that. You seem to have a problem with the distance these young men traveled to get to Cordia, but IMO that is a non-issue. A transfer is still a transfer whether it is from 2 states away or 2 counties away.

I think Rhodes has his name out there in basketball circles, is a well known person due to his UK and NBA past, and these kids and their parents hear about him and contact him, not the other way around. They want a better, safer environment. Nothing wrong with that.

The team that defeated Cordia yesterday also had transfers, but you don't seem to have a problem with that because: 1. They didn't have as many as Cordia 2. They didn't move as many miles to their new school as the Cordia kids did (as if that is even relevant). If a kid moves in and helps make their new team better, and it's usually a move made for basketball purposes in most cases but not always, it could be for academics, what does it matter if they are 50 miles away or 500 miles? In both cases they're still transfers!

 

Southeast Kentucky is a nice place to live IMO. I know, I've lived there my entire life. Cordia is close to Hazard, a small city of about 5,000. They have access to nice restaurants, movies, super stores, and other conveniences. I hope these young are happy and content in their new surroundings and are enjoying their high school experience.

 

If you are saying this is what is happening, then I'm happy for them and support it 100%. Are you saying this is true? Or another "what if". I would throw a 1000 "what if" for the other side of the argument. If it's true, why did KHSAA just not make them eligible right away? Why would they be any differnent than anyone else? KHSAA does what is right for the kids. If there is nothing different, they would already be eligible and would not have sued KHSAA to allow them to play. Am I missing something? Is KHSAA just being the evil empire here and not listening to the kid's stories?

If you are saying this is what is happening, then I'm happy for them and support it 100%. Are you saying this is true? Or another "what if". I would throw a 1000 "what if" for the other side of the argument. If it's true, why did KHSAA just not make them eligible right away? Why would they be any differnent than anyone else? KHSAA does what is right for the kids. If there is nothing different, they would already be eligible and would not have sued KHSAA to allow them to play. Am I missing something? Is KHSAA just being the evil empire here and not listening to the kid's stories?

 

I do not believe that you can make a blanket statement that "KHSAA does what is right for the kids." in all cases. KHSAA does what it does on a case by case basis and may or may not make the best decision in the interest of the kids. I can attest to this. They are prone, at times, to attempt to over-exert their perceived authority. I believe that parents should have the opportunity to obtain the best overall educational experience for their children, and that there should be limits. Not sure KHSAA sees it that way in all cases

I do not believe that you can make a blanket statement that "KHSAA does what is right for the kids." in all cases. KHSAA does what it does on a case by case basis and may or may not make the best decision in the interest of the kids. I can attest to this. They are prone, at times, to attempt to over-exert their perceived authority. I believe that parents should have the opportunity to obtain the best overall educational experience for their children, and that there should be limits. Not sure KHSAA sees it that way in all cases

 

That's fine. That's your experience with them and mine has been different. I think when its possible, the kid comes first.

I don't have a dog in the hunt on the Cordia issus. However, I am trying to figure out the deeper meaning behind "Question for you NKY folks". Are we still living in geographical silos regarding such issues?

Are you bothered by them being able to go to court to get an injunction? Should the KHSAA's ruling always stand?

 

Nope, not at all. But the KHSAA isn't in the business of making kids ineligible if they are playing within the rules. If all the speculations are true and they came here for a better life, education and actually moved to the district, then why are they rules ineligible? If they were just like every other transfer, would they have to have sued to get eligible? I obviously don't know all the cases, but the ones I am familiar have all eventually lost because the KHSAA was able to justify why they were deemed ineligible. So the fact that they have been ineligible by KHSAA tells me something isn't right or they would already be playing.

Can you say Mike Mitchell?:sssh:

Can you say Mike Mitchell?:sssh:

 

What about him?

You are right. The KHSAA won in his case too. They made the finals but the KHSAA won.