Previously the 4-year clock started once a kid was promoted from 8th grade. If a kid then chose to repeat he/she lost a year of high school. Happened to Haddix from Scott County a few years ago.

 

Now the rule says the clock starts when the kid actually starts 9th grade.

It was a 5 year rule.

 

When you started 8th grade you had 5 years to complete your 4 years of high school eligibility. So, if you had to repeat any grade from 8 - 12 you lost a year of participation.

It was a 5 year rule.

 

When you started 8th grade you had 5 years to complete your 4 years of high school eligibility. So, if you had to repeat any grade from 8 - 12 you lost a year of participation.

 

Not sure about the 5 year rule. I'm telling you what I saw on a KHSAA clinic today. Julian said the previous rule was a 4-year rule that started at "promotion" from 8th. Again, Haddix had this issue. He was promoted but switched to a middle school and repeated 8th grade. That forced him to spend his senior year at a prep school in Vegas instead of playing his senior year at Scott County.

It was a 5 year rule.

 

When you started 8th grade you had 5 years to complete your 4 years of high school eligibility. So, if you had to repeat any grade from 8 - 12 you lost a year of participation.

I thought the rule had been once you started 6th grade, no repeats were allowed withouit costing you a year of high school eligibility. I wonder why it was changed today. Who made the proposal?

I thought the rule had been once you started 6th grade, no repeats were allowed withouit costing you a year of high school eligibility. I wonder why it was changed today. Who made the proposal?

 

To be clear what I posted wasn't announced today. Just came across it.

I thought the rule had been once you started 6th grade, no repeats were allowed withouit costing you a year of high school eligibility. I wonder why it was changed today. Who made the proposal?

 

Yeah what happened to this ?

I thought the rule had been once you started 6th grade, no repeats were allowed withouit costing you a year of high school eligibility. I wonder why it was changed today. Who made the proposal?

 

I think the rule says from 4th grade on you cannot play the 2nd year of same grade. The 4-year rule still applies from 9th grade on.

So basically you can't play the grade you repeat. So you can play again when you advance to the next grade( except high school).

So basically you can't play the grade you repeat. So you can play again when you advance to the next grade( except high school).

 

If you repeat in high school you sit the 2nd year of that grade. However, you would not be able to play your senior year due to the 4-yr clock ending.

Why is this even a concern...

 

Number one priority for any high school kid or school is the academics part, sports is just the extracurricular activity

 

Sad that the KHSAA has to fix their rules because the kid and schools can't take care of business in the first place:thumb:

Why is this even a concern...

 

Number one priority for any high school kid or school is the academics part, sports is just the extracurricular activity

 

Sad that the KHSAA has to fix their rules because the kid and schools can't take care of business in the first place:thumb:

 

I agree, if you can't pass in the classroom you shouldn't be playing sports. I would go so far as to say a kid must maintain at least a "C" average to be eligble.

Why is this even a concern...

 

Number one priority for any high school kid or school is the academics part, sports is just the extracurricular activity

 

Sad that the KHSAA has to fix their rules because the kid and schools can't take care of business in the first place:thumb:

I do not think the new rule changes anything about kids who failed the 8th grade.

What it does change is for those kids who promoted from 8th grade but decided to repeat the 8th grade. In the past this would have caused them to be ineligible their Senior year, because the clock started when promoted, whether they "chose" to repeat the 8th grade or not.

I think this has more to do with purely athletics than anything else. Now if they chose to repeat the 8th grade, I guess the school can allow them to play on the middle school team again.

Some parents and schools had already found ways to get around the rule anyway. Kids would go through almost their entire 8th grade year, then in the spring, the school would allow the parent to put their child back into the 7th grade so that they could stay back and play as an 8th grader again the next year, and also to get around the 4 year rule. At least now, it will be easier to enforce equally.

Some parents and schools had already found ways to get around the rule anyway. Kids would go through almost their entire 8th grade year, then in the spring, the school would allow the parent to put their child back into the 7th grade so that they could stay back and play as an 8th grader again the next year, and also to get around the 4 year rule. At least now, it will be easier to enforce equally.

 

You cant do that now though. With the new MS regulations you cant play a repeat grade year either. So in other words, you have an 8th grader, who could be promoted, but isnt. They are now ineligible for HS sports, and Ineligible for MS sports as well that next year. Lose/lose situation.

You cant do that now though. With the new MS regulations you cant play a repeat grade year either. So in other words, you have an 8th grader, who could be promoted, but isnt. They are now ineligible for HS sports, and Ineligible for MS sports as well that next year. Lose/lose situation.

 

Corbin self imposed that rule about 20 years ago. If you chose to hold back while in middle school, then you were not allowed to participate in school sports.