Just wished KHSAA would adopt, if you transfer you sit out a year, and you get 1 transfer in your high school career period. I would make the exception with a death in the family and guardianship. Lots of other states do it and it has really cut back on transfers. Parents would have to sacrifice for their child if they were a senior and a job came up. I promise it would fix a lot of issues. Really would benefit AAU and other schools as well. I would bet 75% of transfers are going into their senior years and want that last shot at going to state. If a junior transfers then he will have to wait a year to join the team, I have a feeling they will figure it out. This would hold up in court as well. When KHSAA does make a ruling against a player it has no way of holding up in court, this one will.

 

What bothers me about the whole deal is the 15 kids on another team, the community of a team that may have only 1 shot in 30 years to make Rupp, that do it the right way just for after the summer is over a kid shows up at another school and leads them to state. We never think about those kids. Happened in the 12th region last year, and Ioved watching Boyle beat Ballard, they were fun to watch, but Lincoln gets beat at the horn in a great game and their kids and community get slided out of a state tourney birth. Happened in the 10th region with Moco a couple years back, they make the final 4 and were fun to watch, but what about the kids from Scott High that didn't get that chance to go? Those are just 2 regions that I could think of, that were great teams at Rupp to watch, but it tarnishes their accomplishment in my opinion. Happens alot in every region just wished it could be changed to make if fair for all.

Edited February 5, 201610 yr by 8th Region Warrior

Whatever happened to penalties for transferring for non-legitimate reasons? This is one (of many) way AAU has hurt/changed the game. These kids up and leave a school whenever they don't get their way, or their AAU people find a better fit for them.

 

Could also be a big reason why the level of play is way down in this state. I could go on and on, but this is my biggest pet peeve with high school sports these days.

 

I don't think AAU is to blame as much as parents/guardians are. A lot of these kids that you see switching schools more than once have usually switched AAU teams multiple times as well. Sometimes in the middle of the AAU season.

 

Also, let's wait and see where he ends up before we bang the transferring-for-non-legitimate-reasons drum. Last kid I remember transferring from a prep school to a KHSAA member school was Jaylen Beckham and he had to sit out a year before playing for Bryan Station. I could be wrong but I believe the only school he would be eligible to play for immediately would be Apollo. If that is even possible.

He's a junior correct? How old is he? I am hearing he is 18 already? Can anyone confirm? In and out of several schools, just wondering how this young mans school credits stand?

I don't think AAU is to blame as much as parents/guardians are. A lot of these kids that you see switching schools more than once have usually switched AAU teams multiple times as well. Sometimes in the middle of the AAU season.

 

Also, let's wait and see where he ends up before we bang the transferring-for-non-legitimate-reasons drum. Last kid I remember transferring from a prep school to a KHSAA member school was Jaylen Beckham and he had to sit out a year before playing for Bryan Station. I could be wrong but I believe the only school he would be eligible to play for immediately would be Apollo. If that is even possible.

 

The AAU culture is what I was talking about. In your response, you basically made my point for me..."a lot of kids usually switched AAU teams multiple times". My point is that everyone involved (parents, AAU guys, HS coaches) are to blame for jerking these kids around. They tell them what they want to hear, instead of what they NEED to hear. This kid, and I will freely admit that I don't know him at all, has been to 3 schools in 2 years. The adults are the main engine behind this, and that is killing that kid's present and future.

 

You don't think college coaches, some not all, look at 3 schools in 2 years...soon to be 4, see that situation and put that kids' info either on the bottom of the list or throw it away all together? Parents and HS/AAU coaches that promote all this endless transferring are all doing it for selfish reasons for the most part...now, sometimes a transfer situation works out for everyone, but it's getting too common where most times it doesn't. It hurts the kids and the game.

He's a junior correct? How old is he? I am hearing he is 18 already? Can anyone confirm? In and out of several schools, just wondering how this young mans school credits stand?

 

He's 18 years old and a 2017 recruit. This will be an interesting one to see how it plays out.

Huntington Prep won't be around in 4-5 years...

The AAU culture is what I was talking about. In your response, you basically made my point for me..."a lot of kids usually switched AAU teams multiple times". My point is that everyone involved (parents, AAU guys, HS coaches) are to blame for jerking these kids around. They tell them what they want to hear, instead of what they NEED to hear. This kid, and I will freely admit that I don't know him at all, has been to 3 schools in 2 years. The adults are the main engine behind this, and that is killing that kid's present and future.

 

You don't think college coaches, some not all, look at 3 schools in 2 years...soon to be 4, see that situation and put that kids' info either on the bottom of the list or throw it away all together? Parents and HS/AAU coaches that promote all this endless transferring are all doing it for selfish reasons for the most part...now, sometimes a transfer situation works out for everyone, but it's getting too common where most times it doesn't. It hurts the kids and the game.

 

Goes a little bit deeper than this. A lot of kids want to be put in the best possible position to go to and succeed at the next level. Trace is a long and rangy; with a lot of perimeter skills that most coaches would plant in the post for their own selfish purposes. Those kids don't get the opportunity to show their true ball skills in most high schools in KY. It's a difficult juggling act for the coach and the player. I don't condone 3 schools in 2 years; but I know where Trace is coming from....I've lived it. AAU was supposed to bridge that divide, and allow players to show their true individual skills; but we know how that went.

Trace is a very nice kid with loads of potential. Unfortunately , he didn't hit the books last semester like I'm confidant he can do when he apples himself.

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The AAU culture is what I was talking about. In your response, you basically made my point for me..."a lot of kids usually switched AAU teams multiple times". My point is that everyone involved (parents, AAU guys, HS coaches) are to blame for jerking these kids around. They tell them what they want to hear, instead of what they NEED to hear. This kid, and I will freely admit that I don't know him at all, has been to 3 schools in 2 years. The adults are the main engine behind this, and that is killing that kid's present and future.

 

You don't think college coaches, some not all, look at 3 schools in 2 years...soon to be 4, see that situation and put that kids' info either on the bottom of the list or throw it away all together? Parents and HS/AAU coaches that promote all this endless transferring are all doing it for selfish reasons for the most part...now, sometimes a transfer situation works out for everyone, but it's getting too common where most times it doesn't. It hurts the kids and the game.

 

I think college coaches see all of this. I just feel like if I moved my kids from school to school it would be my fault and not AAU or the AAU culture's fault. Most kids that play AAU don't switch AAU teams every year or every other month. The ones that do switch all of the time are usually the ones you hear about switching schools as well. That's just wishy washy decision making. I have my own beefs with AAU but I think it is disingenuous to blame AAU for kids going to 2+ schools in high school.

I think college coaches see all of this. I just feel like if I moved my kids from school to school it would be my fault and not AAU or the AAU culture's fault. Most kids that play AAU don't switch AAU teams every year or every other month. The ones that do switch all of the time are usually the ones you hear about switching schools as well. That's just wishy washy decision making. I have my own beefs with AAU but I think it is disingenuous to blame AAU for kids going to 2+ schools in high school.

 

I blamed all three. Take out the words "AAU Culture," fine, and just describe it as a selfish, entitled culture with varied suspects to blame. To be honest, the parents are the most to blame. I'm definitely not going to sit here and say that high school coaches aren't to blame either. The recruiting, and attitude of "I have to have the top 10 players in the state so I can win" has become ridiculous. I watch a lot of high school games, and there are tons of guys that coach their way out of a paper bag, but yet they get in 2-3 transfers every year to mask that inability.

 

Needless to say, it's crazy how many kids switch teams/schools nowadays.

I blamed all three. Take out the words "AAU Culture," fine, and just describe it as a selfish, entitled culture with varied suspects to blame. To be honest, the parents are the most to blame. I'm definitely not going to sit here and say that high school coaches aren't to blame either. The recruiting, and attitude of "I have to have the top 10 players in the state so I can win" has become ridiculous. I watch a lot of high school games, and there are tons of guys that coach their way out of a paper bag, but yet they get in 2-3 transfers every year to mask that inability.

 

Needless to say, it's crazy how many kids switch teams/schools nowadays.

 

No argument there at all.

Based on personal and professional experience, I believe that many of the more troubling high-school and summer ball behaviors are "trickle downs" from the culture surrounding college athletics.

Huntington Prep won't be around in 4-5 years ......... Why do you say that ? They are still getting top Players, and travel to play in a lot of different states. I haven't herd much bad about them, I`m not a big follower of team. So don't know the hole story my be. I think a kid should be able to transfer 1 time, than the only place they can go after that, is there 1st school or sit out a year if they chose a 3rd. But all so there needs to be something for kid s who have to move because of Parents work. The way the job market is these days , some might have to move. I don't think you should make a kid sit out , because of parents work.

A lot of old school thinking on this thread. Most kids playing high school ball want to play college ball. All kids playing high school ball don't get a chance to show their true abilities on high school teams. AAU is here to stay; everyone makes money off these kids...including probably your high school coach. In return a kid that is restrained by most high school coaches with egos the size of watermelons, gets a chance to display his talents. Not pretty; but reality