Coach J seemed to think the young man was cleared to play. Any updates?

 

9/22 is KHSAA's decision date

Coach J seemed to think the young man was cleared to play. Any updates?

 

I think Coach J's source may have jumped the gun a bit. (wasn't anyone at Trinity, so I should not have made the conjecture)

Hopefully he will be allowed to play.

I'm more than a little confused about the fairness and application of these rules by the KHSAA, and still more confused about the interpretation when they're applied.

 

I'll be specific. Why is it right to make ineligible (for the entire year I understand, not just football) a young man who plays a little varsity football as a freshman, whose parent moves to a different county and is accepted to a private school in that county?

 

In Jefferson. Fayette, Kenton and a couple of other counties, the assumption is that he's a kid going the "Moore route," heading to a Trinity, St X, Highlands, Lex Cath, type powerhouse.

 

But what if that kid's first motivation is academics? Should he be penalized at a school like Sayre or Louisville Collegiate or KCD, which are broadly recognized as terrific college prep schools? Why should a young man who wants to get that kind of education, whose parents have the means, be forced to sit out a year, when what's driving the move is better opportunities at life through a superb academic setup.

 

I've seen it happen recently, and it seems pretty heavy handed and unfair. Most of these young men aren't going to play college football. This is their time. And HS football creates lifetime memories and values that are irreplaceable. Why would you deprive a young man of that simply because he and his parents want the best academics possible?

 

I understand that each case is weighed on its' individual merits. But when organizations like the NCAA and the KHSAA look at eligibility issues, I sometimes wonder if doing right by the student athlete is the first item on the checklist.

9/22 is KHSAA's decision date

 

Any updates?

crickets from Lexington.

I'm told that even if he is cleared, he must have at least 6 practices before he can play. Is that true?

I'm told that even if he is cleared, he must have at least 6 practices before he can play. Is that true?

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I'm told that even if he is cleared, he must have at least 6 practices before he can play. Is that true?

 

I think it is one week of practice without pads and two weeks with pads before he can play in a game. That was the protocol Trevon Faulkner had to go through before finally playing in a game last Friday.

5 helmet only, 3 shell, 3 full pads

5 helmet only, 3 shell, 3 full pads

I suppose the KHSAA would frown upon 3-a-days. Would like to get him ready for St. X.

Maybe he could wear helmet to one class and then had more pads throughout the school day to account for practice days.

Still haven't heard anything; has Moore been approved?

No word from KHSAA.

The decision date was over two weeks ago. Are they going to just drag this out until they have effectively denied him any playing time this year without having to officially say 'no'?

 

Heck, New Albany went out in the first round of the Indiana playoffs so come mid-November it will have been an entire year since Moore played for any other team. Would he be automatically eligible then?