I'm not sure how I feel about this type of setup.

 

I agree. Kinda early to have an opinion, but man something just doesn't seem quite right.

How true, but if the DeSales team got occassion to go up against the Aspire team every so often, then I could see a benefit in that way. I believe that playing against better competition fosters improvement.

 

 

I believe this is also not allowed by the KHSAA, not during the season anyway.

What am I missing? Why cant they play for desales and the AA?

 

Transfer rules would probably keep them from playing at Desales, look at their last high schools. They all came here to play together on this "Prep School" type team.

 

Right you are JD...you beat me to it.

 

Same reason players on the Anderson County team can't play for me at the same time (even if I or the AC coaches allowed it, which neither of us would). If you play for a KHSAA member school, thats the only entity you can play for during the season...no AAU, no YMCA, no church league ball, nothing.

I believe part of the set up was they were to scrimmage with aspire once a week. Not sure how that goes against KHSAA, I would assume it doesn’t since they are students or DeSales High School. It would be like picking kids out of PE class at North Bullitt and then scrimmage the North Bullitt varsity team.

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If Aspire is not certified under NHFS rules, then they cannot play/scrimmage against ANY NHFS school (KHSAA fall under those rules). National High School Federation...

 

So the earlier statement is false.

I don't know about Aspire and DeSales, but Aspire is scrimmaging Fern Creek on November 17 @ Fern Creek High School.

I don't know about Aspire and DeSales, but Aspire is scrimmaging Fern Creek on November 17 @ Fern Creek High School.

 

Last year Hopkinsville played versus Findley Prep in season so my assumption is this is within the KHSAA rules. However, it seems that if DeSales and AA wanted to practice once a week all season long then that is running afoul based on some posters comments.

If Aspire is not certified under NHFS rules, then they cannot play/scrimmage against ANY NHFS school (KHSAA fall under those rules). National High School Federation...

 

So the earlier statement is false.

 

Some rule went into effect last year that allowed some competition as I recall Hopkinsville HS played Findley Prep last regular season.

KHSAA overhauled Bylaw 22 last year, which is why Hopkinsville was allowed to play Findlay Prep out of Vegas.

 

Here's the kicker: It only applies to OUT of state. So North Hardin CAN'T play North Hardin Christian (KCAA) and Trinity CAN'T play Aspire (prep team) during regular season.

 

Not sure how Fern Creek and Aspire scrimmage is legal by KHSAA, since Aspire is non accredited IN state team (like how high school teams facing adult alumni teams have been blocked).

The reason Aspire could scrimmage desales though is because they are all students of DeSales High School.

 

They just choose to not play for Desales and play for Aspire but end of the day they are all students of Desales High School. Aspire is just the name of the club team, has nothing to do with their schooling on a daily basis.

Plus, a KHSAA by-law prohibits a basketball player for a KHSAA school to participate on any other team from the beginning of the school year to the end of the KHSAA basketball season.

 

So if one of the Aspire kids decides its not for him after a few weeks into the season, he couldn’t just join the Desales team?

So if one of the Aspire kids decides its not for him after a few weeks into the season, he couldn’t just join the Desales team?

 

I don't think so. Plus, if a kid decides to stop playing for Aspire, my guess is that he would need to move out of the Aspire house and would return to his hometown (or some other basketball academy like Aspire).

So if one of the Aspire kids decides its not for him after a few weeks into the season, he couldn’t just join the Desales team?

 

no, them kids are getting free housing etc from Aspire, that would be free housing from someone to play for Desales.

Transfer rules would probably keep them from playing at Desales, look at their last high schools. They all came here to play together on this "Prep School" type team.

 

But if some of them go to De Sales, then it isn’t a prep school. Is this an AAU team playing prep teams??? I am so confused

But if some of them go to De Sales, then it isn’t a prep school. Is this an AAU team playing prep teams??? I am so confused

 

Some of them don't go to DeSales they all go to DeSales.

 

To qualify for the Dicks Sporting Goods Nationals at the end of the year, all the kids have to go to the same school, that is why some of your teams like Prolific Prep last year wasn't allowed to qualify, all their kids went to different schools. This season, Prolific is different all go to the same school.

 

Just cause the kids to go DeSales, yes it is essentially an AAU team but this is during the school season. No different than any kid in Bryan Station choosing not to play for the school team but rather goes and plays in the High School league at the KBA during the week, they are still students of DeSales.

 

They aren't able to play for DeSales because of the KHSAA rules and how they are housed and being there. They come to DeSales for the schooling but their basketball team is a club team on the side, or the word prep school however you want to word it.

 

There are very few prep schools going right now, just a lot of them have this set up but call them selves prep schools when in reality they are just a traveling basketball team with funding behind them. Oak Hill and some of your power house schools aren't like this but there are so many "prep" school teams now it is just another form of AAU.