I didn't catch all of the details and I'm going off memory.

 

A kid from Belfry named Gillum(?) transferred to Pikeville or Pike County but was ruled ineligible due to not having a bonafide change of address despite him saying they moved.

 

Anyone have details?

I didn't catch all of the details and I'm going off memory.

 

A kid from Belfry named Gillum(?) transferred to Pikeville or Pike County but was ruled ineligible due to not having a bonafide change of address despite him saying they moved.

 

Anyone have details?

 

 

I'm sure that Watusi can give us all the info on this one.

Ben Gilliam lived on lower Johns Creek, which is in Pike Central's district and about 35 minutes from Belfry. But for the last two years at least he has traveled to Belfry to school. He was Belfry's starting punter until he moved.

 

His family moved somewhere else, but still in the Pike Central district. The new home is only a few miles from the Pike Central school, but is about 30 minutes away from Belfry.

 

The KHSAA ruled the move was not bona fide and thus denied a waiver of the rule that requires transfers to sit a year. I don't know if they ruled that way because the move was within the same school district as their first home, or if maybe Gilliam enrolled at PC before he moved, or if they ruled it was a move for athletics. I'm sure we will hear more.

 

The family is apparently suing for an injuction to allow him to play, ala Mitchell Case.

The way I understand it is that the kid in question lived on Lower Johns Creek which I believe is in the Pike Central district/area(even though he went to Belfry)but the drive from Lower Johns Creek is not that much longer to Belfry as it is Pike Central, esp. with the new 119. The kid and his family moved to Ratliffs Creek which is also in the Pike Central district/area and is a very short drive to Central and a pretty good haul to Belfry. If he did indeed move to Raliffs Creek I think he should be able to play at Central.

Article was in yesterday's Appalachian News-Express.

 

Apparently Gilliam, a Junior lineman, had a bonafide change of address within the Pike County Central district. Yet, the KHSAA deamed him ineligible and now the family are seeking legal ramificatons. The kid did not see any playign time at Belfry and as I read it actually has been attending Belfry schools his life despite already living within the Pike Central school district. The big dispute of the matter is the fact that one of the exemptions to allow a kid to not have to sit out a year of eligibility is when a bonafide change of address is present,,, at which case the individual is free to appeal and have the commissioner wave the sitting out. When the commissioner was asked about the situation he said he hadn't even heard of anything about it HAHA.

If he did indeed move to Raliffs Creek I think he should be able to play at Central.

 

I'll respectfully disagree. If he simply moved WITHIN the same school district, its not legit IMO. He sits.

but the same district in question is the ditrict that he is supposed to be playing in already? would you deem him eligible if he moved to the Belfry dstrict and then wanted to play at Central? haha

This is easy if it's explained correctly.

 

You can't move INTO a district if you already lived in the district. By not attending Pike Central to begin with, the only school he absolutely, positively cannot play for is Pike Central, unless he sits out a year.

but the same district in question is the ditrict that he is supposed to be playing in already?;

 

Too bad.

 

would you deem him eligible if he moved to the Belfry dstrict and then wanted to play at Central? haha

 

 

 

To answer your second question, I would assume he would be eligible at Pike if he moved to Belfry.

This is easy if it's explained correctly.

 

You can't move INTO a district if you already lived in the district. By not attending Pike Central to begin with, the only school he absolutely, positively cannot play for is Pike Central, unless he sits out a year.

 

Correct.

Ben Gilliam lived on lower Johns Creek, which is in Pike Central's district and about 35 minutes from Belfry. But for the last two years at least he has traveled to Belfry to school. He was Belfry's starting punter until he moved.

 

His family moved somewhere else, but still in the Pike Central district. The new home is only a few miles from the Pike Central school, but is about 30 minutes away from Belfry.

 

The KHSAA ruled the move was not bona fide and thus denied a waiver of the rule that requires transfers to sit a year. I don't know if they ruled that way because the move was within the same school district as their first home, or if maybe Gilliam enrolled at PC before he moved, or if they ruled it was a move for athletics. I'm sure we will hear more.

 

The family is apparently suing for an injuction to allow him to play, ala Mitchell Case.

 

I won a case like this for a young lady here in Nelson County several years ago. Got an injunction and she played for 2 years while the litigation dragged on.

 

I'll bet dimes to dollars what they ruled was that the "move did not reasonably precipitate the transfer" because his address changed long before the school change occur. KHSAA says you can't do that, but its a bogus rule unless someone cries foul about recruiting, and they hardly ever do. His lawyer needs to look at the Cammack case if in fact this is the scenario.

 

I think someone should do an open records request for how much taxpayer money KHSAA has spent on lawyer fees ($250 per hour to the lawyers at Greenebaum Doll & McDonald?) in the past decade over ridiculous, frivolous cases.

Ben Gilliam lived on lower Johns Creek, which is in Pike Central's district and about 35 minutes from Belfry. But for the last two years at least he has traveled to Belfry to school. He was Belfry's starting punter until he moved.

 

His family moved somewhere else, but still in the Pike Central district. The new home is only a few miles from the Pike Central school, but is about 30 minutes away from Belfry.

 

The KHSAA ruled the move was not bona fide and thus denied a waiver of the rule that requires transfers to sit a year. I don't know if they ruled that way because the move was within the same school district as their first home, or if maybe Gilliam enrolled at PC before he moved, or if they ruled it was a move for athletics. I'm sure we will hear more.

 

The family is apparently suing for an injuction to allow him to play, ala Mitchell Case.

 

Would you care to elaborate on the "ala Mitchell Case" reference?

I think he is talking about a former Highlands player that played under a injunction. Highlands was forced to forfiet the games he played in in the end, but kept the state 3A title. Lots of talk about it a year or so back.

I think he is talking about a former Highlands player that played under a injunction. Highlands was forced to forfiet the games he played in in the end, but kept the state 3A title. Lots of talk about it a year or so back.

 

 

I bet that's what it was.

 

But if you notice the "C" in case is capitalized and I thought he was referring to a Belfry resident whose name is Mitchell Case or one of his children.

 

I should have put 2 & 2 together there......thanks.

Too bad.

 

 

 

 

 

To answer your second question, I would assume he would be eligible at Pike if he moved to Belfry.

 

 

Moving out of the school's boundaries would not make him eligible at Pike Central. The way I understand the rule, there's no way he can be eligible at Pike Central, short of a court ruling. He should have played at Pike Central to begin with and he wouldn't have the problem.