In another post, someone appeared to have a question about how old a player is allowed to be and still participate in sports.

 

 

 

Attached is the rule:

 

Bylaw 3. Age

Pursuant to KRS 156.070 (2) (e), a student who becomes nineteen

(19) years old before August 1 shall be ineligible for interscholastic

athletic competition. A student who becomes nineteen (19) on or

after August 1 shall remain eligible for the entire school year. The

Board of Control and the Commissioner may waive the provisions

of this regulation and the student shall be eligible for high school

athletics in Kentucky if the written documentation is provided to

clearly demonstrate that the student:

1. Qualifi ed for exceptional children services and had an individual

education program developed by an admissions and release

committee (ARC) while the student was enrolled in the primary

school program;

2. Was retained in the primary school program because of an ARC

committee recommendation; and

3. Has not completed four (4) consecutive years or eight (8)

consecutive semesters of eligibility following initial promotion

from grade eight (8) to grade nine (9).

The Board of Control and the Commissioner may not adopt

administrative procedures that allow for waiver of this rule under

any other condition.

(Case situations related to this bylaw appear on pages 19 through

Did they always have the exceptions in there? I thought that was the point of having the part in about not waiving the rule for any condition.

 

I don't care how many times a student gets held back by whatever committee, there is no reason anyone any older than the current rules should be able to participate in high school athletics. It's unfair to the average high school students and it could be unsafe.

Here is ByLaw 3, which lexvol was alluding to.....

 

http://www.khsaa.org/handbook/bylaws/bylaw3.pdf

Okay, I haven't posted my much loved opinion on here about this whole questioning of a kids age yet so here goes. I've read posts questioning the King twins age at Deming and if they were held back or not. I've also read posts questioning Russ Middleton's age where someone had even been on his myspace page. So my question is WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

 

With the price of a college education increasing every year the way it does, if a parent believes that their child has better shot at a scholarship by staying back a year then so WHAT? If you've ever seen the t.v. commercial stating that the percentage of NCAA athletes go pro in something other than sports should explain it all. FREE EDUCATION. I believe Russ Middleton has already secured his and I hope the twins do as well!!! If I seriously thought my kid could receive an athletic scholarship playing water polo if they were held back a year, I'd go for it.

This isn't about staying back. It's about age. The rules are already incredibly lenient. It's unfair for a 20-year-old, or older, to be competing against students 14 or 15. The current limit of 19 is more than fair.