If the family moves,he will be eligible at that school next semester after attending a certain number of days at the beginning of the semester.

 

Not necessarily. Especially if the school he is leaving chooses to contest the transfer. Here are some hoops I would suggest anyone in this situation jump through:

 

change your drivers license to have your updated address, sell the house you are leaving (if you rent it to someone else it raises questions with the KHSAA), don't sell the house on a land contract - use a mortgage company so that the title is legally transferred, change your voter registration, sleep in your new home every night, have all phone, cable, and utility bills put in your new name and sent to the new home address (not a P.O Box)

I'm sure there are more things than this that have kept kids from being eligible, but these are the ones I know of. The KHSAA is not predictable and is inconsistant. Even when you move, you take a chance on losing a year.

Not necessarily. Especially if the school he is leaving chooses to contest the transfer. Here are some hoops I would suggest anyone in this situation jump through:

 

change your drivers license to have your updated address, sell the house you are leaving (if you rent it to someone else it raises questions with the KHSAA), don't sell the house on a land contract - use a mortgage company so that the title is legally transferred, change your voter registration, sleep in your new home every night, have all phone, cable, and utility bills put in your new name and sent to the new home address (not a P.O Box)

I'm sure there are more things than this that have kept kids from being eligible, but these are the ones I know of. The KHSAA is not predictable and is inconsistant. Even when you move, you take a chance on losing a year.

 

Thank you ... This all makes since...

Wouldnt it be so much easier to stay at one school?

Thank you ... This all makes since...

Wouldnt it be so much easier to stay at one school?

 

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Thank you ... This all makes since...

Wouldnt it be so much easier to stay at one school?

 

In the mobile society we live in today, it's my opinion that the KHSAA eligibility rules are the problem, not the parents who want to or have to move to a new area.

Not necessarily. Especially if the school he is leaving chooses to contest the transfer. Here are some hoops I would suggest anyone in this situation jump through:

 

change your drivers license to have your updated address, sell the house you are leaving (if you rent it to someone else it raises questions with the KHSAA), don't sell the house on a land contract - use a mortgage company so that the title is legally transferred, change your voter registration, sleep in your new home every night, have all phone, cable, and utility bills put in your new name and sent to the new home address (not a P.O Box)

I'm sure there are more things than this that have kept kids from being eligible, but these are the ones I know of. The KHSAA is not predictable and is inconsistant. Even when you move, you take a chance on losing a year.

 

It doesn't matter if the school he's leaving does contest the transfer, if the family moves , he will be eligible to play the following semester. They must move out of the school district they now live in to be eligible for the next semester. Example ,if a kid leaves Ashland and his family moves to Lexington because the company his father worked for sells out and the job is no longer there and he sells his house in Ashland and buys a new one in Lexington and you're telling me he won't be eligible. :argue:

I'm not telling you that he 100% won't be eligible, but I'm telling you that it's not a guarantee that he will either.

I know for a fact that if the dad gets a new job but mom wants to stay behind because she needs to keep her job, there is an issue the KHSAA could rule the kid ineligible

If the dad loses his job and the family moves but they don't want to sell the family farm so they have 2 house payments, the KHSAA could rule the kid ineligible.

 

Read the rule posted by ram - the kid is ineligible if he/she transfers and must apply for an exemption to be eligible. It's the job of the kid transferring to proove why he should be eligible, not the KHSAA's job to prove why he shouldn't. It's kind of a guilty until proven innocent situation.

It doesn't matter if the school he's leaving does contest the transfer, if the family moves , he will be eligible to play the following semester. :

 

While you're most likely correct, Mike Mitchell's family would tell you its not that simple.

Maybe we should just declare the whole state "open enrollment."

 

No restrictions on transfers - go play wherever and whenever you choose. Maybe the top athletic schools could conduct trades to better balance their rosters.

 

The biggest and best schools could have tryouts and those from within their home districts who don't measure up can "transfer" out to lesser schools where they would fit in better.

 

Then we could classify the state into two divisions - The Haves and The Have Nots. :irked:

I am alittle confused here and need alittle help.

 

With the Euton kid leaving Rose Hill, what does his family have to do to become eligable for next year?

 

I know they have to move but if you wanted your kid to play for 4 different schools in 4 years is all you have to do is to move to the schools territory?

 

They are moving for financial reasons. He (Clay) can back that up. Also, it's not like they are moving to a school district across the county. He is moving 2 full hours away! Eligable!!:dancingpa

If the family moves,he will be eligible at that school next semester after attending a certain number of days at the beginning of the semester.

At the commissioners descretion.

They are moving for financial reasons. He (Clay) can back that up. Also, it's not like they are moving to a school district across the county. He is moving 2 full hours away! Eligable!!:dancingpa

Anyone can make their argument to justify a decision. But in this instance it is an individual decision about an individual's athletic career. All you have to do is look at the history.

You people can make your arguement all you want, I've been there and done that and I was eligible .If the Euton's moved, the kid would be eligible the following semester, if they did not move he would have to set out a year. O.J. Mayo was at three different schools in four years high school.:ylsuper:

OJ was at two high school in his four years of eligibility, North College Hill for three, and Huntington High for one. He played at Rose Hill in seventh and eight grades.

The SS or KHSAA rules on every case individually because they are the final say on eligibility. No consistency, no reasonable explanations! I honestly think they attempt to stay out of eligibilty cases and allow the courts to rule so that they are not involved when it is convenient for them. My only contention is that they are arbitrary and try to stand on that upper moral ground issue that ends up making them the lackluster organization they are. They do not practice what they preach! They should being trying to make sure kids are eligible so they can participate in the high school athletic system. I'll bet there isn't 8 people on this site can quote me 3 memorable moments about their college careers ( if they had one) but can tell stories upon stories about their high school teams and teammates. Without the young men and women in high school sports they are supposedly there to protect there would be no need for the KHSAA.

Didn't OJ Mayo play six years of high school basketball,

at three different schools: Rose Hill; North College Hill; and

Huntington High? In the space of four calendar years, he

was at three different schools?