Enough with the he's not eligible to play this year stuff. In fact he wasnt planning on playing this year anyone, he was going to play next year. And the reason I KNOW he is eligible is because I talked to Mr. Ken Chevalier and he said he talked to Desean today and he was planning on playing both basketball and football next year. I asked if he was eligible and he said yes he is.

 

So the kid enrolled today after not being enrolled in any school since mid-February and he is eligible because the basketball coach said so? I am pretty sure the KHSAA needs to rule him eligible. Good luck to this kid. Hopefully his life gets straightened out.

So the kid enrolled today after not being enrolled in any school since mid-February and he is eligible because the basketball coach said so? I am pretty sure the KHSAA needs to rule him eligible. Good luck to this kid. Hopefully his life gets straightened out.

 

Who said his life isn't straightened out? Stop giving the kid a hard time. Maybe he was just having trouble getting switched over. So every kid from now on that switches schools and has a little trouble switching, there life isn't straightened out? No need to assume things when you don't know.

So are we to understand that the young man hasn't been in school since about mid-February?

 

I will venture a guess. I say he took the "Out of state Loophole". If he left his school in Kentucky and transfered to an out of state school, then back to a Kentucky school, he will be eligible this coming season. We have seen it in our neck of the woods.

I'm not positive on this, but I think your residence has to be established before you walk in the classroom at your new school.

If the family just moved as someone mentioned, this may be the reason for the delay.

Just ran across this in the Enquirer this morning...........

 

Holmes star Desean Peterson transfers to Dixie

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Coach Ken Chevalier confirmed that Desean Peterson has enrolled at Dixie Heights after transferring from Holmes where he was a football standout and member of the basketball team this past season.

 

Peterson, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, caught a team-high 36 passes for a team-high 647 yards and seven touchdowns and had two interceptions in football, and was the top sub on the basketball team, which went 21-11, won the 35th District and advanced to the Ninth Region Tournament.

I will venture a guess. I say he took the "Out of state Loophole". If he left his school in Kentucky and transfered to an out of state school, then back to a Kentucky school, he will be eligible this coming season. We have seen it in our neck of the woods.

 

The "out of state" loophole? I don't believe there is any such thing. By law 6 states, and I quote "Any student that has enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) and has participated in any varsity sport at any school following enrollment in grade nine (9) and who then transfers schools shall be ineligible for interscholastic sports at any level in any sport for one year from the date of enrollment in the new school." (emphasis added)

 

Talking hypothetically, as I read the By law, there is no out of state loophole. It doesn't say if a student athlete participated in varsity sports at the prior school he/she has to sit out one year (which could be circumvented by going to an interim school for a short period and not playing varsity sports there); it says at any school. It doesn't say he's/she's ineligible only at the school he/she initially transferred to, but will be immediately eligible at a second school he/she transfers to. It says he's/she's ineligible for a year for one year from the date of enrollment in the new school (in this hypothetical, the out of state school). Period. I see nothing in that By law or know of any past KHSAA rulings that negated the one year period of ineligibility just because a student athlete attended an out of state school for a short period of time and did not participate in varsity sports while there. And knowing how the KHSAA works, if there was such a loophole that had been exploited in the past, the KHSAA would have amended By law 6 a long time ago to close it. Now if the enrollment of the student involved a bona fide change of residence to the out of state school district, that would be something entirely different. But the mere attendance at an out of state school (without an accompanying bona fide change of residence) doesn't negate the one year period of ineligibilty to the best of my knowledge.

 

So as I read and understand By law 6, a student athlete is ineligible for one year from the date he/she transferred from, let's say Holmes in this hypothetical, to where ever (directly to Dixie, again as a hypothetical; to an out of state school before then transferring to Dixie; or to any where else) unless the KHSAA determines an exception was warranted.

 

Hope you are not offended Ram by my response, but I don't want parents, players and coaches (particularly those on the border) to think there is an out of state loophole when I am fairly certain there is not one.

With Goose Cohorn and Desean Peterson catching balls for Pike this season Dixie could be putting up big numbers on offense this year. Those two were already the top 2 recievers returning this year IMO. Now they're playing on the same team together?

 

News Flash they had really good receivers last year and had a losing season Dixie has no depth and that will cost them a lot of games.

Kids are ruled eligible by the KHSAA all the time for all kinds of reasons. All Schools have this happen.

How does he have siblings still enrolled at Holmes?

How does he have siblings still enrolled at Holmes?

 

I've known many people who have had siblings spread out all over NKY schools. What works for one doesn't mean it works for the other.

Kids are ruled eligible by the KHSAA all the time for all kinds of reasons. All Schools have this happen.

 

You are right in that kids are ruled eligible by the KHSAA all the time. In my opinion, if there is any doubt about eligibility, the KHSAA should let a kid play. High school sports should be about participation and the life lessons learned through participation in athletics; as opposed to worrying about what effect a transfer will have on wins and losses. As for "all kind of reasons", if a kid has participated in varsity athletics at the former school (referred to as the "sending school" in KHSAA nomenclature) there are only 8 exceptions listed in By law 6. They are: 1. bona fide change of residence; 2. divorce; 3. guardianship/change of custody; 4. death of custodial parent; 5. entrance to a boarding school; 6. non-athletic participation at the sending school for one full year prior to transfer; 7. reassignment by Board of Education; and 8. transfer from a non-member high school located in Ky. The granting of a waiver of ineligibility is at the discretion of the KHSAA even if the exception is clearly satisfied (although from my following of the KHSAA over the years, if the exception is satisifed, the waiver has always been given). Also keep in mind that if the KHSAA finds that the change in schools was motivated in whole or in part by the desire to participate in athletics at the new school, eligibility will be denied even if one of the exceptions has been satisfied.

I know a lot about transfers in NK some move some don't, some use education, money hardship,can't get along, But I will tell you this, the ones you think that will be eligible, will be the ones that are not. I had a girl go to Highlands and one went to Bellevue and one to HC and I did not complain it happens, move on let the kid play.

I know a lot about transfers in NK some move some don't, some use education, money hardship,can't get along, But I will tell you this, the ones you think that will be eligible, will be the ones that are not. I had a girl go to Highlands and one went to Bellevue and one to HC and I did not complain it happens, move on let the kid play.

 

As to the bolded, I like your approach to the issue. :thumb:

The "out of state" loophole? I don't believe there is any such thing. By law 6 states, and I quote "Any student that has enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) and has participated in any varsity sport at any school following enrollment in grade nine (9) and who then transfers schools shall be ineligible for interscholastic sports at any level in any sport for one year from the date of enrollment in the new school." (emphasis added)

 

Talking hypothetically, as I read the By law, there is no out of state loophole. It doesn't say if a student athlete participated in varsity sports at the prior school he/she has to sit out one year (which could be circumvented by going to an interim school for a short period and not playing varsity sports there); it says at any school. It doesn't say he's/she's ineligible only at the school he/she initially transferred to, but will be immediately eligible at a second school he/she transfers to. It says he's/she's ineligible for a year for one year from the date of enrollment in the new school (in this hypothetical, the out of state school). Period. I see nothing in that By law or know of any past KHSAA rulings that negated the one year period of ineligibility just because a student athlete attended an out of state school for a short period of time and did not participate in varsity sports while there. And knowing how the KHSAA works, if there was such a loophole that had been exploited in the past, the KHSAA would have amended By law 6 a long time ago to close it. Now if the enrollment of the student involved a bona fide change of residence to the out of state school district, that would be something entirely different. But the mere attendance at an out of state school (without an accompanying bona fide change of residence) doesn't negate the one year period of ineligibility to the best of my knowledge.

 

So as I read and understand By law 6, a student athlete is ineligible for one year from the date he/she transferred from, let's say Holmes in this hypothetical, to where ever (directly to Dixie, again as a hypothetical; to an out of state school before then transferring to Dixie; or to any where else) unless the KHSAA determines an exception was warranted.

 

Hope you are not offended Ram by my response, but I don't want parents, players and coaches (particularly those on the border) to think there is an out of state loophole when I am fairly certain there is not one.

 

Not offended at all.

 

Letherneck, I don't doubt your knowledge on the subject. And, to be honest, I was just as surprised this past year when to local players transfered to an Ohio school for one week then transfered to an in state school and were ruled eligible. But, it did happen and we were told that it was a loophole that if a player transfered from out of state they would be ruled eligible. Both players played a varsity sport at Raceland, transfered to Ohio schools, then transfered to Greenup County and were immediately eligible without change of residence. That should be enough information for you to research it and confirm that it happened.

I would hope we are all more concerned about a high school education than sports. Good luck at Dixie, Desean.