Wise b'ball team to forfeit undefeated season because of ineligible player

[Waggle Pass]

A player who did not meet the county's residency requirements.

Wise High School men's basketball forfeits entire season, accused of residency violation

The announcement from Prince George's County Public Schools comes just one day before a scheduled county championship game against Largo.

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[Bleedred4life]

Wow, as a Fort Hill fan, I can feel the pain for these kids. Hopefully they can look at this as they would a season ending injury, then step up and kick butt in the playoffs.

 

[cumbfanatic]

Wow, as a Fort Hill fan, I can feel the pain for these kids. Hopefully they can look at this as they would a season ending injury, then step up and kick butt in the playoffs.

Are they in the playoffs?

 

[TDHelmick]

It's painfully obvious that school administrators, athletic directors, coaches and local county BOE officials will have to add more to their workload in an effort to make sure student-athletes are who they say they are (age), where they live (which is almost impossible to be 100% accurate with) and where else they played high school sports. Not as difficult in a small community such as this area, but in the city with so much population I have no idea how they would accomplish this and be fullproof with it.

At some point in time I suspect high school will become like college, where kids can attend school wherever they wish and transfer any time they wish without say-so from a higher authority or regardless of where they live. For the time being, high school sports are doing all they can to maintain and implement rules that have been around for decades in an effort to keep high school sports amateur. But with NIL already approved at this level, good luck with that. There just are not enough employees in the system to monitor such.

 

[Bleedred4life]

In Maryland. everyone makes the playoffs.

 

[ravemwp]

It's painfully obvious that school administrators, athletic directors, coaches and local county BOE officials will have to add more to their workload in an effort to make sure student-athletes are who they say they are (age), where they live (which is almost impossible to be 100% accurate with) and where else they played high school sports. Not as difficult in a small community such as this area, but in the city with so much population I have no idea how they would accomplish this and be fullproof with it.

At some point in time I suspect high school will become like college, where kids can attend school wherever they wish and transfer any time they wish without say-so from a higher authority or regardless of where they live. For the time being, high school sports are doing all they can to maintain and implement rules that have been around for decades in an effort to keep high school sports amateur. But with NIL already approved at this level, good luck with that. There just are not enough employees in the system to monitor such.

Or you could adopt the new WVA transfer rules, where you can basically transfer schools in between innings of a softball game. Half truth, half sarcastic. Getting close though. LOL

 

[Bleedred4life]

The real kick in the teeth here is that the school suspended the HC. All he did was play a kid that his bosses said was legally able to play. I guess that all coaches should have a crystal ball to ensure that all his players are legal.

 

[Waggle Pass]

Are they in the playoffs?

They are eligible for the playoffs but will lose their top seed. Sound familiar?

 

[ravemwp]

The real kick in the teeth here is that the school suspended the HC. All he did was play a kid that his bosses said was legally able to play. I guess that all coaches should have a crystal ball to ensure that all his players are legal.

Absolute Truth!!