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Interesting article on a young man who played for Sacred Heart last year and switched over to Smith-Cotton after the announcement that the Gremlins would not field a team in 2018. I guess I am confused on this, does MSHSAA not enforce the policy of transferring between schools for athletic purposes and if you do then you are not eligible? Cool story otherwise
 
touchdownsilly said:
https://www.sedaliademocrat.com/spo...cle_58fe43e2-c951-11e8-9325-2bafd585e732.html

Interesting article on a young man who played for Sacred Heart last year and switched over to Smith-Cotton after the announcement that the Gremlins would not field a team in 2018. I guess I am confused on this, does MSHSAA not enforce the policy of transferring between schools for athletic purposes and if you do then you are not eligible? Cool story otherwise
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There's a thing called " spirit of the law" or in this case, rule. It's a nuance sometimes lost on literal thinking blockheads. (Not that this is an example for you personally). People have made comedy careers by using the "ultimate straight man" in their comedy act. A famous act Abbot and Costello's "who's on first" comes to my mind. Harry Truman was accused of having "horse sense" is the antithesis of literal thinking. A more recent and pejorative term is tricking a "blonde". They have made movies "Legally Blonde" and sitcoms about literal thinking dumb blondes. Chrissie (Suzanne Somers) on "Threes Company" sitcom. These is my thoughts on that.
 
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FistOH said:
A more recent and pejorative term is tricking a "blonde". They have made movies "Legally Blonde" and sitcoms about literal thinking dumb blondes. Chrissie (Suzanne Somers) on "Threes Company" sitcom. These is my thoughts on that.
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touchdownsilly said:
https://www.sedaliademocrat.com/spo...cle_58fe43e2-c951-11e8-9325-2bafd585e732.html

Interesting article on a young man who played for Sacred Heart last year and switched over to Smith-Cotton after the announcement that the Gremlins would not field a team in 2018. I guess I am confused on this, does MSHSAA not enforce the policy of transferring between schools for athletic purposes and if you do then you are not eligible? Cool story otherwise
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It’s allowed. In other sports there are examples of students who even stay at their current school and participate at another school in a sport if there school doesn’t provide the opportunity. I’ve seen it in golf, tennis, swimming, among others. Football would be no different. Transferring would be an easier transition, but same result.
 
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FistOH said:
There's a thing called " spirit of the law" or in this case, rule. It's a nuance sometimes lost on literal thinking blockheads. (Not that this is an example for you personally). People have made comedy careers by using the "ultimate straight man" in their comedy act. A famous act Abbot and Costello's "who's on first" comes to my mind. Harry Truman was accused of having "horse sense" is the antithesis of literal thinking. A more recent and pejorative term is tricking a "blonde". They have made movies "Legally Blonde" and sitcoms about literal thinking dumb blondes. Chrissie (Suzanne Somers) on "Threes Company" sitcom. These is my thoughts on that.
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It’s allowed. In other sports there are examples of students who even stay at their current school and participate at another school in a sport if there school doesn’t provide the opportunity. I’ve seen it in golf, tennis, swimming, among others. Football would be no different. Transferring would be an easier transition, but same result.
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So a big kid in school at Madison could play football for Paris because Madison doesn't have a team? That's the first I've heard of this.
 
I think, because Paseo offers no athletics, those kids can compete at Central. May be wrong.
 
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It’s allowed. In other sports there are examples of students who even stay at their current school and participate at another school in a sport if there school doesn’t provide the opportunity. I’ve seen it in golf, tennis, swimming, among others. Football would be no different. Transferring would be an easier transition, but same result.
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I forgot about this. Makes sense. Tim Tebow was homeschooled too.Not that Missouri is Florida.
 
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I know last spring Sacred Heart did a survey of the male athletes to see how many and the caliber of team they could have. I know for a fact that enough boys signed up for the Gremlins to field a team especially 8 man. However like they did in 11 man the prospects of winning was very low so they decided to not play, rather than lose 7-10 games. They did the same thing in 11 man football.

As far as the Sedalia Democrat article I think once you declare a school and participate then that is where you stay unless you move to another community.
 
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I know last spring Sacred Heart did a survey of the male athletes to see how many and the caliber of team they could have. I know for a fact that enough boys signed up for the Gremlins to field a team especially 8 man. However like they did in 11 man the prospects of winning was very low so they decided to not play, rather than lose 7-10 games. They did the same thing in 11 man football.

As far as the Sedalia Democrat article I think once you declare a school and participate then that is where you stay unless you move to another community.
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Did he transfer in to play football at Sacred Heart?
 
Jack-wagon suppressor said:
It’s allowed. In other sports there are examples of students who even stay at their current school and participate at another school in a sport if there school doesn’t provide the opportunity. I’ve seen it in golf, tennis, swimming, among others. Football would be no different. Transferring would be an easier transition, but same result.
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Along those same lines, can a kid at a private school that does not have a team (any sport) play at a public school while enrolled at the private school?

And home schooled kids, I know they can play at public schools but can they play at private schools?
 
If I’m correct, for the longest time, kids from Mammoth Spring, Arkansas could play football for Thayer even though Thayer was in a different state because their towns were less than a mile apart and Mammoth didn’t offer football.
 
Can a kid at a private school show up at his district public school and eat the free lunch?
 
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