[charlie22]

Conflicts with Coach and system is what I heard. I do believe the parents thought they had done everything that was required of them. And as Forrest Gump said, "That's all I've got to say about that." :eyeroll:

If what you say is accurate, and you have a lot of credibility with me based on your past posts, that reason unfortunately confirms the KHSAA ineligibility determination. Right, wrong or otherwise, the KHSAA rule states that a player will be ineligible, even if there is a permanent bona fide change of residence, it the transfer was motivated in whole or in part based on athletics. The KHSAA has long held that dissatisfaction with the coach or system at the former school (called the "sending school" by the KHSAA) constitutes a transfer motivated in whole or in part on athletics.

I totally disagree with the rule for what it's worth. I believe that with only 4 years to participate in high school sports, if a kid or his parents are dissatisfied with a coach (for any one of numerous reasons; some valid and some invalid) the kid should be able to freely transfer to a school with a coach the player and parents approve of. But the rule is what the schools voted on and approved so that's what the KHSAA staff and Board have to follow (even if the staff and Board may disagree with the rule). I fully realize that there will be those people that think a kid should be forced to stay at a school and play for a coach the player disapproves of because that will teach him a lesson in life. I get that. But in my opinion it's not the job of the KHSAA rule system to teach the kid that lesson; it's the job of his parents and if his parents want to allow the kid to transfer for a silly or stupid reason, so be it and shame on the parents.