[EKUAlum05]

First off all what happens if the kid played for a team that was coached by a coach from another school? I don't understand the rule, mostly I would imagine because you only posted a portion of it. This could be a real problem around here. That because the American Legion Post here and at all the others around use a coach from one of the high schools. The American Legion Post is for high school aged kids to play on after high school ball is over. You have kids from several schools on those teams and therefore they would be playing for another schools coach.

It appears as if the rule only applies in this example if the kid who pays for said American Legion Coach transfers to the different school he actually coaches at.

For example:

If Jack Jones is a Freshman at Mayfield and plays American Legion balls the Summer prior to his Soph season for Coach Bob Boggs, and Coach Bob Boggs is the Assistant Coach at McCracken County... then Jack Jones will be ruled ineligible if he transfers to McCracken County that following year.

If Jack Jones plays for Coach Boggs, but still attends Mayfield then he is fine... but the transfer is a No-Go..

I am assuming this also means even with a bonafide change of address if the kid attends the same school as a Coach then he is still ineligible.

Like others, this seems to be a direct result of basketball and AAU and won't effect football as much.

the example I guess I can see is when John Chapman left from being the Assistant at Breathitt County and came to Pike Central and the QB Boggs and LB Shouse transferred to Pike Central. Shouse played for Chapman at Breathitt, Boggs did not, but Boggs did have a relationship with Chapman and contact with him as he had intended to attend Breathitt. Thus, with the new rule these two players would technically have been ruled ineligible.