[charlie22]

I think the whole thing is absurd, its a kid. Geez, he moved....let him play ball wherever....as far as going back to Danville with all the stink thats been raised Id play ping pong before I went and put my heart and soul into another game for a group of people that set out with an intent to do harm...period. As far as KHSAA goes, how do you pick and choose who follows the rules?

I fully agree that he and every other kid in the state should be able to play ball wherever they want. If a kid is enrolled in a school on the first day of school, he/she should be eligible regardless of whether he/she played varsity sports for another school the prior year. That would simplify matters greatly. It would probably lead to recruiting out the wazoo and the strong schools would get even stronger, but hey, that's America. Perhaps the competition for student athletes would force some schools to place more emphasis on athletics. Those not interested could stop the charade of saying they are serious, when they are not. So what if kids leave one school to go to another school that he/she believes is better/places more emphasison athletics/has better coaches/provides a better chance of getting a college scholarship/etc. High school athletes aren't indentured servents. There just kids. A high school coach is free to coach where he wants and can switch coaching jobs each year if he has a job offer. Workers are free to work where they want and can freely change jobs if they think they'll be better off working for a new employer. Are the outcomes of high school athletic events so important that we want to deny players the ability that their coaches and working Americans have?

But until the rule changes, the rules are the rules and should be enforced. Otherwise we just reinforce the mentality that the rules are "not for me and I can do what I want". Not the message we should be sending to high school kids.