What happened?

[Whitey]

Just heard they had to forfeit and that Cookeville is now going to play Blackman. Anyone know the details?

[kccc]

Yes that is true. Riverdale had a player who illegally played as a pick up player for an elite team, during a tournament. The rules are in TSSAA that a player can not practice or play with an elite or "summer team" during the highschool season. The player violated the rule, unfortunatley there is nothing the coach or players can do about the situation because they were unaware of the player, playing for another team during the season. It is quite a heartbreaker for the other RHS players, to have worked so hard and come so far during the season, to have it cut short on something they cannot control. It truly is a bad situation. Also if you do know the name of the player please keep his name off the boards. Thanks

[coachof3]

Wow wow wow - I hate to see it for Riverdale-great season Coach Arman and Riverdale players.

[Whitey]

That's terrible! Did they have to just forfeit the one game or the entire season or what?

[jcblz1987]

I would guess the game but it was an eliminator so it didn't matter.

[wall]

did the player know he was breaking the rules by playing for the other team?

[mjuhb]

they said it was againest white co in the district tourny but didn't catch it until after the cookville game

[Whitey]

It was a rec league game this past Saturday. Were there any other players from any of the other schools also playing in this rec league? If so, why was Riverdale singled out?

[davidlimbaugh]

TSSAA rules Riverdale soccer season over