? about playing summer ball at 2 schools

[Frogman]

My question is are there any rules that says a girl CAN NOT play summer ball at 1 school (the one she attends and has played for the last 2 years) and another school where she was thinking about going?

[Hamburglar]

It used to be you could not do this if you had already practiced with one team atleast 3 times, but if the player moves into a new zone then she can practice with the new team. If she hasn't moved and is changing schools, then she would be ineligible anyways. So she could practice all she wants. It has been a couple of years since I looked into this, but someone Im sure can enlighten us more.

[PHargis]

I wonder if there is a rule that only 3 players can play on a summer team from one school. If that is a rule in high school basketball, in MS summer play, it doesn't seem there is a problem but just thinking about it, I can't imagine of a problem anyway.

[bigchief]

If you have already participated at the varsity level in a sport, then you cannot play for another school at any time of the year without first being accepted and ENROLLED in the new school. At that point you can no longer participate with your old school. If you are NOT enrolled at the new school and participate with them you will become immediately ineligible at BOTH schools for one year. This has been dealt with hundreds of times by the TSSAA. However,someone has to turn you in for doing it. Of course, it is usually the team you are leaving that turns you in.

 

Bottom line. You can't play for both schools and decide where you want to go. Make your choice and live with it.

 

TSSAA does not concern itself with middle school sports or governing them. Only varsity sports.

Edited October 7, 2010 by bigchief

[Dragonmaster]

If you have already participated at the varsity level in a sport, then you cannot play for another school at any time of the year without first being accepted and ENROLLED in the new school. At that point you can no longer participate with your old school. If you are NOT enrolled at the new school and participate with them you will become immediately ineligible at BOTH schools for one year. This has been dealt with hundreds of times by the TSSAA. However,someone has to turn you in for doing it. Of course, it is usually the team you are leaving that turns you in.

 

Bottom line. You can't play for both schools and decide where you want to go. Make your choice and live with it.

 

TSSAA does not concern itself with middle school sports or governing them. Only varsity sports

 

 

I hate to say it but there is no regulation on summer play. you can play for as many teams as you want. I don't believe it would be to a coach's advantage to allow girls that would not be on his team in the fall to play but it is done. The 3 practice rule does not come into effect until the beginning of the actual season practices. The enrollment mention in this post also is after school starts. The 50% rule does not go into effect until the beginning of classes either..after the start of school dead period. At that point it does not matter what type of team it is there can't be more than 3 from one team on a given team....The TSSAA does have a middle school division that it supervises.

 

DM

[PHargis]

I wonder if there is a rule that only 3 players can play on a summer team from one school. If that is a rule in high school basketball. in MS summer play, it doesn't seem there is a problem but just thinking about it, I can't imagine of a problem anyway. If one school is public and one private, from seeing posts, signing a contract to a private school and attending is an issue. I would make a suggestion if one does not know, call the TSSAA as ask their advice, its your childs eligibility thats at stake.

[jimbo44]

[quote name='Dragonmaster' timestamp='1286480522' post='252 The TSSAA does have a middle school division that it supervises.

DM

Not all middleschools are members of the TSSAA.

[bigchief]

It is the TMSAA and very few schools bother to pay for membership. I have known several in the Nashville area who used to be, but dropped their membership when they wanted to play someone that would have been ruled ineligible. No need to drop school and individual names.

 

Dragonmaster, if I were you I would call Gene Menees and get a second opinion. It has been ruled on several times.

[PHargis]

It is the TMSAA and very few schools bother to pay for membership. I have known several in the Nashville area who used to be, but dropped their membership when they wanted to play someone that would have been ruled ineligible. No need to drop school and individual names.

 

Dragonmaster, if I were you I would call Gene Menees and get a second opinion. It has been ruled on several times.

I agree. A few years back I tried to start keeping up with this and it became very complicated. The big confusion gets to Middle School and the twists and turns there.

Really high school might be pretty simple but Middle School to High school is a bag of worms and getting really more complicated. Magnet Schools look to me to start to be more complicated. Something tells me that Middle Schools will wind up wanting the structure that the TMSSA can give it before its over, in every sport. The handbook has been expanded quite a bit concerning some things that were being done and not being taken care of and crosses education as well as athletics. It looks to have been and still may be wild and wooly. I would bet that MS administrators do not like keeping up with all of the seasons, MS rules, k-8 changes, very small school variances, combined school teams, regional play, and now it seems all I hear are inquiries as to where the play goes to in some sports after District play and Tournaments. MS preparation is important to HS programs and needs organization.

Edited October 9, 2010 by PHargis