Griders 2019 South Pittsburg Pirates

[Southtowner]

[Yeti]

1 hour ago, Southtowner said:

Because he knocked er'body out in the 1st round.  

I agree with this statement.

[RaymondJJohnsonJr]

I’ll take “what are the TSSAA eligibility rules for a foreign exchange student for a $1000 Alex”? 

and I ain’t joking either! 

[powerp]

46 minutes ago, RaymondJJohnsonJr said:

I’ll take “what are the TSSAA eligibility rules for a foreign exchange student for a $1000 Alex”? 

and I ain’t joking either! 

Ask Union City..and I ain't joking.

[The Drunken Sailor]

5 hours ago, orngnblk said:

Yeah i was just busting their beach balls earlier but after listening to that they are LOCKED AND LOADED!They will have to just plain choke to lose to a 1A team.Again shows what kind of coaching and tradition you all have to get 60 young men to come out for football with 250 or so students!

Out of 127 or so boys in school, 60 came (and have so far stayed) out for football. Nearly half, that's pretty awesome.

[Southtowner]

59 minutes ago, RaymondJJohnsonJr said:

I’ll take “what are the TSSAA eligibility rules for a foreign exchange student for a $1000 Alex”? 

and I ain’t joking either! 

The Answer? 

What is contained in Article II section 15?

Section 15. Foreign-Exchange Programs. 

 

A foreign exchange student is an international student who attends high school in the U.S. To be eligible for interscholastic athletics in the U.S., such student must be under the auspices of and be placed with a U.S. host family by an international student exchange program that has been accepted for listing by the Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET) and be recognized by the U.S. Department of State. The foreign exchange program must assign students to host families by a method that ensures that no student, or his/her parents, school or other interested party may influence the assignment for athletic or other purposes. The foreign exchange student may not be selected or placed on any basis related to his/her athletic interests or abilities.

 

 A foreign exchange student is considered to be placed with a host family when written notice of placement is provided by the exchange organization to the student and his/her parents, and to the host family.

 

 Neither the school the student attends nor any person associated with the school shall have input into the selection of the student. 

 

 No member of the school's coaching staff, paid or voluntary, shall serve as the host family. 

 

The foreign exchange student must possess a current J-1 visa, issued by the U.S. State Department. The foreign exchange student must comply with all eligibility requirements, with the exception of Article II, Section 11 (Residence). 

 

The foreign exchange student may participate a maximum of one school year. If the student decides to stay beyond the year in which they participate, then Article II, Section 11 (Residence) will be applied at the beginning of the next school year.

 

 

  Students Changing Schools

 

 Section 11. General Provisions.

 

 Residence.

 

 A student changing schools for any reason, to be eligible, must live at home with his/her parent(s) or guardian(s), unless: 

 

(a) the student is moving to a boarding school and has no athletic record the previous twelve months in any sport; 

 

(b) the student is moving as a direct result of the dissolution of the student's home due to death; 

 

(c) the student is moving as a direct result of the divorce of the student's parents; or 

 

(d) the student is moving as a direct result of the separation of the student's parents, provided a complaint or petition for absolute divorce has been filed with a court having jurisdiction to grant the divorce.  

 

 

[rlh]

13 hours ago, Southtowner said:

Because he knocked er'body out in the 1st round.  

Unless he made a snack out of their ear . . .

[powerp]

Scrimmage against Watertown Friday at 6 home

Edited July 28, 2019 by powerp

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

20 hours ago, The Drunken Sailor said:

Out of 127 or so boys in school, 60 came (and have so far stayed) out for football. Nearly half, that's pretty awesome.

But every time I have mentioned to Bass that you guys have 60 out for football he has called me out for supposedly making it up. SMH.....

[Southtowner]

13 hours ago, rlh said:

Unless he made a snack out of their ear . . .

Nom nom.

[The Drunken Sailor]

4 hours ago, Southtowner said:

Nom nom.

[The Drunken Sailor]

7 hours ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

But every time I have mentioned to Bass that you guys have 60 out for football he has called me out for supposedly making it up. SMH.....

Honestly, Bass is correct in his saying that we normally have 38-42. 48 is a huge class. Usually by now we have a bunch drop out to bring us down to the low 40s. This year has just been different.