Transfers from Memphis

[TryNotToSuck]

On 12/4/2020 at 8:05 AM, UCSportsFan said:

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. And it wouldn’t surprise me if T$$AA allows it to happen!  I don’t have a problem with it as long as they are made to follow the same rules as the rest of the kids in the state. But we all know that won’t happen. 

As what people in East Tennessee say in football, “It Happens Everywhere”

[BallIsLife1]

11 hours ago, Karl said:

Houston High has added two 6'10 out of state transfers plus it looks like espnu #47 Jonathan Lawson has now joined the team.

How does he move school to school and remain eligible? Isn't this his 3rd HS?

[Karl]

10 hours ago, BallIsLife1 said:

How does he move school to school and remain eligible? Isn't this his 3rd HS?

I don't know.  I thought Lawson also played for Millers Hoop City AAU team.  I thought tssaa put in a bylaw about a  prior coaching link.    

[toinemac]

On 12/20/2020 at 9:16 AM, BallIsLife1 said:

How does he move school to school and remain eligible? Isn't this his 3rd HS?

His first transfer was due to his dad becoming head coach at Wooddale. With SCS not playing I imagine they are allowing seniors to transfer to places that are.

[Indian]

On 12/21/2020 at 6:15 PM, toinemac said:

His first transfer was due to his dad becoming head coach at Wooddale. With SCS not playing I imagine they are allowing seniors to transfer to places that are.

TSSAA allowing? I’ve seen nothing from any meeting suggesting this is being allowed. 

[Karl]

Coach Buggs is an assistant coach at Houston High School and also coaches the red team at hoops city aau.  Jonathan Lawson plays on the grey team at hoops city aau where his dad is the coach.  These teams play often and are essentially the same team just divided into two teams.  T$$AA put in a prior coaching link rule.  Whether he moved into the district or not it sure seems like a prior coaching link to me. 

[UCSportsFan]

On 12/23/2020 at 2:00 PM, Karl said:

Coach Buggs is an assistant coach at Houston High School and also coaches the red team at hoops city aau.  Jonathan Lawson plays on the grey team at hoops city aau where his dad is the coach.  These teams play often and are essentially the same team just divided into two teams.  T$$AA put in a prior coaching link rule.  Whether he moved into the district or not it sure seems like a prior coaching link to me. 

This is illegal and should not be allowed to happen unless the family has moved into that district. T$$AA is a joke!

[Karl]

On 12/25/2020 at 5:05 PM, UCSportsFan said:

This is illegal and should not be allowed to happen unless the family has moved into that district. T$$AA is a joke!

According to the Commercial Appeal newspaper Lawson moved in the Houston school district.  Whether the move is legit or not I don't know.  What I do know is far too many times an address is used to enroll in a certain school and nobody checks on it.  If there was a prior coaching link a legitimate move would not matter.  A big red flag to me is that two out of state 6'10 transfers came in this year with one already committed  to LSU.  Now I am suppose to believe a division 1 Oregon commit  by chance has also moved into the district.     

[Karl]

Houston High will now have the top 3 ranked seniors in the state of Tennessee on the same team.  How does that happen?       

[chs1984]

Most of the top high school basketball players in the nation now play for two, three, sometimes even four different high schools in their careers. It’s just where we are as a society. Unfortunately, here in Georgia, that is starting to happen in football as well.

[TheTruthHurts22]

On 12/28/2020 at 6:05 AM, chs1984 said:

Most of the top high school basketball players in the nation now play for two, three, sometimes even four different high schools in their careers. It’s just where we are as a society. Unfortunately, here in Georgia, that is starting to happen in football as well.

Your post is spot on! AAU and High School Basketball have really taken off in the state of TN in the last 7-10 years. Because of that the exposure they are getting is luring kids into the state,  TN is becoming a hot bed for big named athletes in High School in multiple sports. I’m all for it and don’t blame the kids for bettering their situations, but  only if they transfer the legal way, letting schools have free reign on the transfer rules (I.E. Shelby County) while other schools are struggling to get transfers eligible or them being ruled ineligible and have to sit a year when they went through all the right protocols isn’t right. It happens every year, the rules apply to some and others get to ignore them if it means competing for a state title. 

[HereComesTheCloser]

Hey Houston spring 2021 players.

Get ready for a knock on your door. Early, often and unannounced. 

#HereComesTheCloser