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GHSA Valdosta & Jake Garcia
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:05 am
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:05 am
Rush Probst is appealing GHSA's ruling that QB Garcia is ineligible. Apparently there is no HS football where Garcia lives in California. It seems unfair that a talented kid is going to be deprived of a season.
I don't like Probst and Valdosta was the nemesis of my old Albany HS but I say let Jake Garcia play. If he ends up being great maybe he'll be a Dawg.
I don't like Probst and Valdosta was the nemesis of my old Albany HS but I say let Jake Garcia play. If he ends up being great maybe he'll be a Dawg.
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Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:14 am to Whiznot
Agree, there's TONS of shady shite
going on with HS FB in Georgia especially in metro Atl and this kid gets singled out? Because of an ESPN article?
From all accounts he's a good kid,tough kid and it's not like he's a spoiled Mater Dei guy.His old public HS was pretty much made up of a working class kids.
Don't see how he's doing anything
against the rules if one of his parents moved to the Valdosta district.
going on with HS FB in Georgia especially in metro Atl and this kid gets singled out? Because of an ESPN article?
From all accounts he's a good kid,tough kid and it's not like he's a spoiled Mater Dei guy.His old public HS was pretty much made up of a working class kids.
Don't see how he's doing anything
against the rules if one of his parents moved to the Valdosta district.
This post was edited on 10/3/20 at 9:16 am
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:33 am to Whiznot
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Rush Probst is appealing GHSA's ruling that QB Garcia is ineligible. Apparently there is no HS football where Garcia lives in California. It seems unfair that a talented kid is going to be deprived of a season.
Follow the rules and he'd be eligible.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:36 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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Follow the rules and he'd be eligible.
Pretty much my line of thinking. If he does not get to play it is not the fault of the state of Georgia or the GHSA. The fault would lie with the state of California. It's not "shady" when the GHSA follows the rules.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:51 am to DawgsLife
Please this is the"rule" he broke and the ruling.
My God,do we REALLY wanna look into the hundreds of kids and their parents who don't make a "bona fide move" every year? Just so their kids can play basketball or FB at a particular power house public sxhool
WTH does a "bona fide move" even mean? It's a HUGE gray area.
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For a transfer student to be immediately eligible under GHSA rules, he or she must make a "bona fide move," in which the "student moved simultaneously with the entire parental unit or persons he/she resided with at the former school, and the student and parent(s) or persons residing with the student live in the service area of the new school."
My God,do we REALLY wanna look into the hundreds of kids and their parents who don't make a "bona fide move" every year? Just so their kids can play basketball or FB at a particular power house public sxhool
WTH does a "bona fide move" even mean? It's a HUGE gray area.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:54 am to DawgsLife
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It's not "shady" when the GHSA follows the rules
Yes because the GHSA is such a stickler with their rules.
How is California at fault here?
Posted on 10/3/20 at 9:57 am to RD Dawg
So don't be a dumbass and do an interview with ESPN about how you circumvented the rule. And they found 2 other high profile football players ineligible for the same thing.
I hate it for the kid but they admitted what they did on a national stage and then GHSA found them ineligible. Serves them right.
I hate it for the kid but they admitted what they did on a national stage and then GHSA found them ineligible. Serves them right.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 10:09 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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So don't be a dumbass and do an interview with ESPN about how you circumvented the rule. And they found 2 other high profile football players ineligible for the same thing.
Don't disagree and I suppose GHSA has more of a "don't ask don't tell" philosophy.They'd have to hire a lot of investigators if they really wanted to enforce eligibility rules.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 10:18 am to RD Dawg
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They'd have to hire a lot of investigators if they really wanted to enforce eligibility rules.
That's another issue altogether. They don't actually investigate. It's on the school they transferred too to do that. Which is why it's so easy to transfer. Sometimes the previous school will hire a PI and get the job done if they think it was an illegal transfer
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:06 am to RD Dawg
quote:It’s like the word “reasonable”. It gets the point across while not being specific for every possible circumstance.
WTH does a "bona fide move" even mean? It's a HUGE gray area.
I interpret it as a move that appears to be legitimate and not simply gaming the system by sending a kid away from his family just to play football in high school with no skin in the game for him or his family.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:17 am to FooManChoo
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It’s like the word “reasonable”. It gets the point across while not being specific for every possible circumstance
Agree to disagree and why not use "reasonable?"
And why isn't it "bona fide" to move into a district so a kid would have a better chance to get a scholarship? A free college education is as good as any "bona fide" reason I can think of.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:26 am to RD Dawg
His parents legally separated for the express purpose of his eligibility. Furthermore, they publicly said that the separation was for that purpose. What do you expect the GHSA to do? Look the other way?
ETA - a missing word
ETA - a missing word
This post was edited on 10/3/20 at 11:36 am
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:29 am to Cousin_Avi
Loose lips sink ships.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:35 am to Cousin_Avi
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His parents legally separated for the express purpose of his eligibility
That's not why he was ruled ineligible.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:36 am to RD Dawg
What was the official reason?
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:44 am to RD Dawg
How was he ruled ineligible then?
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:45 am to Cousin_Avi
It wasn't a "bona fide" move.Lots of legalize in the wording and can be interpreted different ways.
And there was obviously no need to give interviews about the whole process and I'm pretty sure the parents thought what they were doing was above board.
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For a transfer student to be immediately eligible under GHSA rules, he or she must make a "bona fide move," in which the "student moved simultaneously with the entire parental unit or persons he/she resided with at the former school, and the student and parent(s) or persons residing with the student live in the service area of the new school."
And there was obviously no need to give interviews about the whole process and I'm pretty sure the parents thought what they were doing was above board.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 11:48 am to RD Dawg
Wait, I'm confused on what you're saying now. What's the reason you believe he was found ineligible?
Posted on 10/3/20 at 12:04 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
The "bona fide" move part.
It can mean a number of things and I'm assuming the interpretation was that the move wasn't made for an employment opportunity or to take care of a sick relative,etc.
The parents publically stated what they were doing before the ESPN interview.Makes no sense unless they thought what they were doing was above board.
It can mean a number of things and I'm assuming the interpretation was that the move wasn't made for an employment opportunity or to take care of a sick relative,etc.
The parents publically stated what they were doing before the ESPN interview.Makes no sense unless they thought what they were doing was above board.
Posted on 10/3/20 at 12:11 pm to RD Dawg
But they ruled him eligible before the interview and then said it wasn't a "bona fide" move after the interview.
This post was edited on 10/3/20 at 12:12 pm
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