The UIL is still dumb

[PhatMack19]

In case you forgot....

 

 

 

[PhatMack19]

Basically kid moved back to the States from Africa and was placed in the 8th grade as an 11 yr old.  Promoted to 9th but struggled and had to retake the grade again.  Technically this is his 5th year of HS, but it's still BS.

 

I guess Lake Travis and Todd Dodge don't have the pull that Katy does with the UIL.  

[Peppermint Patty]

I don't see the problem here. He's played 4 years of high school football. He's done. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

3 hours ago, GCMPats said:

I don't see the problem here. He's played 4 years of high school football. He's done. 

He played Freshman year?

 

Also if this was Katy, SLC, Celina or Permian he would be on the field and this wouldnt be a story. 

[bulldog16]

13 hours ago, PhatMack19 said:

Basically kid moved back to the States from Africa and was placed in the 8th grade as an 11 yr old.  Promoted to 9th but struggled and had to retake the grade again.  Technically this is his 5th year of HS, but it's still BS.

 

I guess Lake Travis and Todd Dodge don't have the pull that Katy does with the UIL.  

Doesn't matter, once you enter the 9th grade you only have 4 years of eligibility. Should have repeated the 8th grade if he wasn't ready for hs. 

[OldBallCoach90]

Happen to a kid my Sr year... Repeated 9th and couldn't play his 5th year. Which is understandable.

[Peppermint Patty]

1 hour ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

He played Freshman year?

 

Also if this was Katy, SLC, Celina or Permian he would be on the field and this wouldnt be a story. 

Played or not, once he entered high school he is only eligible for 4 seasons. 

Sterling had a very good player in the late 90's that aged out his senior season. It's just how it is. There are just no 19/20 year olds legally playing high school football. 

West Lake has plenty of pull.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

3 minutes ago, GCMPats said:

Played or not, once he entered high school he is only eligible for 4 seasons. 

Sterling had a very good player in the late 90's that aged out his senior season. It's just how it is. There are just no 19/20 year olds legally playing high school football. 

West Lake has plenty of pull.

There was one locally that did.

[PhatMack19]

7 minutes ago, GCMPats said:

Played or not, once he entered high school he is only eligible for 4 seasons. 

Sterling had a very good player in the late 90's that aged out his senior season. It's just how it is. There are just no 19/20 year olds legally playing high school football. 

West Lake has plenty of pull.

He just turned 18.   Problem is that when he moved back to the US from Africa they placed him in the 8th grade as an 11 yr old.  

[Peppermint Patty]

1 minute ago, PhatMack19 said:

He just turned 18.   Problem is that when he moved back to the US from Africa they placed him in the 8th grade as an 11 yr old.  

I understand that. 

That's a parent problem, not a UIL problem. 

[bulldog16]

Yes he is ok age wise, but he already played his 4 years so he's not able to play this year. Should've repeated the 8th grade.

[pe2009]

Clear as day....4 years of eligibility are up. In terms of "Pull"....I think Westlake and Dodge have waaaayyyy more pull than Katy. Imagine if Coach Joseph had a "Coach Joseph RB Camp" in Austin and Dallas and stud RB's dads all of a sudden got jobs on Katy's staff. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

3 minutes ago, pe2009 said:

Clear as day....4 years of eligibility are up. In terms of "Pull"....I think Westlake and Dodge have waaaayyyy more pull than Katy. Imagine if Coach Joseph had a "Coach Joseph RB Camp" in Austin and Dallas and stud RB's dads all of a sudden got jobs on Katy's staff. 

You know Katy on the UIL payroll lol

[pe2009]

1 minute ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

You know Katy on the UIL payroll lol

Tell that to the baseball team that had to forefit all games because a "violation" that will be taken OUT of the rule books(no longer against the rules) when school starts in 3 weeks. UIL made the right call for Katy...AD was at fault. Katy got probation....and if that's not enough...the kid they are on probabtion for has since changed schools AGAIN lol

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

13 minutes ago, pe2009 said:

Tell that to the baseball team that had to forefit all games because a "violation" that will be taken OUT of the rule books(no longer against the rules) when school starts in 3 weeks. UIL made the right call for Katy...AD was at fault. Katy got probation....and if that's not enough...the kid they are on probabtion for has since changed schools AGAIN lol

They play baseball in Katy?

 

Honestly forgot all about that incident, yall got hosed on that one, that was payback for the football issue IMO. 

[pe2009]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

They play baseball in Katy?

 

Honestly forgot all about that incident, yall got hosed on that one, that was payback for the football issue IMO. 

 

2 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

They play baseball in Katy?

 

Honestly forgot all about that incident, yall got hosed on that one, that was payback for the football issue IMO. 

VERY good baseball team too.

[MackLewis]

Don't kid yourselves.  Everybody that's somebody in Austin, and within the UIL send their kids to Westlake or Lake Travis.  You can say they run the UIL, but rules are still rules.  Even 4* offensive tackles from Westlake can't play 5 years of high school football.

[AggiesAreWe]

Depending on circumstance, you can play 5 years in high school. Case in point, Elam at Silsbee.

[liltex]

8 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

You know Katy on the UIL payroll lol

You forgot Highland Park

[dillonpanthers]

Unfortunately, right or wrong, the rule is 4 years of high school eligibility. When you enter high school your time starts. Period. Whoever placed him in 8th grade as an 11 year old is at fault here. 

 

Pretty crazy to think that a kid this highly recruited won't play a down this year.