Hypothecial-Eligibilty Question

Brock Mansion at ESD was able to do that or something similar...I don't think you can under UIL or TAPPS (you can't have more than 4 years of HS eligibility for UIL and TAPPS) but the governing body for ESD (SPC, Southwest Preparatory Conference) has provisions for it if you don't have all the credits they require for graduation.

There was an article on this in the DMN awhile back, seems like he was able to go from Plano HS to ESD and somehow have 5 years of eligibility...if you do a search on his name on the DMN website you can probably find it. His was primarily for football but he also plays baseball.

I think it depends the enrollment date into 9th grade if, enrolled at that time in a public school.

I think CS is right.

UIL governs that you have 6 school years to play six seasons of sports, starting in the seventh grade. That is to prevent someone from holding a kid back a grade after he/she starts the seventh grade.

In your scenario, the player would not be eligible.

T-Bird, So I know a kid that got held back in the 8th grade last year, now a freshman, so when he is a senior he can't play sports.

He should be ok his senior year if he did not play in 8th grade twice.

PD, but he did.He just had to sit out of football the first six weeks or something like that.

I bet there are a lot of kids out there in this situation. I wonder how close this is even monitored by the UIL.

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I bet there are a lot of kids out there in this situation. I wonder how close this is even monitored by the UIL.

Depends on how good they are, and if they make the playoffs. Trust me, people monitor teams more than you think.....

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Originally posted by The Beast:
T-Bird, So I know a kid that got held back in the 8th grade last year, now a freshman, so when he is a senior he can't play sports.

Check the UIL site, but I am fairly certain he won't be able to play his senior year...there are appeal options to try.

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Originally posted by T-Bird Dad:

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Originally posted by The Beast:
T-Bird, So I know a kid that got held back in the 8th grade last year, now a freshman, so when he is a senior he can't play sports.

Check the UIL site, but I am fairly certain he won't be able to play his senior year...there are appeal options to try.

It looks like the UiL has modified this rule. This directly from the UiL site:

"...are enrolled in a four year, normal program of high school courses, and initially enrolled in the 9th grade not more than 4 years ago nor in the 10th grade not more than 3 years ago,..."

So it looks like your buddy's kid in good to go.