Transfer disputes

buttend · Post by **buttend** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:43 pm

karl(east) wrote:Duluth East junior Luke Dow has been ruled eligible by the MSHSL and can suit up for the Hounds' varsity squad tonight. Good news for DE, obviously, as their offense will benefit from a dynamic player like him.

Eligible under what criteria? He changed High Schools and did not move? What makes him eligible?

alcloseshaver · Post by **alcloseshaver** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:53 pm

buttend wrote:
karl(east) wrote:Duluth East junior Luke Dow has been ruled eligible by the MSHSL and can suit up for the Hounds' varsity squad tonight. Good news for DE, obviously, as their offense will benefit from a dynamic player like him.
Eligible under what criteria? He changed High Schools and did not move? What makes him eligible?

Private to Public, can be financial hardship. Residence might already be in East's district. Did he start at his first school in 9th grade?

Bluewhitefan · Post by **Bluewhitefan** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:03 pm

buttend wrote:
karl(east) wrote:Duluth East junior Luke Dow has been ruled eligible by the MSHSL and can suit up for the Hounds' varsity squad tonight. Good news for DE, obviously, as their offense will benefit from a dynamic player like him.
Eligible under what criteria? He changed High Schools and did not move? What makes him eligible?

The school, nor the MSHSL are under obligation to report the criteria. Word will eventually leak out that the family suffered financial hardship, the kid was bullied, or they didn't have a specific cello program that he needed to further his orchestral career.

alcloseshaver · Post by **alcloseshaver** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:10 pm

Bluewhitefan wrote:
buttend wrote:
karl(east) wrote:Duluth East junior Luke Dow has been ruled eligible by the MSHSL and can suit up for the Hounds' varsity squad tonight. Good news for DE, obviously, as their offense will benefit from a dynamic player like him.
Eligible under what criteria? He changed High Schools and did not move? What makes him eligible?
The school, nor the MSHSL are under obligation to report the criteria. Word will eventually leak out that the family suffered financial hardship, the kid was bullied, or they didn't have a specific cello program that he needed to further his orchestral career.

There doesn't seem to be to much here compared to some of the other abuses or can someone enlighten me.

Post by **karl(east)** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:21 pm

alcloseshaver wrote:
Bluewhitefan wrote:
buttend wrote: Eligible under what criteria? He changed High Schools and did not move? What makes him eligible?
The school, nor the MSHSL are under obligation to report the criteria. Word will eventually leak out that the family suffered financial hardship, the kid was bullied, or they didn't have a specific cello program that he needed to further his orchestral career.
There doesn't seem to be to much here compared to some of the other abuses or can someone enlighten me.

After transferring, Dow had initially been deemed ineligible for varsity by the AD or someone in the district administration. The Dows appealed that ruling to the MSHSL, arguing for one of the possible exceptions (some of which were listed by Bluewhitefan). They won their case, which was heard at the MSHSL's monthly meeting today.

As for the Edina situation, the player in question there could presumably appeal the handling of his case also, but it would have to wait for the next MSHSL meeting.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:25 pm

Thanks for update Karl. This will improve Hounds outlook, but got to wait for them to put some wins in the bank against quality teams before moving them into my own top ten.