Transfer question

[PinellasFB]

Punta Gorda Charlotte HS star WR Dior Evans transferred to rival Port Charlotte HS this fall to play for the most talented PCHS team in history.  He then transfers back to Charlotte HS for the winter/spring semester to play for the CHS basketball team.  How is this even allowed per FHSAA rules?  I'm guessing it's technically against the rules but the rules are unenforceable?

[nolebull813]

44 minutes ago, PinellasFB said:

Punta Gorda Charlotte HS star WR Dior Evans transferred to rival Port Charlotte HS this fall to play for the most talented PCHS team in history.  He then transfers back to Charlotte HS for the winter/spring semester to play for the CHS basketball team.  How is this even allowed per FHSAA rules?  I'm guessing it's technically against the rules but the rules are unenforceable?

Did he transfer to Charlotte before the season? Because his family might just live in apartments that are one year leases. I went to a different school from kindergarten to 11th grade every year. Technically 9th grade was the same as 11th and 12th. So I switched schools from K-11 every year. We grew up in apartments and moved every year. 

[PinellasFB]

According to the Charlotte Sun article I read (behind paywall), he transferred to PCHS for football but said before the season started that it was a football-only transfer and he would be back at Charlotte for bball season.  It was all out in the open what his intentions were.

[Dr. D]

Student eligibility is described in Bylaw 9 of the FHSAA Handbook.  In the scenario described here, a transfer student can participate in a sport at his new school as long as he didn't participate in that sport at his old school during that school year.  Assuming the student meets all the administrative requirements for school transfer, he is eligible to participate in the sport (in this case, basketball) on the 6th day of attendance at the new school.  There are a lot of variables discussed in Bylaw 9, but the scenario described here seems to comply with FHSAA rules for transfer and eligibility.   

[PinellasFB]

4 hours ago, Dr. D said:

Student eligibility is described in Bylaw 9 of the FHSAA Handbook.  In the scenario described here, a transfer student can participate in a sport at his new school as long as he didn't participate in that sport at his old school during that school year.  Assuming the student meets all the administrative requirements for school transfer, he is eligible to participate in the sport (in this case, basketball) on the 6th day of attendance at the new school.  There are a lot of variables discussed in Bylaw 9, but the scenario described here seems to comply with FHSAA rules for transfer and eligibility.   

Dumb question then.  Weren't there some infamous in-season transfers this football season?  I seem to remember them being discussed here but don't recall which player/teams were involved.

[MarkECannon]

21 minutes ago, PinellasFB said:

Dumb question then.  Weren't there some infamous in-season transfers this football season?  I seem to remember them being discussed here but don't recall which player/teams were involved.

Don’t remember if it was the season before last or last but there was a RB that played in the kickoff classic for Jesuit then transferred to Wesley Chapel.  He played that next week. Someone told me about it but I did not verify .

[Dr. D]

An example is a player who transferred to Somerset-Canyons after playing the first two games of the 2024 regular season with Palm Beach Central.  According to the FHSAA, a student may participate in a sport at his/her new school if the student participated in that same sport at another school during that school year, if the student meets one of the following criteria:

(a) Dependent children of active-duty military personnel whose move resulted from military orders.

(b) Children who have been relocated due to a foster care placement in a different school zone.

(c) Children who move due to a court-ordered change in custody due to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or death of a custodial parent.

(d) Authorized for good cause in district, private or charter school board policy.

I suspect the bar for "good cause" is pretty low.  If a parent applies for a transfer for his/her son, it seems unlikely that anyone in a position of authority is going to seriously question the parent's motivation.  

[PinellasFB]

If I recall, there was an in season transfer involving Booker and Venice after a RB got injured?  Going from memory so might be wrong.

[CoachGraham]

Welcome to modern day High School athletics...

[Perspective]

I'm still waiting for a time when a kid goes into to the locker room at halftime and comes out wearing the other team's uniform and plays the second half with that team.  

Or better yet, perhaps a kid could switch back and forth with every possession and be like an old-school all-time QB. 

[Longtime Observer]

On 2/11/2025 at 6:42 AM, Perspective said:

I'm still waiting for a time when a kid goes into to the locker room at halftime and comes out wearing the other team's uniform and plays the second half with that team.  

Or better yet, perhaps a kid could switch back and forth with every possession and be like an old-school all-time QB. 

I continue to emphasize the fact that the rationale used to justfy the current state of affairs most definitely would support this otherwise absurd idea. Right now, the argument is that kids should be able to go wherever they please, based on what they think is best for them. That's it. So, quite obviously, a player playing on a team who's down 35-0 at halftime would benefit by not playing for the team getting blown out, but for the other team. The first such occurence is likely to be a game that is delayed for weather to the following Monday or beyond for processing of paperwork. But, once that first such transfer happens, there will be calls for expediting the process and letting the kid switch jerseys right there and then on that night. The preposterous, stupid nature of it is secondary- perhaps even tertiary- to the rationale guiding the rules.