Eight suspended players granted eligibility by FHSAA to play – anywhere but Gadsden County

[Nulli Secundus]

I didn’t see that coming, well for one perhaps lol. 
 

Article - Tallahassee.com

[nolebull813]

Such a shame. All these kids wanted to do was get a good education and good athletic experience. Since the academics at Gadsden County are poor, they needed to seek other resources without being handcuffed to some athletic program that won’t help them achieve success in any way. There are no good teams in Tallahassee. Lincoln is the only one with a heartbeat, and they are playing musical coaches all to no avail. 
 

Just disappointing that in order to get one experience, you have to sacrifice the other. 

[181pl]

maybe one of the private school powers will recruit them and give them a free ride. Our state is so fu&in phony it’s pathetic…

[PinellasFB]

On 8/7/2025 at 5:39 PM, nolebull813 said:

Such a shame. All these kids wanted to do was get a good education and good athletic experience. Since the academics at Gadsden County are poor, they needed to seek other resources without being handcuffed to some athletic program that won’t help them achieve success in any way. There are no good teams in Tallahassee. Lincoln is the only one with a heartbeat, and they are playing musical coaches all to no avail. 

One kid was from Cairo GA and two others were from Miami.  As "Non-traditional student", I'm pretty sure moving to Tally was a sports-only decision.  FL needs to put some sort of boundaries or limits around these non-trad students because it is obviously an abused system.

[Longtime Observer]

5 hours ago, PinellasFB said:

One kid was from Cairo GA and two others were from Miami.  As "Non-traditional student", I'm pretty sure moving to Tally was a sports-only decision.  FL needs to put some sort of boundaries or limits around these non-trad students because it is obviously an abused system.

Moving to a particular area to be able to attend certain schools is, and has been for decades, a very basic, sensible decision parents make. No one seems to raise an issue when families move into the zone of highly rated academic schools, which leads to those schools having a disproportionate share of smart, motivated students. No one has a problem with families moving into a zone because a school has an excellent arts program, cheerleading porgram etc. 

Again, the obvious answer is also the most unpopular answer: separate major, fiancially incentivized sports programs from schools. Schools are schools, and mega $ sports are mega $ sports. The two should not be connected.

[nolebull813]

1 hour ago, Longtime Observer said:

Moving to a particular area to be able to attend certain schools is, and has been for decades, a very basic, sensible decision parents make. No one seems to raise an issue when families move into the zone of highly rated academic schools, which leads to those schools having a disproportionate share of smart, motivated students. No one has a problem with families moving into a zone because a school has an excellent arts program, cheerleading porgram etc. 

Again, the obvious answer is also the most unpopular answer: separate major, fiancially incentivized sports programs from schools. Schools are schools, and mega $ sports are mega $ sports. The two should not be connected.

 No one cares the stud tuba player transferred to the school with the bigger and better auditorium 

except maybe the lead tuba at the new school 

[PinellasFB]

I hear you guys but HS sports has always been about fair play.  Fair play is rolling with whoever you have in your student body.  Unfair play is concentrating players on one team.   Teams are supposed to rise and fall each year depending upon who is moving through their system in any given period.  I absolutely hate the new trend of dropping out of school to become a sell sword to any team as a "non-traditional" student.  I mean come on, you can take any online garbage or worse, "home schooled", and go play for whichever team needs you.  This is just not how the rule was intended to work when it was implemented for those very few kids who were really doing something non-traditional for purely academic reasons (STEM schools, etc) or religious reasons.  Now these non-trad kids pretty much train or play sports all day.  Where's the academics?  I've known a few of these kids personally and yes, they are not really doing anything academic.  

If I were to change the rule, I would just make the rule simple.  You have to attend the school you play for.  This would end the non-sense.  If you are one of the few going to a STEM school, then that could be an exception.  No exceptions for home schooling anymore because if you really wanted to do it for religious then go ahead but only club sports for you.  Your choice.

[muckboy561]

Florida High are the district champions without playing a game.