No, a school can't control how many new kids transfer into the school.  However, they can control how many they allow on the football team without sitting out a year.  I have observed HS ball for dozens of years.  The schools that aren't "high valued" football teams don't generally get more than a handful of new kids in.  PHU never gets more than 1-2 transfers in due to a move each year.  Even more desirable teams rarely get more than 5 from my count.  Compare that to someone like TFA that gets 30+ transfers in.  I could randomly choose a final four team from any classification and I'm guessing they all would have 5+.  Clearly then, this rule would apply only to the usual suspects.

If it doesn't matter and you are not trying to make a huge issue about it, why did you bring it up in the first place? The ineligible man down field was declined I believe, because Lake Mary had an incomplete pass on the play. The Defensive Pass Interference penalty was not declined, neither foul offset.  

PinellasFB, I believe you have floated this idea before.   I'm not saying it's a bad idea or that you're wrong, but I have a legit question and it basically boils down to this:  can a school control the number of transfers that come into the school in a given year?   While some (many?) transfers are the direct result of [illegal] recruiting efforts, sometimes there are other factors that result in a school receiving transfers . . . a head or position coach switches schools, a particular school becomes the "cool school" for whatever reasons and the kids want to go there, a nearby charter school shuts down, etc.  It seems like your idea "punishes" a school that happens to benefit from a handful of transfers even if the school did nothing against the rules to cause the influx.  Can a school or a coach 'turn down' a kid who wants to transfer into that school?  In short, if your proposal were instituted, is there any way a school could limit the number of incoming transfers for a given year to avoid being elevated into the open division?    

Not that it matters. I am not trying to make a huge to do about this. I would be willing to go back and watch a replay of the game if I could find one. My buddy watched it streamed live. But I have never found a link. The 2 penalties you mentioned completely ring a bell as to the decline and offsetting. 

There were several fouls called that became penalties in the first half against Lake Mary including in an ineligible man down field and a Defensive Pass Interference penalty right before halftime if I am not mistaken.