North Carolina Limits Eligibility Of High School Students Who Transfer

News & Observer

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/01/2863749/nchsaa-limits-eligibility-of.html

The N.C. High School Athletic Association board of directors made a major change in its regulations about transfers and addressed non-traditional schools during an action-filled spring meeting Wednesday.

The board passed a rule that would make ineligible for 365 days any student who transfers without a legitimate address change. Local systems can override the NCHSAA rules for transfers within their own system.

Currently, a student can transfer from one system to another and participate in athletics if both systems are agreeable.

The board voted 14-5 against the motion that would have required non-traditional schools to move up a classification in the playoffs in sports in which they had been successful.

Under the proposal, Cardinal Gibbons, which has dominated the state 3A volleyball championships, would have been moved to the 4A playoff bracket for volleyball. for example. Winston-Salem Bishop McGuinness, a 1A girls’ basketball power, would have played in the 2A basketball bracket.

Davis Whitfield, the NCHSAA commissioner, said some board members had concerns about treating non-traditional schools differently than other members.

Mac Morris, a representative from the N.C. Coaches Association, said moving the teams up would amount to punishment for being successful.

Other board members said the non-traditional schools have an advantage because they do not have attendance zones.