School Board Adopts New Policy for Transferring Student-Athletes
Athletes won't be allowed to play sports for a year after transferring schools.
The Hillsborough County School Board is making it a lot more difficult for a student-athlete to switch high schools to play for another sports team. Following the scandal earlier this year surrounding the Armwood High School football team, on Sept. 11 the school board adopted a new participation policy for student-athletes who transfer to another school. Under the new policy, students won’t be eligible to play sports for a year after the transfer. The new policy is aimed at preventing students from transferring so they can play for a specific sports team. In May, the Florida High School Athletic Association determined that Armwood football players had faked their addresses so they could play for the championship team. Under the new policy…
