[charlie22]

I usually just know enough to be dangerous. So Hatz or anyone please help. Wasen't there a vote a few years back by the participating schools to seperate public and private schools. When the motion or whatever they do went to the board it was shot down.

If the above is true maybe the same thing happened with the rule about transfering.

Just thought I would ask, thanks in advance.:thanks:

That's a very fair question/observation. Yes you are right in that the board voted (in a very close vote) not to support the public private split because they felt it would not be in the best interest of high school athletics; it was almost impossible to do logistically; and would be extremely expensive. Furthermore, it could force a very small private school to have to play a huge private school if there was going to be one private school division playoff system due to the small number of private schools in Ky. That was the mentality of the KHSAA board at that time I was told by someone I know who was on the board at the time.

I don't think the problems with the transfer rule are of quite the magnitude in the eyes of the KHSAA as were the problems with the public private split proposal. And I didn't meant to imply that everyone associated with the KHSAA is not in favor of the current transfer rule. Plus keep in mind that the transfer rule has been in effect for quite some time. Who knows: if the transfer rule was just now being placed in effect, perhaps it wouldn't pass KHSAA review either. Hard to say. I will say this: as Tackett pointed out in his recent interview with the CJ, the mentality at the General Assembly these days is "let the kids" play; it's about participation not about what impact freer transfers will have on who wins what state championship. If enough people opposed to the current rule contact their legislators and enough legislators want the rule to change, it will change. I don't think the change will come from the schools however, simply because there are more "have nots" than there are "haves". I don't think the change will come from the KHSAA board either because I believe 14 of the 18 board members are elected by the schools. Enough did buck up to resist the pressure of the schools that elected them to vote down the public private split, but I don't see that happening on any attempt to change the transfer rule "internally".