[Ridge Runner]

Well since basketball has middle school kids playing for them why shouldn't the football promgrams have middle school kids on there teams? It just don't make since to me.hh:

Well, here KHSAA's ruling on the matter:

Case BL-4-6- What restrictions are in place forstudents below grade nine (9) to participate on thehigh school level? Can students below grade nine (9) participate for a highschool team? Provided that the elementary school,middle school or junior high school where the student is enrolled is under the direct administrative supervision of the same board of education as the member school the student desires to represent, the student may participate without limitation in all sports except for football, soccer and wrestling. If the local Board of Education has an adopted and enforced defined feeder pattern for its middle/junior high school students, participation at the high school level is restricted to the schools within that pattern (feeder school). Can a local school board place restrictions and limits on participation in sports other than football, soccer and wrestling? KRS 156.070 (2) bans the KHSAA or Kentucky Board of Education from implementing any prohibition on 7th and 8th graders participating in high school sports, and as interpreted, leaves that determination to the Local Board of Education and/or SBDM Council. However, that same statute and subsequent Attorney General Opinions specifically ban a prohibition against students playing on more than one school-sponsored team at the same time. Specifically exempted from this statute are the sports of football, soccer and wrestling, whose participants may be restricted if they are enrolled below grade nine. Students enrolled below grade nine (9) may not participate at the varsity level in football or soccer, and students below grade seven (7) may not participate in wrestling at the varsity level. Further definitions concerning “varsity level” in football, soccer and wrestling are contained in these interpretations. Is there a special academic rule for those students below grade nine (9)? Yes, Bylaw 5, Section 4 contains specific language relative to the participation of students below grade nine (9). Can a repeating student represent a KHSAA member school under any conditions in interscholastic athletics? Student-athletes may not represent a member school as a participant at any level if they are repeating a grade. What restrictions are in place in football and soccer for students below grade nine (9)? [size=2]Students below grade nine (9) within a feeder school and/or within the local system may not participate in any activity (practice, scrimmage or game) designated by either team as “varsity (first team)” in football or soccer. Students below grade nine (9) may not participate (practice, scrimmage or play) on non-varsity (freshman, junior varsity, etc.) level teams in football or soccer if any member of the team they are representing or the team they are competing against is enrolled in any grade above grade ten (10). It is the obligation of the school desiring to allow the grade school (below grade nine) student to participate to ensure compliance with this provision.



Well, thought this may help alittle. Must say I agree. Football, Wrestling and Soccer has just to much contact and kids below the 9th grade are just not mature enough to handle this. I don't care how big they are. They are still just kids. I witnessed this first hand one envening after watching a 8th garde foorball game. I was leaving and the Freshman game was kicking off. And WOW! I had to stop and look, because the noise level from the contact was unreal compared to what I had just watch.
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