He plays for the program all summer. He is moving to Baltimore this summer. He is not a guest player, just wants to play with the best
Just because Looneys includes him on on their roster year round, the fact remains he only comes up for some games until summer time. He is also listed on the roster for a Florida high school team and plays with them making him ineligible for certain tournaments AND the hoco league. You are breaking the rules.
Go read the rules again, very carefully.
Here you go. The player is participating in a high school level team therefore he is ineligible. There is no other way to read the below. Hoco is allowing Looneys to beak their own rule and it is a rule hat according to the league bylaws all teams agreed to prior to the season. No team should be put in the position of having to appeal the player when it is a blatant rule being broken. Just go to Hudl or the Florida schools write ups etc.
"Players who are participating in any high-school level program such as a high school freshman, JV-B, junior varsity, varsity or club team should not be eligible for 8th grade/U15 competition in the same season. "
Someone a few days ago posted about this rule/guideline and noted how it is worded. It says "should not". After this person posted this someone took exception and thought it was a stretch. Maybe it is but I feel the wording could have been more direct and on point, such as "can not" That same poster also mentioned how the grade base rule/guidelines are worded, and pointed out they could have been worded stronger. Is this enough to give any team a way around a rule? Only HOCO can answer that.
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