{"id":98778,"date":"2018-02-15T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98778"},"modified":"2018-02-15T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:29:51","slug":"ohsaa-transfer-bylaw-could-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/02\/15\/ohsaa-transfer-bylaw-could-change\/","title":{"rendered":"OHSAA transfer bylaw could change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS — Member high schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association will vote in May on a proposed change to the OHSAA\u2019s transfer bylaw.<\/p>\n

The proposed change, which can only be approved by a majority vote of the OHSAA\u2019s 819 member high schools, changes the sit-out period for transfer students who do not meet one of the established exceptions to the transfer bylaw.\"\"<\/p>\n

Currently, transfer students who do not meet an exception must sit out preseason contests and the first half of the regular-season before becoming eligible to participate. Instead, the proposed change would have students sit out the second half of the regular-season and the OHSAA postseason tournament.<\/p>\n

Member schools will vote on all proposed changes from May 1-15, with results announced on May 16. If approved by the membership, the change would become effective immediately and apply to any students who transfer after May 16, 2018. Changes to the OHSAA Constitution and Bylaws can only come from a majority vote of the member schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of the feedback we have received from the membership indicates that the current consequence \u2013 sitting out the first half of the regular season \u2013 is not a significant deterrent,\u201d Dr. Dan Ross, OHSAA Executive Director, said. \u201cIf a student knows that the end of the regular-season and the tournament will still be available, they are more likely to transfer. We don\u2019t believe that a high number of transfers is good for education-based athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are 11 exceptions in the transfer bylaw, the most common being a change of residence into a new school district, which grant immediate eligibility. For decades, the consequence for transferring without meeting one of the exceptions was ineligibility for an entire calendar year in all sports regardless of which sports the student played at the previous school.<\/p>\n

In 2013, the transfer bylaw was changed to its current format, which calls for ineligibility during the first half of the season in the sports that the student played in the previous 12 months prior to the date of transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information COLUMBUS — Member high schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association will vote in May on a proposed change to the OHSAA\u2019s transfer bylaw. The proposed change, which can only be approved by a majority vote of the OHSAA\u2019s 819 member high schools, changes the sit-out period for transfer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 11:46:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}