{"id":858,"date":"2012-09-24T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=858"},"modified":"2012-09-24T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:03:25","slug":"the-education-report-in-oakland-new-player-eligibility-rules-and-forfeited-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/09\/24\/the-education-report-in-oakland-new-player-eligibility-rules-and-forfeited-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Education Report: In Oakland, new player eligibility rules and forfeited games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>September 20th, 2012
\nWritten by Katy Murphy<\/p>\n

Castlemont High has canceled its second football game on Friday because it lacks enough eligible players.<\/p>\n

Skyline High, a school of nearly 2,000 students, forfeited its very first football game of the season \u2014 also, because it couldn\u2019t field a team. At the time, its coach wrote a widely circulated letter to Superintendent Tony Smith saying the Oakland Athletic League\u2019s new rules were keeping many of his otherwise-eligible players off the field.<\/p>\n

The new rules, passed in the spring by high school principals who sit on the Oakland Athletic League policy committee, caused a big stir and plenty of confusion and alarm in the prep sports world. The policy originally stated that a student needed an overall<\/em> 2.0 GPA, or C average, to be eligible (rather than a 2.0 in the previous marking period) as well as a certain number of credits. If not, the student would be sidelined for the entire school year.<\/p>\n

So in the last few weeks, after plenty of, well, `input\u2019 from coaches and others, the policy has softened. The GPA policy went back to the way it used to be (and the same as nearly every other league).<\/p>\n

And perhaps more significantly, some players with poor academic records will have a second chance to participate on a team if they show they\u2019re making up credits and raising their GPAs \u2014 if not for the fall season, possibly for a sport they play in the winter or spring.\u00a0The OAL policy committee on Wednesday\u00a0created an appeal process for players who are behind on credits or who received a GPA below a 2.0 in their last 6-week marking period.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new this year, after all of the changes, has to do with making sure players aren\u2019t falling behind on their course credits.<\/p>\n

To read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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