Football: The high school version of redshirting

Redshirting in college is when a player sits out a season and doesn't lose any eligibility. The high school version of redshirting is when a player sits out a season after being declared ineligible after transferring without moving. Or, as one football coach said, it's a junior high student who repeats eighth grade and doesn't lose a year of eligibility.

More and more high school athletes are not being scared off by the threat of having to sit out a season. The Woodland Hills Taft basketball team had Bryce Jones sit out a season, then he became an All-City player the next season. Kevin Johnson sat out last season at Taft after transferring from Gardena Serra and is expected to become a standout this season.

At La Puente Bishop Amat, Wallace Gonzalez, a tight end and baseball player, sat out last season after transferring from Glendora. He's eligible this season. And now Brock Booth, a tight end who transferred to Bishop Amat from South Hills, has been declared ineligible by the Southern Section and will have to sit out a season.

Welcome to the new era of high school sports. Sitting out a season doesn't seem to be a big penalty any longer.

-- Eric Sondheimer

Comments

[RS]

South Hills sucks for what they are doing to these players. They should have done this the week the student transferred, not 2 weeks before the season begins.

[TC observer]

ES, Brock Booth is a Senior. There is NO next season for him at the HS level.

South Hills HS AD challenged transfer at the LAST MINUTE. CS move since SHHS has LIVED OFF of transfers from OTHER schools for YEARS.