BCSS, which is the governing body for school sports in B.C., sent out a three-page memo to all its member schools on Tuesday, giving its version of affairs for why Kits was ousted from the Vancouver championship tournament due to playing in the regular season with an ineligible player.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
BCSS has never made public how many eligibility appeals are denied in a year. It’s not unheard of for transfer students to sit out a year of athletics. Steve Nash didn’t play his Grade 11 basketball season when he transferred from Mt. Douglas to St. Michaels University School. The parents were asked about finances, the memo states. That’s because he was moving from a private school to a public one.
The Vancouver Secondary Schools Athletic Association disqualified Kits from the city tournament last week.
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