Alabama HS Athletic Association Embarrasses Itself Again - Hoover High Baseball

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AHSAA’s Central Board denies Hoover appeal regarding baseball coach Adam Moseley’s status

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The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Central Board of Control on Wednesday morning denied an appeal by Hoover High School that could have allowed Adam Moseley to coach his baseball team this season.

Moseley was one of the coaches on the USA Baseball Under 18 National Team in September. The roster for that team, which won the gold medal, included one of his Hoover players.

According to an AHSAA bylaw written and voted into the constitution by member schools, a coach in any sport cannot coach one of his players in competition outside of season during the school year. Since the games took place in September, a violation took place.

When this happens, according to the AHSAA rule book, it “renders that student or the offending coach ineligible in the sport in which the violation occurred for that school season.” Moseley plans to sit out this season so his student can play.

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Good on the coach for stepping aside for a season so his player can play. He comes out looking like an absolute saint in this and now has the backing of the entire community.

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One of their main arguments was that Moseley, who was the pitching coach for Team USA, did not coach his Hoover player, who was not a pitcher.

“I’m also extremely disappointed that the AHSAA does not accept documentation from USA baseball, the governing body of our sport, with regards to the role I played and whether or not I coached the player,” Moseley said.

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Former Hoover and Auburn star Sonny DiChiara, Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon, UAB coach Casey Dunn and ESPN basketball commentator Jay Bilas have been among those defending Moseley on social media platforms this week.

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Clearly, the intent of this rule wasn't to prevent people from representing their country in international competition, but in this case he wasn't even coaching the player! Of course the AHSAA can't help itself but to be a complete embarrassment to the state of Alabama every single year.

Remember last year when the AHSAA made national news because they refused to move a basketball game's time on the same day and forced a seventh day adventist school to forfeit in the state semifinals? LINK

Or in 2019 when the AHSAA made national news because they ruled a girls basketball player was ineligible because she got an extremely small check from Team USA basketball that should have been allowed anyway? LINK

Well, here we go again.

These folks are doing everything they can to make everyone in this state angry with them, and I hope the state government begins to take note and abolishes the AHSAA completely.