High School Basketball Thread

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1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Annual event at Brownsburg HS scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6.

That’s a pretty nice event. May need to pencil that one in. Ertel vs Gardner would probably enough by itself, but that’s a solid field.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,525]

Pretty big news for Fishers HS yesterday.  '26 Kai McGrew who previously attended Lawrence North was granted limited eligibility to play at Fishers this year by the IHSAA.   His initial appeal to the IHSAA was also denied.  However, on Tuesday, the Department of Education Case Review Panel overturned the decision, a source confirmed. McGrew will have full eligibility at the start of the season.

McGrew, who averaged 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists as a junior at Lawrence North, enrolled at Fishers on April 22, which was before the new IHSAA transfer rules went into effect, meaning his transfer process was under the previous transfer rules. The limited eligibility ruling limited McGrew to playing junior varsity games for 365 days from his last varsity game, which was in the Class 4A semistate on March 22 with Lawrence North.

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41 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Pretty big news for Fishers HS yesterday.  '26 Kai McGrew who previously attended Lawrence North was granted limited eligibility to play at Fishers this year by the IHSAA.   His initial appeal to the IHSAA was also denied.  However, on Tuesday, the Department of Education Case Review Panel overturned the decision, a source confirmed. McGrew will have full eligibility at the start of the season.

McGrew, who averaged 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists as a junior at Lawrence North, enrolled at Fishers on April 22, which was before the new IHSAA transfer rules went into effect, meaning his transfer process was under the previous transfer rules. The limited eligibility ruling limited McGrew to playing junior varsity games for 365 days from his last varsity game, which was in the Class 4A semistate on March 22 with Lawrence North.

So, he finished the ‘24-25 school year at Fishers but would have de facto lost the ‘25-26 season? Is it a function of proximity between the schools? If he’d transferred to, say, Center Grove would it have played out the same way? 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,525]

Ohio high school athletes can temporarily sign NIL deals, following an Ohio judge granting a temporary restraining order on Monday.  Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page granted the TRO against eligibility rules prohibiting high school athletes from signing endorsement deals while retaining amateur status. The order was granted in a lawsuit filed by 2027 4-star wide receiver and Ohio State commit Jamier Brown, who sued the Ohio High School Athletic Association last week.  Back in 2022, the OHSAA voted against allowing NIL for high school athletes in the state. The judge's order will last 45 days until Dec. 15, when another hearing is scheduled for a preliminary injunction. Until then, the OHSAA will not be able to enforce its NIL rules.

 

By all means, let's start making 5 and 6 figure payments to 15-18 year olds.  

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1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ohio high school athletes can temporarily sign NIL deals, following an Ohio judge granting a temporary restraining order on Monday.  Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page granted the TRO against eligibility rules prohibiting high school athletes from signing endorsement deals while retaining amateur status. The order was granted in a lawsuit filed by 2027 4-star wide receiver and Ohio State commit Jamier Brown, who sued the Ohio High School Athletic Association last week.  Back in 2022, the OHSAA voted against allowing NIL for high school athletes in the state. The judge's order will last 45 days until Dec. 15, when another hearing is scheduled for a preliminary injunction. Until then, the OHSAA will not be able to enforce its NIL rules.

 

By all means, let's start making 5 and 6 figure payments to 15-18 year olds.  

Here’s a hypothetical for you: how much would Damon Bailey have made between 4 years of high school and 4 years at IU in the modern era? 50 mil? More?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,525]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Here’s a hypothetical for you: how much would Damon Bailey have made between 4 years of high school and 4 years at IU in the modern era? 50 mil? More?

How soon before similar lawsuits aren't filed in every state in the union?  How soon before kids who've been out of high school for a couple of years don't sue to get some kind of retroactive payment solely because they didn't get theirs?

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On 10/22/2025 at 9:57 AM, Demo said:

Here’s a hypothetical for you: how much would Damon Bailey have made between 4 years of high school and 4 years at IU in the modern era? 50 mil? More?

Luke Brown could of bought a car for sure selling t- shirts.