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Brooklyn Center, Minn.

State high school league tightens transfer rule for athletes

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(AP) - The Minnesota High School League voted Friday for new rules intended to discourage the creation of prep teams stocked with star athletes who transferred into the school.

The league's representative council voted 48-0 for a rule mandating one year of ineligibility for high school athletes who change schools without also changing their residence.

The league's board of directors unanimously approved the rule in February. Friday was the final vote on the rule by the league, although the Legislature could overrule the decision. A hearing was scheduled for Monday in the House on the matter.

Unless the Legislature overturns the rule, it would take effect March 30. The league also created a procedure for giving exceptions to the year of ineligibility.

Currently, athletes can change schools once and be eligible for competition immediately, while a second transfer without a change of residence makes the athlete ineligible for the first half of any sports season.

However, there has been growing concern that the state's open enrollment law has been abused by athletes and their families in search of better teams or more playing time.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)