AAC Committee rules Australian athletes ineligible

Southern Sports & Travel

The MAIS AAC Committee has overturned the recent ruling of the MAIS Eligibility Committee which granted "hardship" status to Australian transfer students playing basketball at Copiah Academy and Marshall Academy, ruling them ineligible with only 18 days remaining until post season play.

Status of those games played prior to today's ruling is unknown.

Southern Sports & Travel has sent a request via email to MAIS Director of Activities Les Triplett and MAIS Associate Director of Activities David Drake as to whether the MAIS or the MAIS AAC Committee will release a statement regarding today's decision. 

Both Copiah and Marshall must forfeit games that the Australian student/athletes participated in.

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Note**Southern Sports & Travel received the following statement late this evening via email from MAIS Director of Activities Les Triplett:

" It is our policy to refrain from any comments on committee or AAC action involving eligibility cases.  That info would have to come from the schools."