the waiver

ok, so....our daughter's switch from the city school to the county school has been complicated by her sports eligibility: she competed in cross country as a freshman, and according to the rules she must sit out an entire year from all sports unless she qualifies for this rule to be waived. The most widely used qualification is bonafide change of address. We live in the county school's district- and have no need to change address. We switched our daughter to a school that provides coursework unavailable in the city school, like agriculture, equine science, small animal science as well as clubs like the FFA.....yeah, well, that and the fact that she did so very poorly as a freshman and the d-ville school counselors seemed disinterested in helping her.....to make a long story short, we were turned down on our request for a waiver, a decision that we appealed. The hearing was thursday in lexington.....imagine our surprise when the d-ville football coach showed up to argue against the waiver.....like our child was some sort of star runner that would give her new school an unfair advantage......we have to wait another 10 business days to get the transcript of the hearing, and then another couple of days to hear what the athletic association board decided. we understand fully that this has more to do with football and basketball players and the recruitment that goes on....it makes no sense that our child has changed to the school across town but cannot run in a few races.