We qualify, please let us play!

The Issue

Our basketball team has worked very hard to make it to the State Championships and have been disqualified due to a clerical error that was not our fault.  We have played our hearts out, kept our grades collectively above a 3.3 average (earning the NCS scholar athlete certificate) and dedicated our lives to basketball and this program. There is no clear CIF rule that would keep us from competing in the State Open Division Tournament. CIF has the latitude to let us play.

We need your help. Please sign our petition and help us get permission to play.

We understand our school's decision to stand by the NCS ruling. Yet it is our decision to follow what our school has taught us - to stand up and fight for injustice, to always do the right thing and to fight for what we believe in. This was not our error and this penalty does not fit the mistake. It is a crushing blow to a group of innocent, hard working girls - we want to represent our school and the values the school has instilled in us. We have a right to participate and play in the seat we have won with hard work, blood, sweat and tears. 

Thank you for your support!

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The Issue

Our basketball team has worked very hard to make it to the State Championships and have been disqualified due to a clerical error that was not our fault.  We have played our hearts out, kept our grades collectively above a 3.3 average (earning the NCS scholar athlete certificate) and dedicated our lives to basketball and this program. There is no clear CIF rule that would keep us from competing in the State Open Division Tournament. CIF has the latitude to let us play.

We need your help. Please sign our petition and help us get permission to play.

We understand our school's decision to stand by the NCS ruling. Yet it is our decision to follow what our school has taught us - to stand up and fight for injustice, to always do the right thing and to fight for what we believe in. This was not our error and this penalty does not fit the mistake. It is a crushing blow to a group of innocent, hard working girls - we want to represent our school and the values the school has instilled in us. We have a right to participate and play in the seat we have won with hard work, blood, sweat and tears. 

Thank you for your support!

The Decision Makers

Ellen Corbett
Former State Senate - California-10
Roger Blake
Roger Blake
CIF Executive Director
Brian Seymour
Brian Seymour
CIF State
Elizabeth Kyle
Elizabeth Kyle
CIF Northern Section
Donald Collins
Donald Collins
CIF San Francisco Section

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Petition created on February 28, 2014