OSG High: Daxx Garman, High School Quarterback without a High School

Daxx Garman plays football/Courtesy: coachessaid.com

This is an update to a story that we told you about back on August 25th. It involves a highly sought after high school football quarterback by the name of Daxx Garman.

Read the original story RIGHT HERE

To summarize. Garman's family moved from Oklahoma to the metro Dallas area, arguably to play at a better high school, noted Texas powerhouse Southlake Carroll.

Well, it appears as the the governing body for high school football in the state has made a ruling on Garman's eligibility. They ruled that the Garman family move from Oklahoma was "Made for athletic purposes, which is forbidden by the UIL" (Governing body). They cited a document that the family signed to lease a home in the Southlake district which said that if Garman is not accepted in the Carroll program, they could cancel the lease. 


Hmmm....

Read the Dallas Morning News' excellent coverage of this story RIGHT HERE

Yeah, this doesn't pass the smell test. For whatever reason, a couple of Dallas area media outlets began asking around about this story and low and behold, the truth comes out. No, the Southlake people are pretty pissed off about it. They shouldn't be.

Look at the kid's history. We aren't saying that he's a bad kid. He may be a great kid. But the bottom line is, school districts are in place for a reason. Sure, it's common knowledge that those boundaries get bent for sports purposes, it's happened for years. And it will continue.

No, the problem is they got caught. We suspect that there will be tons of blame on the media for this and there shouldn't be. Someone tipped them off, they did some digging and wow...they found a story. Whether it goes on all the time or not is irrelevant. The fact is the Garman family and Southlake got caught.

Daxx, for his part, is already committed to play at Arizona. That probably won't change. We just hope the case reminds people that for all the trappings, high school sports at a certain level has become a business, just like the game at higher levels.

See the TV Story on this from MyFoxDFW.com right here:

Dallas area High School QB may be skirting the rules

While scanning the vastness of the internets for stories tonight, we stumbled across this interesting read out of Dallas. The quarterback of one of the areas biggest football factories, may be ruled ineligible, due to either a goof up...or trying to avoid eligibility rules.

The player in question, Daxx Garmin apparently, had lived in Oklahoma where there were some issues related to where he lived. The report, by Dallas TV station WFAA says that though Garmin and his family now say they reside in the Southlake school district. They apparently have a home there. However the report says still have ties to their previous home in Oklahoma.

Here is a text version of the WFAA story, read it RIGHT HERE

Here is a bit more from the Dallas Morning News...READ HERE

The school district release their own statement read it...RIGHT HERE

There are a lot of strong opinions in the Dallas area about this story. There should be. The skirting of the rules is not uncommon, particularly with kids who have the potential to be star athletes. We aren't implicating or saying that the Garmin family did anything wrong, they may not have. But the question is legitimate and when you read the background and see the TV story it makes you wonder.

The investigative story from WFAA is here, judge for yourselves: