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He was probably going to be ineligible for 5 games at his new HS in Arizona.
There are many reasons for this move. Chief among those reasons being that Raiola wants to play a full senior year of football. In Arizona Raiola was facing a potential 5-game suspension due to AIA intrastate transfer rules. The Raiola family had decided to move from Chandler High School to Pinnacle High School earlier this year and applied for a hardship to be able to play immediately.
The Raiola family met with district officials to plan an appeal to the AIA in May. The AIA informed Pinnacle and the Raiola family that a decision on the appeal would not be made until August 15. That timing was too close to the season for anyone who was involved’s liking, including the Pinnacle head coach and staff. So the decision to move was made first and foremost in efforts for Raiola to get to play and compete for the entirety of his senior season.
“The important thing for Dylan was to be able to compete for his last season in high school,” Dom Raiola told UGASports. “And after meeting with the head coach at Pinnacle, the coach was confident that he’d have to sit out games to start his senior year.”
https://uga.rivals.com/news/dylan-raiola-moving-to-georgia-buford-high-school-for-senior-year
There are many reasons for this move. Chief among those reasons being that Raiola wants to play a full senior year of football. In Arizona Raiola was facing a potential 5-game suspension due to AIA intrastate transfer rules. The Raiola family had decided to move from Chandler High School to Pinnacle High School earlier this year and applied for a hardship to be able to play immediately.
The Raiola family met with district officials to plan an appeal to the AIA in May. The AIA informed Pinnacle and the Raiola family that a decision on the appeal would not be made until August 15. That timing was too close to the season for anyone who was involved’s liking, including the Pinnacle head coach and staff. So the decision to move was made first and foremost in efforts for Raiola to get to play and compete for the entirety of his senior season.
“The important thing for Dylan was to be able to compete for his last season in high school,” Dom Raiola told UGASports. “And after meeting with the head coach at Pinnacle, the coach was confident that he’d have to sit out games to start his senior year.”
https://uga.rivals.com/news/dylan-raiola-moving-to-georgia-buford-high-school-for-senior-year