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Foreign-born athletes spark age concerns: A 30-year-old suited up for Immokalee High teams, raising questions about eligibility rules.
Byline: Buddy Collings
Jun. 15--Today's sportswriter is cautioned against using cliches such as "man among boys." But for this story, there's no getting around that one. Immokalee High School of rural Southwest Florida has been rocked by the discovery that five foreign-born overage players, including 30-year-old soccer player and football kicker Blandel Jean, played for the Indians from 2003-05. Florida High School Athletic Association rules make students ineligible for sports on the day they turn 19 years, 9 months old. Immokalee's embarrassment, involving failed background checks and falsified birth certificates, has mouths wide open. How can a 30-year-old man be mistaken for a teenager? It also opens eyes to the pitfalls administrators face in determining ages for a tidal wave of foreign-born students. "I've been here 32 years, and I don't have recollection of anything remotely like…
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