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Crosstown Rival Basketball Transfer Examined
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by EBAL Fan, another community,
on Jan 25, 2012
Last year, just about this time, Jabari Bird’s family and his head coach were scrambling to get the 6-5 Benicia High School transfer to Salesian-Richmond reinstated with his high school basketball eligibility. It seems that there were a few oversights on his CIF/NCS Form 510 failing to disclose his contact and affiliations with his new high school, Salesian-Richmond. One oversight being that Jabari Bird’s father did not report that his son had played on an AAU team during the summer with a Salesian-Richmond basketball player at his new transfer high school.
Long story, short, Jabari Bird’s eligibility was eventually reinstated, but numerous Salesian-Richmond games still needed to be forfeited.
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Given that Jabari Bird’s basketball talent had not only attained regional attention but national attention, his decision on which high school to play coul