Comments on: Court dismisses bowler’s lawsuit against ILH

By: Education First

Education First — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 01:18:37 +0000

Many schools push sports over academics. I can think of one private school, with atrocious test scores, that seem to value a touchdown over an A or a decent SBAC score.

By: Gail S

Gail S — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:38:57 +0000

If she is struggling in school, shouldn’t concentrating on academics be more of a priority than playing sports? How was she allowed to compete while at PUN if she was on the verge of being expelled due to academics? And because of one class? Sure doesn’t sound like the whole story.

By: Pacheco

Pacheco — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:45:44 +0000

Couldn’t she have continued bowling at an OIA school instead of transferring to another ILH one? The transfer rules are very clear.

By: hwnstyll

hwnstyll — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:44:11 +0000

I agree that she should have been allowed to bowl because there is no assumed gain from leaving one school to another. However if she won this lawsuit it could open the door for other students to get dismissed from their current school in order to aovid the transfer rule.
Personally the transfer rule is a bad rule and only hurts the student athletes. Why do coaches have different rules?

By: Nick Abramo

Nick Abramo — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 22:54:57 +0000

In reply to be thankful. Right, DSinTheSun: when asked why he was seeking no less than $5 million, the lawyer said it is standard practice to ask for that much (or something like that). I do not understand that at all. It is my personal opinion (and obviously an opinion does little against an ILH rule and the iron fist of the law) that an exception should have been made and the ILH champion bowler should have been allowed to bowl. It was not her choice to "transfer." I am in the minority here. Most people I talk to say that a rule is a rule and that she has no ground to stand on because she was dismissed for poor academic performance. I say, "LET THE BOWLERS BOWL."

By: Nick Abramo

Nick Abramo — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 22:46:45 +0000

In reply to James. Good point James. When the story originally ran in the newspaper in September, it was noted that Punahou declined to comment (of course, due to privacy) on the issue. So you are correct, the girl failing one class and getting dismissed is the family's account and may not be the whole story.

By: James

James — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:38:42 +0000

No one gets dismissed after failing just ONE class. Her GPA had to have been below 1.7 for at least two consecutive quarters. Failing one class would not do that unless the rest of her grades were no better than D’s and some C’s. It seems they’re not telling the whole story.

By: be thankful

be thankful — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 04:47:06 +0000

I understand she wanted to get back her eligibility, but the nerve to ask for $5M. Lawyers are skunks and the parents went along with it. As if the ILH has $5M to burn. It would be at the expense of other students and programs. So sad, too bad, move on.

By: Nick Abramo

Nick Abramo — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:15:29 +0000

In reply to EwaEwa. well, there is a bowling tab on the Hawaii Prep World home page, so yes, we are

By: EwaEwa

EwaEwa — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:15:00 +0000

Bowling? ….we talking Bowling?

….BOWLING?

we……cmon……bowling?

…BOWLING?