State Legislators Call for Davenport Reinstatement

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Count the Alabama House of Representatives among those calling for the state’s high school athletic association to reinstate star basketball player Maori Davenport.

Davenport, a senior at Charles Henderson High School who intends to play her college ball at Rutgers, has been ruled ineligible for her senior season over an incident stemming from her involvement in a USA Basketball event. Davenport was mistakenly sent a payment of $857 by the organization for her participation on a U18 national team, in a practice that is generally allowed by the NCAA, but up to the discretion of each individual state’s high school athletic governing body. After realizing the error, USA Basketball reached out to the AHSAA, the check was returned, but Davenport was still deemed to have violated the rule. The punishment: a one-year suspension.

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