Football: Edison QB Favreau ruled ineligible
August 27th, 2010, 6:38 pm · · posted by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
(UPDATE 9/7/10): Favreau transfer approved)
Edison junior quarterback Chase Favreau has been declared ineligible for the 2010 season by the CIF-SS, which ruled that his transfer from Mater Dei last school year was athletically motivated, section spokesman Thom Simmons confirmed Friday.
Edison coach Dave White said late Friday night that the school will appeal the Southern Section’s decision.
“We’re going to fight this one … to the hilt,” White said. “It’s totally ridiculous. … We’ve got some angry people at Edison.”
White said Favreau (No. 7 above) has made a change of residence and that his transfer paperwork was recently submitted to the CIF Southern Section.
White, entering his 25th year as Edison’s head coach, also said he is concerned with how some transfers are being approved while others are not.
“I don’t get it,” he said. “I’m blown away.”
Transfers have been a hot topic this offseason. Orange County powers Mission Viejo, Mater Dei, Los Alamitos, La Habra and Orange Lutheran have key transfer players in recent months. Irvine’s DaVonte Young was ruled ineligible at Tustin by the CIF because of disciplinary issues and athletic motivations.
As far other quarterback options at Edison, White said the next in line are junior Bryce Campbell (6-1, 195) and sophomore Alek Torgersen (6-1, 180). Campbell had been projected to start at tight end.
The CIF-SS website lists Favreau’s transfer as denied and as “restrict football until 2/9/11.”
The news on Favreau comes just days after it was confirmed by OCVarsity.com that Edison’s top skill player – senior running back/cornerback Davion Orphey – is academically ineligible for the 2010 season.
“Tough couple of weeks for the Chargers,” White said.
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wow, what a blow for Edison this past week. Better bring home chocolate for the wife, she is not going to be happy, however, yes dear, Edison is still number one, ( this week, not so sure in the next few weeks)
THIS KID WOULD BE A BACKUP THIS YEAR AT MATER DEI! So he transfers to a school so he can play. when he started his career at Mater Dei he didn’t know some stud from out of state was transferring in. Now cif strips this kid of a year of eligibilty! Come on people! Leave this kid alone and let him play. Transfer out of state Chase and you can play right away. I hope he has a successful appeal. Nice job cif of trying to ruin this kids high school career! THIS IS TERRIBLE!
Athletically motivated transfers are not allowed. Why should Edison get a pass?
Should we also waive the rule for Davion. New rule: Unless you play for Edison, you must maintain a “C ” average to be eligible”
Edison needs to play by the rules too.
No kidding… this is a huge blow to Edison. It’s bad to lose a top athlete but especially a killer to lose a starting QB at the last minute they’ve worked together all summer… at least he’ll have next year… too bad Orphey doesn’t have that luxury.
Which brings up the question of how LosAl gets away with transferring in three Poly players in less than a year without a challenge along the way?
Yeah, how is that possible?
I know it is a blow to Edison, but if it was for athletic reasons, then White should have known it was coming, and just like the Young player from Irvine to tustin to now SJ Bosco, the rules say you have to sit a year. I am really surprised to see this though, to prove it is an athletic move over a financial one, I thought would be hard to prove. ( that and why did it take so long for CIF to get around to saying this, we knew about Young a month ago it seams)
Im not even an Edison fan… Of all teams I am actually a fan of Capo but anyway staying on topic. This is ridiculous! HBtown said it perfectly, its not the kids fault a top recruit came in from out of state. The CIF should definatly think about adding certain bylaws to this.
Sad as it is, it’s my understanding that though Favreau enrolled in Jan 2010, Edison and Favreau’s family failed to apply accordingly. It has only been in the last 10 days or so, that the Charger AD decided to apply for transfer and eligibility.
Transfers going from Poly to LA have had no problem because of the ablility to move from an apartment to another apartment witin the LA district.
The financial hardship consideration is the only legitimate appeal for Favreau and I’m sure it’s being pursued….a little late in the game, unfortunately.
Favreau is toast for this season. It’s good the (now N.C.A.A. clone) C.I.F. is doing what’s right. The whole thing was getting out of hand. The kid lives
in Newport ( I’m sure dad went and rented a house in H.B. for window dressing), that’s where he belongs. The gestapo needs to keep it up
and establish a Private vs. Private playoff as well. That will fix the musical
chairs game that continues to proliferate. The gestapo isn’t dumb, The situation at ( Wittick is the man) M.D. is well published. Nevertheless,
Charger fans need not worry, this will prompt Fryer to move them up in
the rankings. As far as financial hardship, his dad’s not poor. If financial
hardship is the problem, does it cost more to attend Newport harbor?
truth, i can see by your writing that you are trying very hard to sound as if you actually know what you’re talking about. lol! truth, grow some brain cells. MD is the worst offender for recruiting players from every area in OC and other places as well. they get around it by sending their booster jelly rolls out to find players still in pop warner and jr all- american, etc. so they can say,” we didn’t ok that, it was done by some booster, and we didn’t ok it. Edison had a player come to us from MD a few years back, and i got to know his parents (no names here). they told me all about the method MD used to bring their kid in. they said they were put up in in an apartment close by MD and charged a token amount for rent. the family had originally been contacted by a booster from MD. same rules don’t apply to them as they do to public schools. THAT’S THE POINT HERE! they can cherry pick. IS THAT RIGHT?but now that MD hasn’t been fielding the teams they once did, and since they have been beaten by Edison a few times, they don’t like someone choosing to go else where, so i guess they are using the,”hey thats not fair rule” that they have been abusing for years. NUFF SAID. other then that, MD has a class organization
The news on Favreau must have hit Edison hard
other QBs on their roster
Soph’s
Trevor Borkowski (5-11, 157) – also a WR
Aleksander Torgersen (6-1, 175)
Daren Preece (5-10, 157) – also a WR
Jr
Bryce Campbell (6-0, 200)
Connor Mase (6-0, 165) – also a WR
Obcourse, it was a athletically motivated move. This is BS! let the kid play. C.I.F. u bunch of bullies!
go to court and show the discrimination and influence that goes on between certain schools (los al, mater dei, servite so on and so on ) and cif officials. they are NCAA WANNABES! SHOW PROOF OF A CLASS NOT OFFERED AT MD AND GET THE CHANGE.
“We’ve got some angry people at Edison.”
I’m sure the anger is a byproduct of both Orphey and Fav eliminated in
one season. By all rights, fav shouldn’t be there inthe first place. Thus,
we have unfounded anger. As for Orph, aren’t we monitoring the progress
of our student athletes? Anyhow, 2/5 of the starting backfield has evaporated. Really 3/5 if account for what Orph meant. Edison, welcome
to the battle with H.B. for the cellar.
Might I recommend the Single Wing?
So the linebacker that left JSerra to St. Margarets to Mission Viejo isn’t considered an athletic motivated transfer? Gimme a break!
I say let the Favreau kid play if the new Mission Viejo linebacker is eligible.
I don’t understand how they tell Edison with a week left till their first game saying he’s ineligible? Oh crap we “forgot” about this kid let’s screw with his future also.
What about Mater Dei “recruiting” and going there to play football? like ohhh i’m just paying 10k to send my kid just to go there and get an education, I’m not playing football or any other sport there.
It does not make any sense to just go to Huntington Beach this late and inform coach White your quarter back can’t play when they “CIF-SS” had allllllllll summer and since January when you started going their he transfered just to play football?! complete BS
When you bend the rules, the law has to punish you when it’s convenient for you?
“It does not make any sense to just go to Huntington Beach this late and inform coach White your quarter back”
I think the gestapo is telling you he wasn’t yours in the first place. Actually,
they’re telling you he’s yours, next year.
Did The CIF suspend the Waltes kid for a similar infraction? Seems like MD is the wrong school to be calling out for getting preferential treatment.
The part nobody talks about at MD is if your kid is good, you don’t have to pay the 10k.
Really? MD requires every student to pay something. Nobody gets a free ride. MD also offers scholarship funds to many financially challenged families whether they play a sport, participate in band or just want to attend a safe environment where any student can thrive personally. Yes, many athletes want to attend MD, Servite, Orange Lutheran and other private schools because they can make personal choices based on available programs that could be pivotal to their future. Thankfully we are allowed, as parents, to help our children pursue those dreams. Yes, I think athletes should follow the rules but don’t blame the schools, blame the parents.
It’s sad what’s happened to high school sports. They’re as bad as college sports now.
The kid came to Newport and wanted to transfer there and when he found out they had a couple good QB’s he went to Edison where he could start for two years.
This was absolutely athletically motivated!
Pop’s has plenty of scratch…..so financial transfer doesn’t fly.
Thanks to CIF for finally cracking down!
agreed! Edison should play by the rules, even if their team is slipping.
Chase WILL be playing for Edison THIS season.
Guaranteed.
DaVonte Young will be eligible to play at Bosco…Irvine is dropping all discipline issues because they have 6 players on their team that would have to go through the suspension also and that would most likely cost them the first two games of the season. Bosco has a lawyer ready to go and it’s very hard to prove athletic motivation even if DaVonte said that was his reason our court system as most should know isn’t just an open and shut case. Of course 90% of these transfers are athletically motivated but once again just because its seems athletically motivated it’s still hard to prove…I don’t think it’s fair that some schools have transfers all the time and cif does nothing. If they are going to crack down they really need to look into all cases.
Let’s see if this works for girls sports as well. I know of a transfer to another school in the Sunset league where the kids sister is going to a school in the Anaheim Hills area. HHHMMMMM…pretty sure nothing will come out of that though.
And what about the transfer last year that was approved for the female water polo player that left Mater Dei and went to Foothill which was approved. We all knew that it was athletically motivated. Why are these situations deemed so differently.
The MD girl left for Foothill after her freshman year. Totally within the rules.
Does anyone understand his transfer paperwork was just filed. It is the parents and school job to file the paperwork. So when the CIF gets the info they act. Edison knows the rules this is not their first stud transfer. He belongs at CDM unless the family moved last Feb. Those are the rules, just because other cars speed, you should be able to speed too. I have never understood that logic. Bravo to the CIF for taking a stand. This is high school sports. His parents are at fault not the CIF. I got caught so it is not fair more because I know someone else who did it too. Dave if you know of others breaking the rules, you should turn them in, not complain. When the facts come out it will be interesting.Lets see when the family moved out of their nice house in CDM to a rental in HB. Heck if it was an education the family wanted FV and HB high have higher test scores. SO WHAT WERE HIS REASONS, GREEN IS HIS FAVORITE COLOR.? THEY ALWAY WANTED TO GO TO A SCHOOL NEXT TO A TOXIC DUMP? IT WAS FOOTBALL…note to all transfers, go rent the apartment..then enroll…Barnes must know the rules better since the CIF is closer to his school.
You must be an ex-westminster ball player now living in newport coast or just bored and ignorantly opinionated.
Years ago when I was in HS in Texas, I lost my senior year eligibility because my family moved for my senior year… at the time, don’t know about today, the Texas rules were… you move to a new school… you sit for a year. They did this because parents were receiving jobs to move their kid to a new school to play football. The Texas folks made the one-year residence rule to stop rules infractions and serious recruiting in the state…
I feel sorry for ALL of the kids who are being denied the opportunity to play for a year… BUT… if Favreau did indeed shop his talent at Newport, he and Edison should have known that there was a risk of the transfer being deemed athletically motivated. Edison should have dealt with this situation last spring… not this summer! Now the school and community… and of course the young man… must pay the price of delay.
At the same time, the seemingly inconsistent application of the rules is not fair to anyone… When others are transferring once or twice and in the case of last year… transferring and suiting up for a different team… THE SAME YEAR… is rediculous!
The only way to stop this craziness is to implement the old Texas rule throughout the state… you move to a new school… you sit for a year… no exceptions. If that happened I suspect this discussion would be even more heated and outraged, but at least it would be uniform and would apply to everyone and not allow some schools to receive what appears to be special consideration.
Unfortunately, with the mix of Private and Public schools competing together in California, the Privates would always be in a position to “recruit” unless that situation is addressed as well…
Edison has a good program… they will still be competitive, but it’s a shame that they delayed the paperwork so that they couldn’t plan and play together through the summer program.
“bum”..Tx and Ca share similar rules regarding transfer eligibility and both states are dealing with rampant recuiting. By the way, there’s not much differentiation between public and private, as is the case here, IMO.
CIF is doing the right thing. How can Edison think that’s a reasonable transfer?
how can Mater Dei have incoming transfers and nothings done about it. Well, you hide them on the JV team. That’s whats happening at Mater Dei. Whe Chase left, Mater Dei had kids transfer in. When Wittek arrived, to keep the smoke screen down, he started on the jv team. once the smoke cleared, he was put on the varsity. Also, what’s happening with the other kid who transferred from Conn. If you check him out, he’s too old.One last thing, C.I.F. isn’t gong to cut off the hand that feeds them. Mater Dei, Nike school. brings lots of money to CIF. Chase is a good player and I wish him and Edison sucess in the appeal.
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about…
This ones going to really hurt the Chargers….. Watch out for my pick then the Griffins will roll…
And yet nothing is done about the bus load of basketball players that transfer into MD each year.
Exactly it doesnt make sense
The Chargers will surrvive this. It is a great program and they have a lot of talent and a great coaching staff. Their jv quarterback has a great arm and should be able to do the job. It will be a great season. Go Chargers.
HA!
I agree GTC, they will still have a good year, and will finish in the top 3.
As a parent who went through the same CIF SS ineligibility process last year I can testify to the fact the CIF hearings are subjective and arbitrary. Get an attorney! CIF will bully you in the process and they can use rumor and innuendo as facts. The rules of evidence do not apply! CIF only has to be suspicious that it was ‘athletically motivated” and they can (and will) rule the player ineligible. CIF tries to keep their appeal process private (“cause each case is different”, BS!, because they can’t stand criticism) but you can find many stories on the Internet about players they ruled ineligible for asinine reasons (http://cifwatchdog.wordpress.com/about/). Remember it took a court order, that CIF rules violated state law, before CIF would allow foster kids to play. CIF had maintained that foster kids relocated by a court to another home could not play because they moved. The system is broken when the members of an organization (schools) are afraid of the organization they formed (CIF) to govern school sports. Its a Frankenstein monster!
What a joke. CIF SS ruling sounds like something the white house would have done.
Doesn’t everyone go to Mater Dei for athletic reasons? Or is everyone just a good catholic?
CIF SS making a horrible decision. Apparently the one transfer every 10 years to Edison draws suspicion and investigations, but the 15 per season to Mater Dei are for ….. religious or educational purposes or maybe they love butterflies, it surely isn’t location.
Shame on CIF SS.
The Pope is looking down on MD. ……..the Catholic church finds a way to win.
i wish Edison well. They have other kids who can play QB. They will win theor share. Maybe 7-3 is about what you can expect this year.
Klinge Ex-Charger….you forgot to mention how most of those transfers go to Mater Dei as “Hardship” cases and do not pay ANY tuition. I have a neighbor in a beautiful home whose son was a star basketball player about 10 years ago and attended Mater Dei as a “Hardship Case”.
Now that kind of stuff is just plain wrong but is done all the time and they get away with it.
THANK YOU!!Point proven!
Klinge and all the Charger fans are looking at this with emotion and not common sense. What does the rule say? not what you think or wish it said. Address the facts the kid came to our school to play football and we got caught. We all know it, how many rich kids come to HB to go to school? We will recover and learn our lesson. Stick with the dedicated and committed kids…
Edison got caught red handed, let the punishement fit the crime.
Drake Grffin rule ineligible for La Habra
Is it me or is this transfer thing getting out of hand?
Please note that CIF will not take action unless an ACTUAL written (documented) report or claim is made – with a verifiable name and address of the person submitting the claim. Someone blew the whistle. I’m guessing either a pissed off parent from Edison or Mater Dei. I swear, it wasnt us! We want to beat Edison without any excuses.
I know someone who was recruited to play sports there with free stuff and guaranteed passing off classes and wasn’t penalized, I’m guessing that wasn’t athletically motivated, then what the heck is?
How can they prove that his transfer was athletically motivated? And no one understands I’m sure why the hell CIF just now calls Edison out? Going through court and all that stuff will take longer than a week before the season starts!
Complete crap on this! Mater Dei has transfers all the time and also “RECRUITING” i don’t see why CIF also have different rules for private and public schools! Out of all schools Edison is called out from transfer leaving Mater Dei.
I honestly think Mater Dei is scared
why do public schools play private school? The private schools can recruit but public schools can’t since their funded by the government? So shouldn’t they have different schedules? I also thinks it’s really funny how they recruit or have division 1 recruits but school’s who doesn’t do/have either still figure out how to win?
what guys on Mater Dei’s team actually live in Santa Ana?
Jc,
Nobody on Servite’s team lives in Anaheim. The whole thing, behind the
scene is a crooked mess. I’m glad the new N.C.A.A. is finally growing a couple. The next step, send all the crooked private schools into one
pot. Call it the manipulation league.
MD has about a 35% local student attendance rate. The neighborhood is largely Latino. The majority of that % receives financial assistance.
One could say that MD actually has a very respectable PR with the city of Santa Ana, but could not financially survive if only Santa Ana residents attended the HS.
So they obviously have to and largely rely upon the outsourcing of the majority of their student body. Servite, OLU, Santa Marg, and even Mission Viejo / Tesoro do this.
Edison tried. Not everyone gets caught, and for arguably numerous reasons – the chargers did.
Great points “flava”. Another crucial issue is that of the financial benefit to the CIF from the proceeds of athletic events involving parochial/privates. Without those monies we would eventually see the diminishing coffers which could lead to several schools abandoning certain sports all together.
Those folks that don’t wish to compete against the parochial/private schools may be missing the bigger picture. When their children get out in the real world and have to compete for jobs and livelihood, those making decisions on who gets hired won’t care whether or not you came from NH or MD, but rather, can you compete and perform against folks from ALL educational, socioeconomic, religious backgrounds.
The real world is evolving and one needs to realize that it is inclusive and we are better served when we apply the spirit of our previous ancestors and move forward and compete, alongside all of our neighbors and fellow citizens, no matter background.
The better the competition, the stronger we can all become and not resolve to be the big fish in the little pond. Or not, as we have opportunities daily to make decisions.
There’s another school that does the same thing
I know who you’re referring to, they’ll be in the manipulation league
as well.
Truth,
LMAO.
Cherv
This really breaks down to this. Mater Dei got super pissed that their stud back up who would have had a year at the controls after wittek left decided to bail, cause rollo did him dirty. Why would a kid from conn move cross country to play football at a high school that hasnt been relevant on the national scene since matt leinart and crew…. hmm recruiting? How would going from a school who more less has no legal requirement to teach to CA standards to a school that is in the top 15 in the county academically an athletic motivated transfer? i played basketball at a pretty powerful school in basketball and we had a kid transfer 3 days before the season and was allowed to play with us on varsity. What this really is mater dei pulling strings at their off campus offices also known as CIF. Ophrey did it to himself by letting his teammates and classmates down in class room, he deserves what he gets. Chase doesnt. It’s mater dei being sore losers.
The bottom line is this, if you are going to penalize one school (Edison), then CIF needs to sit at their round table & look over the ENTIRE list of ALL newly transferred athletes and investigate each and every one.
If Edison is to be the example of their recent “house cleaning” then do a thorough job & hit ALL the schools that are ABSOLUTELY doing the same thing.
1 clean sweep across the board should do the trick and stop EVERYONE from doing this in the future!
WHAT DO YOU SAY CIF SS, CAN YOU PLAY FARE?
Looks like I was right when I said he would play this season.
His case was reconsidered & he was deemed eligible today, 9/7/10.
CIF, wake up & start making the correct decision the first time. This kid missed the first game of the season for no reason at all.
Ridiculous.