The story behind the story

We certainly don't know the truth from the fiction here but the following article at least indicates what we have always believed: there's the story and then there's the story behind the story.

Battle blocks hoop dreams
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
January 26, 2010

Remi Barry is an 18-year-old transfer student from Florida who, in his short time as a senior at Del Oro High School, has become a popular figure on the Loomis campus.

But the gregarious 6-foot-7 French national finds himself enmeshed in an ongoing battle with the California Interscholastic Federation. A CIF appeals panel on Monday upheld an earlier ineligibility ruling.

Now Barry may never suit up for the team at his new school, which he has come to adore.

"It's killing me watching my family, my brothers, playing basketball without me," said Barry, who is on a student visa. "I'm not a bad kid. I'm just trying to live in a better place."

Sac-Joaquin Section commissioner Pete Saco ruled Nov. 24 that Barry was ineligible because his move from a powerhouse south Florida private school was athletically motivated and "avoidable," thus violating several CIF bylaws...

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