Should OHSAA change their rules for Lebron James?

             OHSAA eligibility rules should be clearer for everyone to read
             I believe the Ohio High School Athletic Association's(OHSAA) eligibility rules should be made easier to understand. The controversies over the rules of accepting gifts in the last couple weeks in uncalled for. I think the OHSAA should take a look at its rules and possibly re-write any part of the rule that may be unclear. They should look at the rule about accepting gifts especially because I do not believe it is clear enough. Some athletes accept gifts thinking it is alright but what it actually does is make them ineligible. There are many different opinions on the issue as well.
             One of the main opinions about Lebron James accepting gifts is that he should not have special rules because he is better than most players. Many of the people I surveyed said that "he should not be treated any different than other players". Only two people out of the twenty-one I surveyed actually said the rules are good enough as they are now. The media sources seem to think that the OHSAA is not clear enough because many of the articles I have read have said something about the OHSAA rulebook or about the rule of accepting gifts. The rule as it is now should be re-written because of all the controversy surrounding it all the time. The Lebron James case is not the first case of an athlete accepting a gift but it is probably the biggest case because he is such a superstar in today's world. He is on his way to being a two time nationals player of the year. He accepted two jerseys which he thought were being given to him for his academics but were not. This is a case where the OHSAA may have jumped the gun on saying he accepted them for athletic purposes. He knew the rules and as soon as he found out that they may be detrimental to his eligibility he returned them to the original owner. Many people I talked to about this situation say that he was lying about accepting...

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