Junior pitcher Diego Barrera, who who left Bishop Amat and enrolled at Damien over the summer, was denied eligibility earlier this year by the CIF Southern Section until August 2017, citing an athletically motivated transfer/undue influence, after Bishop Amat submitted paperwork that led to the challenge.
The Barrera family appealed the decision, but lost Tuesday. The ruling essentially ends Barrera’s junior season.
Ed Barrera, Diego Barrera’s father, claims that Bishop Amat doctored statements attributed to him that he believes led to CIF’s decision and has started airing his complaints on Twitter. Read it and you be the judge.
Barrera started at Bishop Amat as a freshman, and arguably was its best pitcher last season as a sophomore, finishing 9-2 with a 1.84 ERA. He is verbally committed to the University of Washington.
Unbelievable that a school like Bishop Amat can completely fabricate statements like this and they're considered fact by CIF pic.twitter.com/dNxeAMhoWu
— Ed-Mundo Barrera (@TheCloser12) March 22, 2017
Bishop Amat is in the business of altering transcripts & lying to challenge transfers pic.twitter.com/rBZt5dT2pL
— Ed-Mundo Barrera (@TheCloser12) March 22, 2017
On a separate note, CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod is encouring members to make revisions in the athletically motivated language. This needs to happen