It’s never about anyone on here! In every other HS sport every team gets a chance at the tournament. Football arguably requires the biggest commitment. Why shouldn’t the kids get the experience?
Probation means don’t do this; no sanctions on coach or school. If he even inadvertently spoke to an athlete, he was wrong; not big time wrong, letter of the rule wrong. Nothing to see here.
I am a school board member of an urban district in NE Ohio. There are several charter schools in our district. We have fall athletes who attend 7 different schools!