The Alabama High School Athletic Association has been ordered by a Montgomery Circuit Judge that they are not allowed to sanction Marbury High School for a student-athlete playing under a TRO during 2024.
The student athlete, Watson Troy Kidd, played in three games while a Temporary Restraining order was in place during the 2024 football season. The TRO stemmed from a case where Kidd, through his father's attorney Michael Kidd was suing the AHSAA to try and be eligible after Watson moved from Prattville High School to Marbury using school choice.
Ultimately, Montgomery County Circuit court Judge JR Gaines ruled in favor of the AHSAA keeping Watson ineligible as he did not make a bona fide move, insteading he moved schools thanks to Autauga County Board of Education's school choice policy.
Watson Kidd played varsity football and baseball at Prattville and was looking to do the same at Marbury. While the court was determining the case, a temporary restraining order was in place from early September until Oct. 9, during which Watson Kidd played in three varsity contests. When the restraining order and lawsuit were later dismissed, he was again ruled ineligible and did not play another varsity contest.
According to a filing by Michael Kidd on Jan. 31 asking for a motion to show cause, Marbury High School was notified in mid-December that it would be on probation for a year and fined. That decision was appealed to the AHSAA's Board of Control and was denied on Jan. 29. Watson Kidd was ordered to "pay restitution" due to playing three games during a period the AHSAA deemed him ineligible.
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