The Oakland girls basketball team has to forfeit 18 wins from games played this season aft4er the TSSAA handed down the penalty, which determined a player violated the dual residency clause and was deemed ineligible.
The player participated in 22 games total, 18 of them wins.
James Evans with Rutherford County Schools says Oakland will also be fined $100 per game the player participated in for a total $22,000 He adds the TSSAA's letter states the high school sports governing body will notify the schools that the Lady Patriots participated against. They'll be told of the "inadvertent playing of an ineligible player.