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Homeless D.C. High School Football Player Kept off Field Amid Questions Over Eligibility

By Samatha Pell, Washington Post, 09/23/18, 9:30AM EDT

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The Student-Athlete has been deemed eligible by the DCSAA and cleared to play.

Jamal Speaks put on his pads, grabbed his helmet and got dressed in his new gray Ballou High jersey on Saturday, readying himself for his first game in nearly two years. The 18-year-old student at Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy — an alternative school on Ballou’s campus that allows students to get their high school diplomas — was anticipating showing coaches from Temple University what he could do.

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