50-mile transfer rule: Balancing the competitive scale
50-mile transfer rule: Tipping competitive scales
Though open enrollment is here to stay under Arizona law, many coaches and administrators believe tougher set of transfer rules would help even out the competitive landscape of high school sports.
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DrJCA1 posted at 3:17 pm on Fri, Jul 20, 2012.
I must be way behind the times. I thought that evey kid had to go to the school nearest his or her home. I guess not.
briancox posted at 4:41 pm on Sat, Jul 21, 2012.
Not if you are active in sports, I wonder if this applies to academics also?
WhoMe---Not posted at 6:53 pm on Sun, Jul 22, 2012.
Open enrollment applies to all students and is not just an aspect to athletics. You can choose to take your child to a school because they have a great music, arts, IB, or athletic program. Parents are required to provide transportation.
I can see both sides of the issue and do not know if this will solve anything. There will be powerhouses in school sports, but will they transfer like in the past. 30 years ago it was in Tempe/Mesa area. 20 Years ago it was in E Mesa/Ahwatukee and now it is in Chandler and N. Scottsdale. What needs to be stopped in the kids that jump from team to team every year. I have no problem with a kid that wants to go to a school and starts as a freshman.
sss posted at 1:10 pm on Fri, Aug 3, 2012.
The concept of equity is killing our country. Life is not fair. People are not on an even playing field. Some are born with more intelligence, some are bigger and stronger. Some people are more attractive. Some are born to parents that drive them, some have no idea who their parents are. The fact that we are in the USA and not in some third world country gives us an advantage. One of the greatest things about the American Dream is that it exists for those that are motivated to change their circumstances. The AIA decision to make things equitable will just create more rules for those who want change to circumvent. The AIA writes these rules with intended vague language in order to bend them when they wish.