Posted by WIAA on 10/29/2009, 7:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Not recruiting but...."
If you physically move addresses the WIAA is going to allow you to compete.
If you move schools without moving addresses then you probably will not be able to compete in post season.
There is a wrestler at Enumclaw that was not allowed to wrestle in the post season last year because he moved schools without physically moving. He chose to miss a post season to change schools.
The issue is should the student that changes schools for athletic reasons be treated the same way as a kid whose family actually moves into a new school district. Families that physically move should be able to compete in athletics. Whether it is from Tacoma or Miami you should be able to compete. Sure you may have a few kids moving for athletic reasons that slip through. But how many people would actually move so their kid could attend a school for better athletics? I would assume that the number is miniscule as it is a very drastic change for only a few years of their kids life. I think most parents are more worried about their kids getting into a good college and getting a good career.
The tougher question is do you allow students to switch schools without physically moving in the same school district. Lets say you are in a district with 3 or 4 high schools and your school has a crappy team with a half dozen wrestlers and no one to drill with at practice. Do we let that kid chose one of the other high schools? Will that team ever get better if we do? Do we just want to have a handfull of wrestling teams in the state?
Letting a kid move for athletic reasons solely seems shortsighted. I would be interested in seeing the data on all athletes that transferred schools for better opportunities. Did they go to college? Did they transfer colleges when they didnt like their coach? But most importantly do they have the skills necessary to find gainful employment and support themselves.
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