High school athletes as free agents, part II
Robert Bell's high school free agent story evoked a lot of e-mails and some attention elsewhere.
Greensboro Sports includes some other cases of students transferring from one school to another for sports. I don't know the source of his information, but he names names.
The Prep Insiders at the Charlotte Observer uses the story to talk about Charlotte-Mecklenberg, "the transfer capital of the N.C. high school universe."
We have a story tomorrow today on the initial reaction of some school board members. Suffice it to say that it is unclear if the board is going to do anything about the apparent abuse of the system.
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Andy Durham has been covering Guilford County High School sports via radio for at least twenty years. Doing Play-By-Play Radio, interviews with the Coaches for Pre- and Post-Game Interviews gives him more practical knowledge than most sports reporters who are required to cover a greater numbers of teams and sports than just the local scene.
It's hard to find folks like that who have not either moved on or moved up.
Posted on November 12, 2007 9:54 PM
The problem is very simple to solve; so simple in fact, that the Board will probably dismiss it because it will make parents angry.
Any student who transfers schools should be barred from athletics for one academic year OR for the season of his sport in the year that he or she transfers. After all, if these students are really transferring for academic reasons, school is more important than sports, right? So it shouldn't be a big deal to give up football for a season to focus on the 3 R's. The students or parents who balk are the ones who place a higher priority on sports than learning.
So simple, so easy, so fair it won't get done.
Posted on November 13, 2007 2:50 PM
The problem is very simple to solve; so simple in fact, that the Board will probably dismiss it because it will make parents angry.
Any student who transfers schools should be barred from athletics for one academic year OR for the season of his sport in the year that he or she transfers. After all, if these students are really transferring for academic reasons, school is more important than sports, right? So it shouldn't be a big deal to give up football for a season to focus on the 3 R's. The students or parents who balk are the ones who place a higher priority on sports than learning.
So simple, so easy, so fair it won't get done.
Posted on November 13, 2007 2:51 PM