[johnnyd]

Why in the world are there transfer rules in place in high school anyway? A kid should be able to go where they want. If there is a better oppurtunity somewhere else, wouldn't you want kids to be able to take advantage. Most kids really do not care about what school they are playing at, they just want to have fun and have a good experience. I want as many kids as possible to be able to play and have a good time. Sometimes kids transfer just so they will get some playing time, what is wrong with that. If it was a situation like college where kids get 5 years to play 4 seasons, I could see instituting a transfer rule. The fact is kids get only four years, and if we were truley putting kids first we wouldn't want to take away from their time to play.

A lot of jobs, SEEK funding on on the line to keep kids at the schools that they start at. Losing 25 kids at a school cuts a teacher at most schools. It would be armageddon for some schools that are more successful within city's or counties with multiple schools. Some schools would become essentially minor league schools for other programs that are traditional winners. As one talented class of seniors leave, kids from surrounding areas would move to the school decimating the school they are leaving. There would be nothing to stop this without a transfer rule. It happens regularly now but the scale at which kids would transfer back and forth would be nuts within cities counties with multiple schools. While this might be good for a select few kids who have the means to drive/ move around it would however be determintal to a poor kid who cannot change schools. How is this fair. Should we just drive kids wherever they want to go? You have to understand that some kids do not have the parental backing to not make a rash decision when things dont go their kids way. It would be utter chaos.