Hayfield back in the playoffs...maybe not

[falcettik]

I don't see what joy one would get from recruiting an entire football team from out of your area, slapping your team colors on them, and having them go out every Friday night and drub schools who are playing only with kids from their district. That would feel absolutely empty to me. To say nothing of the effect it has on teams on the receiving end of this narcissistic power trip.

Well, that is the difference between your character and theirs.

 

[edwinanderson2nd]

I don't see what joy one would get from recruiting an entire football team from out of your area, slapping your team colors on them, and having them go out every Friday night and drub schools who are playing only with kids from their district. That would feel absolutely empty to me. To say nothing of the effect it has on teams on the receiving end of this narcissistic power trip.

I think for them, it would be the fact that they trained the players since they were kids. So in their eyes that’s “their kids.” Of course that doesn’t make it right.

 

[CountryClubJoesSecretAlias]

The flip side is sometimes the rules are convoluted, and no one follows them, or the system AD doesn't enforce them to the letters of the rule. It's not always clear cut.

 

[CountryClubJoesSecretAlias]

Let's say you got a kid on the cusp of getting some big offers, but he's in a difficult situation at home, so he moves in with an aunt or uncle. No court ordered guardianship, but that's where he lives. Eligible or you gonna make him sit out? A lot of situations like that.

What if a kid is on a team, they get banned, it's not really his fault, so he tries to transfer, but it's not a bona fide permanent move? I could see that happening here.

Then some places you drive an hour up the road and it's open enrollment.