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D4ball. Catholic is worried about RC? If so, that just reassures me more that IWA can go ahead and order rings now. I hope Catholic can give IWA a good game. I would hate to see a 50-7 championship game. IWA had chances to beat AS but the coaches didn't know how to use the transfers yet. Didn't take long for them to figure out that you need to put your best athletes on the field. As far as reloading with transfers next year? I think this is just the beginning at IWA. They have got a taste of it this year and with the way they like to win I think they will continue to accept transfers that will only be there 1, maybe 2 years. JUST WIN BABY!
That's an interesting thought.
I've been following Isle of Wight Academy football since the late 90s when the Williams brothers lead IWA to 2 state titles (and played from 03-07). To my knowledge, during that time span there has not been a single impact transfer to play there until this season.
I don't really understand the influx of transfers this year, seemingly out of nowhere, but it happened. Are you implying you would turn them down? You'd turn them away? "Ya know, we would accept you, but you're a little too talented of a football player for us to accept you and we're a little worried about what everyone would say." Give me a break man, nobody would do that.
Either way, I don't see this becoming a trend. Again, I'd point to the success IWA has seen for years without a single transfer.
So now you're implying that IWA didn't have any qualifications for those transfers to meet?
If I'm a rising senior looking to transfer to RC, I meet every qualification, and will pay tuition to go there, you'd turn me away?
Oh I agree totally, it does feel good to win with guys that have gone to the school for many years. I know what it's like, I've lived it haha
But that's a whole other story. It's not the players' fault that the school accepted them when they transferred. It's also not the program's fault that they wanted to attend Isle of Wight Academy.
Think about it this way: exclude the fact that we're talking about athletes that transfer. If I was a rising junior or senior that wanted to transfer simply because I felt that the educational program and the community at Roanoke Catholic would greatly benefit me and help me become a better student, are you saying I still couldn't attend?
redwhite51. I believe that only 1 of the 5 transfers just moved to the area. If IWA is such a good match why haven't they been there since day 1? Why wait till you are a junior or senior to transfer? The King kid was ruled ineligible to play at Smithfield HS, that is why he is at IWA. As for meeting the entrance criteria, I'm sure IWA made sure they met all requirements. IWA has tradition, no doubt. Just going to be hard to continue with kids that show up for 1 year and are gone. "FAMILY" is what makes IWA IWA.
Look guys, all I'm trying to do is defend the school. The players, nor the school, have not committed foul play.
If Roanoke Catholic has certain standards they govern their school by as it relates to student transfers then that is their preference. That is what I was trying to clarify so I would know the context.
But you can't press those same standards on every other school though and act like they're compromising the rules or integrity of the game simply because you don't accept transfers. They may compromise your preference, but they aren't compromising any rules.
This whole thread has really gotten out of control with baseless accusations. Calling out individual students is really low, even for some on this board.
It is a real shame what this board has devolved into.....
I've read the comments on this thread and wanted to let the people with there lack of knowledge of IWA,know the facts. My kids have been there since preschool and IWA is a great school and education comes first.As far as the kids that came to our school this year,they came to the school for personal reasons and naming them on this thread should not be tolerated.The kid that you named is a junior not a senior,and all of them not only qualify to our standards they are all doing very well.Just to clear your doubts about our team,we were going to make a run for the playoffs before any of these kids join our school.we already had the top quarterback and running back returning from last year.The boys work very hard and are having a good season,they are not focused on any one team that might make the championship.they are taking everything week by week.they know they can lose any week if they don't stay focused.they will ride the good fortune they are having until it ends,then the seniors will move on to college and life.so please educate yourselves on our school and players before making these uneducated remarks.this year is know different from any other year everyone seems to hate winners.