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Majak goes to school with my friend's son, and he is apparently a really great kid. Needs to put on 100 lbs or so though.
This is a very sticky wicket. The two boys I coached in AAU were not allowed to play for their HS unless they attended it. The reason was that they were not going to deal with a parent who's son didn't make the team when a non-student did, and the school would not allow that to happen. Both these boys ended-up playing D-1.
The injustice is that the parents of the home schooled boys are still paying the taxes to support the local school.
Heck if he can put up with his Mom teaching him full time he can put up with any demand a coach would have.
That is because it is their choice to home school their children. That isn't the fault of the public school district that they live in.
Been trying to send a tweet with his left hand.
Fault? Interest word choice. It is their fault that they will not let those boys participate in their school district's athletics.The state allows it and other schools have figured it out.
He grew up a diehard Boiler fan, and his dad is a member on the premium board. That's not going away.
Indiana now has free choice on schools. The home district sends the money they would get to the new school of choice and the parents pay if there is a difference due. No transportation. Yes, these two could have gone to another school. Please remember that a coach truly does have control over who he cuts. I know that would be odd to cut a D1 player, but he still can. My son attended a small school who did not have soccer and he went and played soccer for a larger school. They welcomed him because there were not going to be any kids cut ... they didn't have that many go out. And there is a rule that if your school does not offer a sport, you can play for another school if they allow you to.
I have not kept up on this, but do find it rather amusing that a school must "release" the child of a parent to attend another school of the parent and child's choice. In the past students were able to move to schools rather easy if it were for academics, but sports was another story. The schools didn't want to lose their gladiators, but a good student was not much of a concern. I don't know the formula today, but about 58 cents on the dollar came from the state meaning that parents in Evansville were paying for schools in LaPorte and vice versa years ago. I really wonder what schools would be like without any ties to sports...
Weren't Gary Harris and his dad diehard Boiler fans also?
But Gary Harris wasn't home schooled. It takes a different family willing to homeschool...and that isn't to be taken as a negative
I knew it was that way but also knew kids could go from Columbus north to east with no iss u r. Wasn't sure if they were still holding on to the gladiators.
Knew the rule about a sport not offered, but haven't kept up on the others...thanks...makes sense...other than homeschooling probably gets nothing???
Apparently society hasn't created enough incentive to learn or made it too easy to survive without it?
My point was that just because a kid comes from a Purdue family doesn't mean we are going to get him if someone else recruits him harder and offers him earlier.
Absolutely agree, but also pointed out a home school family has different priorities in many cases. That family stays close to their children. Others may, but know the home schooled does
