How can you make a fuss about a kid deciding to go to a private school?
There are areas of the country where people do make a fuss about that on the basis of fairness to other students. While I don't personally disagree with the practice, I can certainly see the argument that wealthy private schools poaching the most talented athletes from less privileged areas has a negative effect on the public schools in that area, and, probably more importantly, gives a distinct advantage to whichever private school has the largest scholarship budget.
In states like Louisiana, kids have to sit out a year of competition when attending a private school that falls outside of a certain geographic radius from their home.
Since you dont personally disagree with the practice im not really arguing with you rather just sharing my thoughts.
First, the goal of all secondary schools is to educate first and foremost. Athletes leaving from that area to another school does not affect that mission. Most of these athletes are not going to go to play professional football. If they can receive the benefit of getting a better secondary school education for free or a discounted rate, why stop them? No one makes a fuss when lower middle income families pool their money together to spend their kids to private schools. If an athlete can receive a better education and more protection depending on his district while playing football, basketball or whatever it's a benefit to the kid. Nowadays for that homstead area, if a private school won't take a player then the public high school will. People complain about american herirage and STA recruting but
Booker T, Central, etc. always pull kids from different areas too.
For the private schools that don't recruit like AMHS and such those are the ones that are at a heavy disadvantage (athletic wise). Even worse than the public schools.
