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Why Texas Transfer Rules Keep Stirring Debate Each Year

Any time a Texas high school football player is ruled ineligible after transferring schools, the reaction is almost automatic. Half the internet becomes a legal scholar. The other half becomes a private investigator. Somewhere in the middle, a teenager is just trying to figure out whether he...

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Why Texas Transfer Rules Keep Stirring Debate Each Year

Any time a Texas high school football player is ruled ineligible after transferring schools, the reaction is almost automatic. Half the internet becomes a legal scholar. The other half becomes a private investigator. Somewhere in the middle, a teenager is just trying to figure out whether he...

texashsfootball.com

Biggest misconception I think that the public has is people are not against transferring for a better opportunity, it's just when that happens it messes with the competitive advantage and that needs to change.

 

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Also I think a huge point that is missed here is districts with no zoning rules. My understanding is there are several, such as Dallas ISD, and other major metros. If you live anywhere within the district map, you can attend any school within the ISD. The PAPF do nothing in these areas because every coach making up the local review board works for the same district. We’ve even heard with their own mouths stating they get pencil whipped. I’m not sure if Dallas is but I’ve also heard others are completely open enrollment, where there are no geographical restrictions what so ever. I just feel like there are so many common sense flaws in the current system. In example, if a player claims better educational opportunities as the reason, it isn’t hard to compare thee previous school’s academic benchmarking to the new schools, if the new school is lower then it should be declined, how is that not obvious? If the family moves that shouldn’t be difficult to prove, copy of a mortgage/lease and a utility bill. There are probably hundreds of legitimate moves and transfers, but there is probably equal if not more fraudulent ones that would take about 15 minutes of research to disprove. I think the same level of scrutiny should be applied to all schools regardless of size, demographics or location. I hate to propose anything more bureaucratic, but the current system sucks, lol. I saw Stepp float the idea of a system where open districts automatically play 6A or atleast up a division. I don’t know what the fix is, but it needs to be fixed. When local papers are writing articles on the regular about FBS commits transferring and it isn’t the NCAA portal something has got to give.

 

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Also I think a huge point that is missed here is districts with no zoning rules. My understanding is there are several, such as Dallas ISD, and other major metros. If you live anywhere within the district map, you can attend any school within the ISD. The PAPF do nothing in these areas because every coach making up the local review board works for the same district. We’ve even heard with their own mouths stating they get pencil whipped. I’m not sure if Dallas is but I’ve also heard others are completely open enrollment, where there are no geographical restrictions what so ever. I just feel like there are so many common sense flaws in the current system. In example, if a player claims better educational opportunities as the reason, it isn’t hard to compare thee previous school’s academic benchmarking to the new schools, if the new school is lower then it should be declined, how is that not obvious? If the family moves that shouldn’t be difficult to prove, copy of a mortgage/lease and a utility bill. There are probably hundreds of legitimate moves and transfers, but there is probably equal if not more fraudulent ones that would take about 15 minutes of research to disprove. I think the same level of scrutiny should be applied to all schools regardless of size, demographics or location. I hate to propose anything more bureaucratic, but the current system sucks, lol. I saw Stepp float the idea of a system where open districts automatically play 6A or atleast up a division. I don’t know what the fix is, but it needs to be fixed. When local papers are writing articles on the regular about FBS commits transferring and it isn’t the NCAA portal something has got to give.

THIS!

 

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Open districts should automatically play 6A, and transfers for any player should be subjected to a state-level (instead of a district) review. I don’t think a player should have to sit just because they moved, but the move needs to be supported by actual evidence of an actual move-in for non-football reasons.

 

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