Recruiting players

[devilsden]

Do any other systems, other than Knoxville, have trouble keeping kids in the area they are suposed to go to school in?  I mean middle school kids being called and text telling them why they should go to Fulton, Central, Powell, West, maybe not West now that they lost there coach.  It is rediculous and now I'm hearing coaches are talking to players about transferring to there school for there last year.  Colleges do this all the time and its bad the way they do it and now high schools are gettin just as bad.

 

Is this just a Knoxville problem?  And don't even get me started on some privates in the west side of Knoxville.

[AdmiralDude]

Yes, the problem in Knoxville has gotten worse over the last 3 years, it is nothing compared to Nashville. Nashville high school recruiting, even for public schools, is like the wild west. The schools in Rutherford County are crazy in how they recruit kids, I know it is open zone there, but its is crazy some of the stories the coaches have in Rutherford Co. 

[mountaineer]

That's not a problem in Blount County....lol Lots of sarcasm in my statement!

[Verb58]

As long as the TSSAA doesn't stop the transfers it will continue to get worse. The rule used to be you had to sit out a year after a transfer. Now you just have to move into the other schools zone. I get that sometimes things happen that a student has to move but it's time to go back to 1 year sitting out and let the TSSAA grant a hardship.

[fooseball96]

Rutherford county I'd say maybe the worse county in the state

[timberrattler]

Yes it goes on, it probably won't ever stop because the T$$AA hides it head in the sand. The best way to make it fair for the rural schools would be to place all "open zone" schools in the same division as the privates and let them go at it. It goes on in every big city but the two places most folks hear about it Rutherford and Blount counties, which coincidentally are both open zone.

[GWAVE1]

As long as the TSSAA doesn't stop the transfers it will continue to get worse. The rule used to be you had to sit out a year after a transfer. Now you just have to move into the other schools zone. I get that sometimes things happen that a student has to move but it's time to go back to 1 year sitting out and let the TSSAA grant a hardship.

You know my feelings about this. I got chastised but I still believe sitting out a year is the right move.

[STARSNBARS]

That's not a problem in Blount County....

mountee eye uhgree wif this rite hear 100%.....

[mountaineer]

mountee eye uhgree wif this rite hear 100%.....

[JohnnyLawrence]

Sensei Kreese recruited me away from Rex Kwon Do.

Best move ever.

 

[devilsden]

Glad to know that other people have the same problem not glad there is a problem.  I know if you move into another school zone is legal, but why did you move?  Is it because of your job?  If so no problem.  Is it because you got mad at your coach, you ought to have to sit.  I had a buddy tell me now you have parents that own rental properties calling parents of good players in other zones and offering them cheaper rental rates to move to a different zone.  HOW CAN THIS BE FAIR?  

[wingman10]

Glad to know that other people have the same problem not glad there is a problem.  I know if you move into another school zone is legal, but why did you move?  Is it because of your job?  If so no problem.  Is it because you got mad at your coach, you ought to have to sit.  I had a buddy tell me now you have parents that own rental properties calling parents of good players in other zones and offering them cheaper rental rates to move to a different zone.  HOW CAN THIS BE FAIR?  

that has been going on for a long time