Recruiting players

[UpperCumberlandMan]

OK UPM how about Oak Ridge that is in two counties Anderson and Roane? Maybe Oliver Springs again in Roane and Anderson.. and maybe some of Morgan county. Just asking.

then if the city limits cross county boarders, set up a strict. Zone and stick to it for athletics. Only fair way to do it.

[Red Rebels]

So only players inside Blount County can transfer to Alcoa or Maryville and pay a fee?

Can't you live in Cookeville and go to Baxter for free? No fee.

[Red Rebels]

If a kid shows up in 9th grade, they are not a transfer.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

If a kid shows up in 9th grade, they are not a transfer.

I have no problem with 9th graders. Yes, if Upperman is under capacity, which it hasn't been since about 2010, you can. Come from Cookeville. Cookeville western city limits is about 4 miles from the UHS campus and in the same county. That said, you can't live in Jackson or Smith Co and attend any Putnam Co school. Edited January 20, 2015 by UpperCumberlandMan

[IrishBBall]

If a kid shows up in 9th grade, they are not a transfer.

BINGO!!!!

Maryville, Alcoa, Fulton, OR and others know the rules.

[Red Rebels]

BINGO!!!!

Maryville, Alcoa, Fulton, OR and others know the rules.

My post only filled in one square on your bingo board. That, with the free center only make two filled in squares. We do not have a BINGO. Continue playing... 

 

Edited January 20, 2015 by Red Rebels

[UpperCumberlandMan]

BINGO!!!!

Maryville, Alcoa, Fulton, OR and others know the rules.

like I said all along, school choice is good. Choose before Hs, move in county and your fine. Choose to move after that, sit a year unless u get an approved tssaa hardship. But it should be a parents choice, not HS coaches hanging out a pee wee games recruiting kids. Edited January 20, 2015 by UpperCumberlandMan

[RonMexico3]

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

Rankin took it to another level while at Riverdale and seems to be doing the same at Alcoa

[GovMan]

I believe a lot of this is semantics in the athletic culture we find ourselves in.  I have always hated the word "recruiting" when it comes to high school athletics.  It just sounds illegal.  BUT, what I'm finding is, that a good coach has to be able to "sell" their program even to the kids who are already zoned for his/her school.  I'm not just talking football, I'm talking all sports.  

 

If there is a really good football player at Carpenter's Middle, who is zoned for William Blount or Heritage, is it considered "recruiting" for a WB or Heritage coach to try to talk to that kid--or his family--and sell the merits of attending the school he is supposed to attend?  If that is the definition of recruiting we are talking about, then I believe that coaches must do it.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

Back in the day 99% students rode the bus, they went to school and competed for the school the bus dropped them off at.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

like I said all along, school choice is good. Choose before Hs, move in county and your fine. Choose to move after that, sit a year unless u get an approved tssaa hardship. But it should be a parents choice, not HS coaches hanging out a pee wee games recruiting kids.

no problem with at all if a coach trys to sell his program to his city and county school kids. But if that same coach is a Blount Co HS and doing it in Knox County, it is recruiting. Edited January 20, 2015 by UpperCumberlandMan

[Red Rebels]

Alcoa didn't have bus service when I was a kid.