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Where'd they find a football coach to let them use the field?

When you consider the fact that teenage boys can legally swing sticks at each other it's amazing every high school in the country doesn't have a team.

the origins of it. who was the catalyst? you'd think Ooltewah, Soddy or Hixson before Sequatchie.

great to add more schools fielding soccer teams. the real mystery is their lacrosse team.

Excellent article about Chattanooga lacrosse in the Chattanooga Times - Free Press this morning Lacrosse makes gains in state

Seniors James Cuppo to Presbyterian and Scott Hughes to Air Force. Junior TJ Kemp has committed to UNC.

Hughes and Cupo sign with Air Force and Presbyterian, respectively.

Chattanooga Times-(news)Free Press generally report scores.

Irmo must have a heck of an athletic program. Their football teams are regularly ranked nationally. they must use the name, Irmo, to sneak up on opponents. Looks like Tennessee teams represented the state very well. Norman North used to be a regular at Parkview's (GA) tournament in Atlanta.

Although they set the bar very low, next to high school football and basketball, high school soccer participants (players, fans, coaches) are fairly well behaved.

Seems like Wando and Irmo are perpetually top rated teams in SC. Names seems to be lacking.

Inconguous is the word.

Some serious GROSS generalities!

First of all, I've never understood "You can??™t have your cake and eat it, too". I, as everyone on this board, have regularly had birthday cakes, and eaten them too. Now that we've dispelled that falacy, on to other serious topics. Why would deciding to home school require that you "forgo the other "benefits""? A public education is an entitlement similar to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. You don't have to do anything to earn those other than being a citizen. You're entitled to a Tennessee public education by being a citizen of the state of Tennessee. In fact if you're in Tennessee illegally, the Federal courts say you're entitled to a Tennessee public education - I know, that's stupid! The legislators have decided that entitlement applies to extracurricular activities as well.

The legislation doesn't say anything about "homeschool teams" which as many posters have pointed out would be very problematic, i.e. which division, limitless practice opportunities, etc. It only addresses the right of individuals to participate. Can a homeschooled child take courses at the highschool they're zoned for without enrolling as a fulltime student? I would say that's a lot more analogous to what we're talking about with participation in extracurricular activity. If the child's parents don't think they can teach an AP Physics curricullum, or a chemistry class, I'd think they could avail themselves of the schools resources. It is a public school and a homeschooled kid is the public. I don't understand your 4th issue. Why would allowing a homeschooled kid to play decrease the number of kids playing soccer? I you've got 15 kids on a school soccer team and one is homeschooled, you still got 15 kids playing soccer.

Try reading again. They have a constitutional right to home school. If I had to argue it, I'd probably use the equal protection clause. I didn't say they had a constitutional right to extracurricular activity but they probably do. According to the legislation coming down the pike you don't have a right to keep them from participating in extracurricular activity even though you and a few others "just don't think it's fair". The arguement seems to go "They need to subject themselves to a public education in order to earn the right to participate". Obviously, the legislature didn't agree with that "logic".

The "perks" (ball fields, gymnasiums, tracks, uniforms, etc) are paid for by the citizens of Tennessee. A child doesn't earn the right to participate in a varsity sport by merely attending school. He has to make the team just like any other homeschooler who shows up to participate. It's as if you're trying to punish children because they've exercised their constitutional right to be home schooled and now you're saying to them, we're going to punish you for that decision by limiting your use of a public education facility and extracurricular activity. BTW the legislation in Alabama is called the Tim Tebow Bill in honor of you guessed it! I'm curious how many of the other states' laws were the result of litigation. The "perks" (ball fields, gymnasiums, tracks, uniforms, etc) are paid for by the citizens of Tennessee. A child doesn't earn the right to participate in a varsity sport by merely attending school. He has to make the team just like any other homeschooler who shows up to participate. It's as if you're trying to punish children because they've exercised their constitutional right to be home schooled and now you're saying to them, we're going to punish you for that decision by limiting your use of a public education facility and extracurricular activity. BTW the legislation in Alabama is called the Tim Tebow Bill in honor of you guessed it! I'm curious how many of the other states' laws were the result of litigation.

"but if the parents pay the correct tax then their son / daughter should be allowed to play". What about public school parents who rent? What about public school parents who are behind on their property taxes? What about public school parents who are incarcerated? A free public education is a right of the children of the state in which they live. The right has no reference to whether they pay taxes or not. The legislature has expanded that right to participate in extracurricular activities at the school to which they're zoned. The arguments on this board that a child has to pay some imaginary "dues" by actually attending the school would probably run afoul of the the equal protection clause in the 14th amendment. You can't start creating arbitrary rules in order to exclude fellow citizens. The school admininstration can create requirements such as minimum grades and good behavior but the proposed legislation doesn't require something so capricious as requiring a kid to experience public education as a requirement to participate in the activity. One of the main arguments of home schooling detractors is that the children aren't socialized. What better way to socialize a child than to have him participate in extracurricular activities?

Always love to see the Mexicans get beat. No fans treat our team worse than the Mexicans.

The bill is not addresseing teams, just individual home schooled students whose parents have been paying property taxes to support public schools. I'm sure members of our Chattanooga delegation were involved as sponsors and believe this legislation is the result of a long overdue (about 100 years) in who controls the legislature.

you only improve by playing challenging competition.

UNC agrees with your selection of Kemp. They've already signed him.

going. hope we play better than we did against San Salvador - embarassing!

I read both the Knoxville Journal and Nashville Tennessean from time to time. The Chattanooga Times Free Press coverage of high school sports in general is much better than both. Unfortunately, niether paper raises the bar very high.

Strange not to see Baylor break into the East top 10 but with change in head coach and early losses I understand.