Post Preps Insider is your daily source for news, story lines, top games and more information on Colorado high school sports — brought to you by Denver Post preps editor Kyle Newman.
I awoke this morning to two valid yet vastly contrasting Twitter responses to yesterday’s story on the CHSAA transfer rule proposal, which would require all transfers to sit out from their sport for 365 days if they didn’t move or weren’t granted a hardship waiver.
The first perspective, offered by Lakewood girls basketball coach Chris Poisson, is in line with the association’s belief that athletically motivated transfers are bad for teams, bad for schools and bad for high school sports overall.
This is good for Colorado. Other states have a similar rule and do not have a problem of transfers. Our next problem will be club coaches recruiting middle school athletes to the school where they are head coaches.
— Chris Poisson (@coachpoisson)
However, as Poisson notes, there’s still the issue of middle school recruiting considering that as eighth graders, students can open enroll at whatever high school they want — even if it’s athletically motivated — without penalty.
Which brings us to a second, distinct outlook that local quarterback coach Warren McCarty offered.
High school athletes are held to an unfair standard vis-a-vis the issue of transferring, and it should be an open market for players to go where they want without having to sit out — even if that means changing their mind on a school midway through their prep career.
Yet coaches’ can take a “better” job at a different school??? Kids transfer for better academic programs at other schools. Why can’t they do the same for sports??? needs to consider the storm that is heading for the NCAA, and take note.
— Warren McCarty (@warriorqbcoach)
The contrasting viewpoints offered by Poisson and McCarty are just a few on a hot-button issue that has proved complex. Here’s what others are saying about
What do you think? Tweet us , or , or give us
https://twitter.com/CoachTDorsey/status/979455747380494336
https://twitter.com/CoachTDorsey/status/979501070476103680
you have this whole transfer thing wrong. You make it seem like every situation is the same.
Again..regression
— Josh Turner (@CoachJTCO)
CHSAA must put more legislation behind transfer rules. Especially if they want to increase the penalty. Strict rules with weak legislation…
— Bill Edell (@1Undrpar)
https://twitter.com/ACTrojansTrack/status/981018702836514816
Hate it…in the end itap still a 15,16,17 year old kid that may just need a change of scenery. People wanna act like pursuing a brighter future is a crime, it isn’t
— TLee (@TonyML522)
No competitive balance if athletes can just transfer purely on a sport related decision. If you live in that community you should go to the that school. Itap the reason some schools in the metro area can’t even field teams while others are 6 deep on the depth chart.
— Coach Franz (@CoachFranz56)
https://twitter.com/TeamdoddDodd/status/980806665120440320
https://twitter.com/ACTrojansTrack/status/981018702836514816
