SCHSL and These Charter Schools

[A_winner]

SCHSL running a mockery of SC football in 1a and 2A in letting these sports factories school stay in these classifications. Other states have charter schools playing up in classification by a 1.5 or 2 x multiplier of their enrollment. These school pulling kids from other school from around other 1A, 2A and 3A programs. These Charter schools should be in 3A or 4A ball, no way they should be in 1A and 2A. They go to school for 2 or 3 hours and spend the rest of the day in the weight room or on the practice field. A clear advantage over these small 1A and 2A programs who barely have the kids and don't have time to life weights all day in an updated weight room. SCHSL should be ashamed of themselves to even allow this madness to still be taking place.

[AngryMax]

Beating a dead horse. Courts are keeping any meaningful action at bay.

[mrfootballtalk]

SCHSL running a mockery of SC football in 1a and 2A in letting these sports factories school stay in these classifications. Other states have charter schools playing up in classification by a 1.5 or 2 x multiplier of their enrollment. These school pulling kids from other school from around other 1A, 2A and 3A programs. These Charter schools should be in 3A or 4A ball, no way they should be in 1A and 2A. They go to school for 2 or 3 hours and spend the rest of the day in the weight room or on the practice field. A clear advantage over these small 1A and 2A programs who barely have the kids and don't have time to life weights all day in an updated weight room. SCHSL should be ashamed of themselves to even allow this madness to still be taking place.

I agree that Gray and Oceanside have a different model than the traditional schools. Which for sure is slanted towards sports. But the rest of the private and charter schools have a traditional model and in most cases rigorous academics. Sports and schools are changing at every level. It's time to adapt or unfortunately become irrelevant. Not saying it's right but it is the new way.

[AngryMax]

Are we eventually heading the European route and having club teams independent of their schools?

[bigdog2003]

Are we eventually heading the European route and having club teams independent of their schools?

Yes. I work in youth sports and I gets calls almost weekly asking if we have practice fields for "club" teams. It started with baseball, but recently football teams have started calling. The last person said they are offering 8U, 10U, 12U, and 14U spring football and need somewhere to practice. A AAU football team made up of a lot of Newberry kids played at Disney back in the spring in a national tournament at the 12U level.

Basketball is mostly there already. Sure kids still play school ball, but look at the AAU circuit, kids are playing national schedules as low as the 8U level now. Same with baseball. I know a guy in SC that runs a travel baseball program, his 10U team plays more out of state now than in state. They have traveled to Texas for a tournament, with a 10U team.

Soccer is club, volleyball is club, lacrosse clubs are popping up now. It's going to be interesting to watch the future progression. I hope it doesn't kill traditional high school sports, but it seems like it will sooner or later.

[AngryMax]

Nick Saban has said something to the effect that college coaches need to do their part to keep high school football as the top recruiting pipeline and not AAU style travel teams, 7on7, etc.