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Old Tue Feb 11, 2014, 01:30pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by junruh07 View Post
This is the problem. If families were moving in a vacuum to get more exposure, I wouldn't have too big of a problem with that. The problem is some coach or booster comes up and says, "hey kid. Are you tired of going to Suck High School? I'll pay for you to move, give your parents a cushy job, or some other such thing for you to come play for us." That's a problem, and from what I have read in this thread, that is where the Texas rule comes from.
For the record these kinds of rules are not unique to Texas. But not every move or transfer is done for these reasons. And even if the move is athletically motivated, I still do not see the big deal if the family made that decision for their kids.

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