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Cole
Joined: 24 Oct 2002
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 Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:24 AM Post subject: Leaving CHS to Play For Southwest |
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It’s becoming a tradition. Amber Flores transferred to SW after her junior or soph year. Many boy tennis players who live in Calexico attend SW to play for their program.
Now, the two tallest boys basketball players are rumored to have ‘moved in’ with their father in El Centro to attend SW next year.
If Coach Valenzuela recruited them, then they should not be allowed to play. Regardless, I lose respect for any player who leaves any school to go play at another, especially their senior year. If so, this falls on the AD Apodaca and Coach Silva. |
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orderinthecourt
Cholo Nako
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Location: worthington's feedlot
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What about a person that wants to pursue their interests in drama and theatre. Would should they be assed out of attending S.W. because a ban on athletes.
A guy thats good at a musical instrument and wants to join the great spartan band. Would they be disallowed under the same rules of eligibility of sports. They're both extra-curricular?????? |
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RandR
Nervous Breakdown
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:04 PM Post subject: |
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| orderinthecourt wrote: | What about a person that wants to pursue their interests in drama and theatre. Would should they be assed out of attending S.W. because a ban on athletes.
A guy thats good at a musical instrument and wants to join the great spartan band. Would they be disallowed under the same rules of eligibility of sports. They're both extra-curricular?????? |
orderinthecourt backed into a valid point here. A rule that keeps kids from transferring to another school to take advantage of a program, regardless of the nature of that program, would have far reaching and unintended effects.
If I would have transferred to another school to play prep sports, I think a big factor would have been the quality of the facilities. I've heard the tennis courts in Calecia are in bad shape even though they got a huge face-lift just a few years ago. If that's accurate, and I don't know whose fault that would be, then what talented student-athlete wouldn't get frustrated? The kids that perform well at the prep level tend to have been practicing for years, so they're usually serious about winning and highly driven. I can see how it might be hard to keep them from leaving for greener pastures. |
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locoinclx
Coffee
Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Location: Galaxy News Radio
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| Posted: 29 Jun 2009 07:18 PM Post subject: |
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| RandR wrote: | | orderinthecourt wrote: | What about a person that wants to pursue their interests in drama and theatre. Would should they be assed out of attending S.W. because a ban on athletes.
A guy thats good at a musical instrument and wants to join the great spartan band. Would they be disallowed under the same rules of eligibility of sports. They're both extra-curricular?????? |
orderinthecourt backed into a valid point here. A rule that keeps kids from transferring to another school to take advantage of a program, regardless of the nature of that program, would have far reaching and unintended effects.
If I would have transferred to another school to play prep sports, I think a big factor would have been the quality of the facilities. I've heard the tennis courts in Calecia are in bad shape even though they got a huge face-lift just a few years ago. If that's accurate, and I don't know whose fault that would be, then what talented student-athlete wouldn't get frustrated? The kids that perform well at the prep level tend to have been practicing for years, so they're usually serious about winning and highly driven. I can see how it might be hard to keep them from leaving for greener pastures. |
I remember 10 years ago the tennis team was one of the better ones there, I guess the team and the courts have gone the way of the rest of the district... |
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Cole
Joined: 24 Oct 2002
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Location: C-Town
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| Posted: 29 Jun 2009 07:20 PM Post subject: |
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| RandR wrote: | | orderinthecourt wrote: | What about a person that wants to pursue their interests in drama and theatre. Would should they be assed out of attending S.W. because a ban on athletes.
A guy thats good at a musical instrument and wants to join the great spartan band. Would they be disallowed under the same rules of eligibility of sports. They're both extra-curricular?????? |
orderinthecourt backed into a valid point here. A rule that keeps kids from transferring to another school to take advantage of a program, regardless of the nature of that program, would have far reaching and unintended effects. |
It's tough love, but as orderinthecourt said, "they be assed out." Yes, it is hard to tell a young kid not to take advantage of a better program, but ultimately parents are sending the wrong message to these kids. Take the easy way out. Leave your town when they need you most.
If both of the CHS baseball pitchers left to play at S.W. last year, this year the team would not have won league. Instead, the battled it out, and finished in 1st. |
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spic-ole
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| locoinclx wrote: | | RandR wrote: | | orderinthecourt wrote: | What about a person that wants to pursue their interests in drama and theatre. Would should they be assed out of attending S.W. because a ban on athletes.
A guy thats good at a musical instrument and wants to join the great spartan band. Would they be disallowed under the same rules of eligibility of sports. They're both extra-curricular?????? |
orderinthecourt backed into a valid point here. A rule that keeps kids from transferring to another school to take advantage of a program, regardless of the nature of that program, would have far reaching and unintended effects.
If I would have transferred to another school to play prep sports, I think a big factor would have been the quality of the facilities. I've heard the tennis courts in Calecia are in bad shape even though they got a huge face-lift just a few years ago. If that's accurate, and I don't know whose fault that would be, then what talented student-athlete wouldn't get frustrated? The kids that perform well at the prep level tend to have been practicing for years, so they're usually serious about winning and highly driven. I can see how it might be hard to keep them from leaving for greener pastures. |
I remember 10 years ago the tennis team was one of the better ones there, I guess the team and the courts have gone the way of the rest of the district... |
Isn't transferring to play another sport a CIF violation or something? I still remember not being to transfer to fence at another school because of something like that.
I went to play handball not too long ago and the tennis courts looked kind of dirty. RandR should go clean them up.
10 years ago? I don't ever remember hearing about any of the tennis teams, although, I may just have been too busy practicing my counter-parries. Were you one of the players locoinclx? |
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