downtothewire wrote: an athlete attends a school, not out of loyalty, not out of true beliefs in the creeds of the school, and has no desire to get accustomed to or embrace these things, and make them apart of his identity
Thanks for answering, but I'm not sure what you say here has any relationship to reality when it comes to high school students either today or in the past. I mean, since when has "true beliefs in the creeds of the school" played any part at all in which school a parent chooses to enroll his or her child in?
I don't know where the concept of "loyalty" enters into the equation either. 90% of high school students in America attend public schools where they have little or no choice of which school they attend...neither the student nor the school has much choice in the matter. The remaining 10% enroll in privates which offer educational services and operate on a for-profit basis. Where does or should "loyalty" play a part, if parents or students feel they are not receiving the educational experience they were promised at enrollment? Aren't schools which fail to provide the experience promised being "disloyal" as well? Are
all students who transfer for personal reasons to be labeled "mercenaries", or just student athletes?
As for the "beliefs" or "creeds" of schools, they are all generally the same, are they not? I can't think of a single case where a friend or relative has chosen their child's school on that basis. I sure didn't. Nor do I have the foggiest recollection of what my own school's "creed" was, or if I ever knew what it was is the first place...do you?
As for some basing their choice on certain academic or athletic programs offered at particular schools, I see nothing wrong with that, do you? Science at one school, agriculture at another, swimming and water polo at a third. Are you against school choice in general, or only for football?
It seems that what you really take exception to are students who transfer multiple times for personal reasons. Are you in favor of limits on transferring based on the sport, or on the number of times? How would that work?