Beginning July 2024 the face of high school sports will change. This past week the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletic Association ruled to approve one free transfer for students across high school athletics. The measure adds an exception to Rule 8, which states a student must wait one year from the attendance at a new school before gaining athletic eligibility unless a hardship waiver is granted. The one free transfer means an eligible student can file the proper paperwork and change schools once without sitting out or moving into the new district, and with no hardship waiver necessary. So does this rule teach our student athletes how to compete or how to quit. Instead of a pair of players competing for the same position, it could mean the end of competition and the beginning of, ”I can’t start here so I’m going somewhere else.” Another aspect is it will give schools leverage to recruit. If you think recruiting doesn’t exist in high school sports ,you’re fooling yourself, it’s already started on social media. Sure there will be something good come of it somewhere but in mine and a lot of coaches opinions, not so much. So if this begins the transfer portal for high school players, what is next, paying players?

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