Transfers and high school sports

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

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[CS.]

It's out of control.  Especially in Dallas. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Forgot to add this also. 

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Edited July 22 by Mr. Buddy Garrity

[pine curtain]

21 hours ago, CS. said:

It's out of control.  Especially in Dallas. 

Blame it on the select sports culture........

If I don't like it one place we will just go somewhere else and parents have encouraged it.

Kids play for the name on the back instead of the name on the front now. 

[Cougar14.2]

On 7/22/2026 at 11:24 AM, pine curtain said:

Blame it on the select sports culture........

If I don't like it one place we will just go somewhere else and parents have encouraged it.

Kids play for the name on the back instead of the name on the front now. 

If you and your family haven't grown up/lived in a community your whole life, are you actually beholden to the name on the front of the jersey though? When I was young my family lived in Trinity Gardens in NE Houston in what is now North Forest's attendance zone. Imagine being a life long resident of that community in today's time and having North Shore, CE King and Summer Creek who are all open enrollment football powerhouses 10 mins away.  If your kid was any good you'd basically be doing them a disservice by keeping them there simply for "loyalty" purposes. It 100% matters where you play today 

[1989NDN]

Should the UIL require open enrollment schools to play sports in the highest classification?  The private schools who elect to play in the UIL are required to play in the highest classification.  Houston's Strake Jesuit comes to mind.  SJ's enrollment fluctuates between 1,200 and 1,400, but the SJ sports teams must play in 6A.  Should the open enrollment schools be treated the same way?  Both systems, private education and open enrollment public schools, can cherry pick athletes.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Glad someone said it. I wasn't. 🍿

[89Falcon]

9 minutes ago, 1989NDN said:

Should the UIL require open enrollment schools to play sports in the highest classification?  The private schools who elect to play in the UIL are required to play in the highest classification.  Houston's Strake Jesuit comes to mind.  SJ's enrollment fluctuates between 1,200 and 1,400, but the SJ sports teams must play in 6A.  Should the open enrollment schools be treated the same way?  Both systems, private education and open enrollment public schools, can cherry pick athletes.

Just because they have open enrollment does not mean a player can play the first year he arrives. Still has to follow UIL transfer guidelines the same as if it were closed enrollment. 

[Cougar14.2]

22 minutes ago, 1989NDN said:

Should the UIL require open enrollment schools to play sports in the highest classification?  The private schools who elect to play in the UIL are required to play in the highest classification.  Houston's Strake Jesuit comes to mind.  SJ's enrollment fluctuates between 1,200 and 1,400, but the SJ sports teams must play in 6A.  Should the open enrollment schools be treated the same way?  Both systems, private education and open enrollment public schools, can cherry pick athletes.

Strake Jesuit has just shy of 3,000 kids so they would be 6A regardless but other states have already moved to this model or some type of hybrid. Louisiana moved to a "select" division similar to the Catholic League in California and Florida added an "open" division for their best teams regardless of class. You're probably referencing SOC and I agree, there's really no way they should be playing in 5A-D2 with PNG. SOC's actual attendance zone is very small but Molina, Kimball and Carter are all in the same neighborhood and supplement their roster before you even get to the actual "transfers". The South Dallas County coaching staffs also do a great job at identifying youth talent and "steering" them to programs so that PAPF's never even become an issue. 

It's going to be the same for Desoto dropping down to 5A-D1 this year