Transfers and high school sports

[oldschool2]

On 8/1/2026 at 9:43 PM, 1970 said:

What local schools have OE now?  

Most schools have open enrollment.. but that only means that they accept out of district transfers as STUDENTS.  Those kids still have to sit a year to be eligible for UIL competition.  Being accepted as a student doesn't change that. 

[CS.]

If you want to play by the rules that teams like SOC and others do, I have no problem with it.  You want your kid to compete with top talent, great.  But that definitely needs to be addressed with a rule that the school must play in a larger classification congruent with schools that have near Unlimited talent with large enrollments.  If you can get recruits in every single year, you are now no different than the largest classification in the State.  That's how a 5A-D2 school has 20+ D1 recruits every single year..... suddenly. in Dallas ISD no less.  And they are not the only one.  Argyle does it.  There are plenty more.  It's not Rocket Surgery.

[89Falcon]

Just now, CS. said:

If you want to play by the rules that teams like SOC and others do, I have no problem with it.  You want your kid to compete with top talent, great.  But that definitely needs to be addressed with a rule that the school must play in a larger classification congruent with schools that have near Unlimited talent with large enrollments.  If you can get recruits in every single year, you are now no different than the largest classification in the State.  That's how a 5A-D2 school has 20+ D1 recruits every single year..... suddenly. in Dallas ISD no less.  And they are not the only one.  Argyle does it.  There are plenty more.  It's not Rocket Surgery.

You cannot "get recruits in every year". They have to sit out a year unless they go through the exact same process that every other district goes through. "Open enrollment" is irrelevant in the UIL process.

[CS.]

Yikes. There is no possible way you believe what you just typed.  Head in the sand.  Keep on keepin on, my guy. 

[89Falcon]

16 minutes ago, CS. said:

Yikes. There is no possible way you believe what you just typed.  Head in the sand.  Keep on keepin on, my guy. 

Admitting a student to the school does not make them eligible for varsity sports. To be eligible they must live in the district and go through the PAPF process. Is that your understanding?

[CS.]

That is the understanding of how it's supposed to work in an honest process.  You're assuming everyone is honest, which in itself is naive. 

They are NOT honest.  They are constantly using loopholes and skirting the rules.  This isn't assumption, it's 100% happening.  It's worse in Dallas than any other Region.  I have known many coaches and players in that entire Region - they know it's happening and they know nothing will be done.  You can continue to assume everyone is honest.  I can tell you that I've seen it happen to schools that didn't deserve it, while other schools benefitted from it. One example is a smaller 5A-D2 school at the time had the horses to make a run but the QB decided to go to a larger school with more notoriety.  That left the smaller school with a QB that didn't quite have the ability to take them where they probably would have gone.  That transfer was not an honest one and neither are the majority.

[89Falcon]

11 minutes ago, CS. said:

That is the understanding of how it's supposed to work in an honest process.  You're assuming everyone is honest, which in itself is naive. 

They are NOT honest.  They are constantly using loopholes and skirting the rules.  This isn't assumption, it's 100% happening.  It's worse in Dallas than any other Region.  I have known many coaches and players in that entire Region - they know it's happening and they know nothing will be done.  You can continue to assume everyone is honest.  I can tell you that I've seen it happen to schools that didn't deserve it, while other schools benefitted from it. One example is a smaller 5A-D2 school at the time had the horses to make a run but the QB decided to go to a larger school with more notoriety.  That left the smaller school with a QB that didn't quite have the ability to take them where they probably would have gone.  That transfer was not an honest one and neither are the majority.

That is the same for all schools regardless. Open enrollment is irrelevant. It does help stock up the lower grades.