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re: Question on Freeze's behavior at Briarcrest Christian School in relation to Ole Miss
Posted on 7/26/17 at 12:04 pm to UAtide11
Posted on 7/26/17 at 12:04 pm to UAtide11
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Interestingly enough they were blatantly recruiting kids to play football and basketball there, which is against TSSAA rules but MUS, CBHS, etc. do it too, just more subtly.
It was no longer against the TSSAA rules to recruit kids to private schools for sports after the private school/public school split in 1997. Some schools were doing it before then though
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 12:16 pm to jchamil
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It was no longer against the TSSAA rules to recruit kids to private schools for sports after the private school/public school split in 1997. Some schools were doing it before then though
I mean it definitely is still against the rules.
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Section 17. Athletic recruiting is prohibi ted. Athletic recruiting is the use of influence on a student or the parents or guardians of a student, by any person(s) directly or indirec tly associated with the sc hool, to secure or retain a student for athletic purposes . In the event that there is a vi olation of this rule, there shall be a penalty against the school, and the student(s) who wa s the subject of the violation shall be ineligible for a minimum of one year.
TSSAA handbook (page 17)
However, because of the nature of private school (you have to recruit every single student to attend there over public school) and the religious foundations (help the poor, less fortunate) there is a giant grey area surrounding recruiting athletes despite it being against the rules.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 12:22 pm to jchamil
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It was no longer against the TSSAA rules to recruit kids to private schools for sports after the private school/public school split in 1997. Some schools were doing it before then though
the TSSAA split because private schools offer financial aid. It did not give schools the ability to have free reign to recruit athletes. Schools circumvent the rules, absolutely, but no they can't just recruit athletes. For instance, my school started "recruiting" after I graduated. ALL students still have to pass the entrance exams. Then they fill out the same paperwork other students do that receive financial aid. About 1/3 of our student body was on financial aid, most of them being non-athletes. However, the shite Braircrest was doing when Freeze was there, what Brentwood Academy has been doing for decades, and what Ensworth is doing now isn't exactly "by the book."
But yes, in a nutshell, they made private high schools switch divisions because of that.
ETA: additionally, if you transfer from a public school to a private school, you have to sit out a year. If you transfer from one private to another private, you have to sit out a year.
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 12:24 pm
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