Bob Maydo Classic @ Emery

Father Henry Carr's basketball program looks to be very solid. I'm looking forward to there season.

I'm curious to see if any other regions will follow Peel's lead and bring in rules that restrict incoming grade 9's from outside of a school's border from playing sports unless they are in a special program (e.g. French Immersion or A.P.) or fit circumstances similar to some of the OFSAA transfer exceptions.

It's interesting to note that recruiting seems to be far less prevalent in Peel than many other regions yet they have taken the lead in this area.

This may not be the popular opinion, but I hope not.
Maybe varsity sports should be a special program. an atlete may be stuck at a school with a poor athletic program or no program at all. The chances of a student receiving an athletic scholarship (Canadian or otherwise) diminishes if they are not seen or able to play anywhere at all. Rep basket is very expensive. Ontario select teams can be very political with their selections and costs alot as well. High school ball may be all the athletes' family can afford.
If transfering to a school with an athletic program enable the student to participate in a program, great. If they receive a scholarship offer to continue their education, that is great. Not that transferring to a particular school can gaurentee anything. If you are told that, it is a flat out lie.
I just hope that the high schools are enforcing education because without the grades you can kiss that scholarship goodbye!
I know that sports is not a priority in Canada, however, the colleges and universities do offer athletic scholarships.
Hopefully transferring to a high school with a good athletics program will keep kids from transferring to America where the stakes are really high. Sports is big business there ans the student athlete is just a commodity.

Peel is strict with transfer rules and has been recently because they can afford to do so. Even if they couldn't, peel hasn't been based off of sports like other regions have. The population of peel region has been growing and with that has become a talent pool. From d'youville to campion and the other new upcoming schools. I would be surprised if Toronto districts begun to implement the same rules which in turn would lead to an even greater number of Toronto players leaving for the border. In the end, it's a give or take situation.

Transfer rules are a joke. Basketball players that end up at basketball schools are NEVER ineligible. Its the kids who transfer for legit reasons that always get the shaft.

Canada23 wrote:Peel is strict with transfer rules and has been recently because they can afford to do so.

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[quote="tart11"]Transfer rules are a joke. Basketball players that end up at basketball schools are NEVER ineligible. Its the kids who transfer for legit reasons that always get the shaft.[/quote]

The one part of this quote that caught me was the "Its the kids who transfer for legit reasons that always get the shaft". Though it seems like a crazy comment, it has a very strong amount of truth to it. I had a girl transfer to my school two years ago as she moved into our area to live with her sister. She had played the previous year in Peel. She was deemed ineligible and we went to an appeal board and were once again denied.
Now here is the good part. The reason she transferred was that her family was killed in a car crash and she moved in with her sister, who lived in our area. She was deemed ineligible because we did not have documentation as proof that her sister was now the legal guardian. I'm not making this up.

What does it mean "they can afford to do so"?