Seems odd to me that parents who send their children to school districts outside their own for academic reasons are lauded for affording the children more lucrative opportunities, while those who wish to send their children to other districts for athletic reasons (and probably academic reasons as well) are demonized. Those who favor the public/private separation (a.k.a. "forced inequality," if you ask me) assert that private schools can buy their athletes without technically recruiting them -- thanks to the various enticing perks of a private school education. Of course, if I am a parent and I feel that my child will receive a better education at a private school, I have the right to send my child to said school and pay the considerable price. If I live in a public school district with a low-performing school, there are ways to get my child into another public school, including moving my family. And if it means that much to the parents, I'd say relocation is rarely out of the question (I'm sure it happens all the time). The bottom line is: What's best for the student athletes? Where will they most benefit, and who should make the decisions? Parents...that's who. It's their money -- it's their child.
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