Not sure how often this comes up in high school team sports; but if a small school doesn't have enough kids come out for a team sport to field a team, are there any options for the existing players to play without sitting out a year (if they played varsity previously) assuming they transfer?

I called khsaa and was told that if a school drops a sport, then those players are eligible to transfer if they choose to transfer as long as it was their only varsity sport they played. For instance(example), if the said player played varsity basketball, and varsity softball, but only softball got dropped prior to 1st game of season the following year due to whatever reason, then said player would have to sit a year because varsity basketball wasn't dropped. This also only applies to high school athletes and I believe that the sport has to be dropped before season begins as stated above in example. I don't think you can turn in a roster and during the season drop the sport for the eligibility of transfer to count. Of course, I could be off on some of it because it was about 3 months ago when I called.

Would not having enough players to field a team for a particular season be considered "dropping" the sport? I would think dropping a sport would mean getting rid of it altogether.

Essentially you would be getting rid of it because what other option would you have if theres not enough players. I don't think the khsaa is going to recognize your team as valid if you turn in a 3 person roster when you need 9(softball/baseball...example) to compete. The school might still practice with few but in the khsaa's eyes you wouldn't have a team that could compete because of a lack of players or whatever reason you would give for not turning in a roster. Just because its "dropped" doesn't mean it couldn't be brought back the next year. Calvary use to have track and either they couldn't get a coach, or not enough interest with students and they haven't had it in at least the past 2 years. I have heard though, that there could be a resurrection of track, but who knows....just hearsay. So, I would say that track is dropped for now.