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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. shame on them for following the rules as stipulated.

Don't like the rules. Talk to the APS School Board. Otherwise, I'm sorry our daughter wasn't good enough. That is life.[/quote]

Yeah, the ire at the coaches seems misplaced.  The coaches are charged with fielding a team, and of course they want the best team possible.  [/quote]

[b]They don’t need to field the best team at a public HS[/b]. That’s what club is for. The teams at the HS level are supposed to be for the benefit of the students enrolled at the school. This isn’t private school where school championships matter all that much. People go to the public that they are zoned for and that’s that. In fact, I’d argue that 8th graders put on Varsity teams are more likely to leave to attend private. [/quote]

That's right there is the problem.  If coaches do not need to field the best team at a public HS, how do you feel if they cut the your kid and take another kid but your kid is clearer better?

VHSL rules are there for a reason.  Coaches have follow those rules.  Talk to the APS School Board to have the rules change if you don't agree with the rules.[/quote]

[b]The reason is to let more kids in HS play.[/b] Some schools in VA did not have enough players to field a JV team. Before this VHSL exception for 8th graders,  they'd have to elimitate the entire JV team in that case- which results in fewer HS players playing since they had no team to play on if Varsity was full. Allowing an 8th grader or 2 to fill the gaps lets more HS players play. NOW it's being used as a recuriting pipeline/win at all costs so fewer HS students are playing b/c they were displaced by a middle schooler. [/quote]

This is all your opinion.  It's just as likely that another reason for the rule is to allow talented 8th graders to play the sport when it's unavailable at their MS.[/quote]

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