The rationale for the rule as given when it was established was to improve competition by preventing strong HS teams, i.e., STA boys or girls soccer teams, from playing off season sports as a club team. Other examples: Miege volleyball, Colgan and Ward baseball if there where fall club baseball, etc. The rule accomplished what was intended in the three biggest population area. But, I also think it hamstrings the ability of smaller towns to put one-town teams in off season competition.
Thank you. I thought it might be something like that. I guess I still see this as being a little overreaching in the KSHSAA jurisdiction. I don't think they should be legislating what teams the athletes can get involved with during the off seasons. To me that is going too far. But at the very least I think they should have an exemption for the smaller communities. Just as I think that there should be an exemption to let our high school wrestling coaches be allowed to coach their wrestlers in freestyle and greco wrestling in the wrestling off season during the school year.
