What does OHSAA rule prevent?

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i could see the powerhouse rule being in effect, although no one questions what football does for the sake of creating a football powerhouse, or the parochial school thats recruit basketball players (oj mayo, bron, etc) as such.

 

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This would not be too bad... sorry dear... didn't get you anything for christmas this year... didn't want to ruin your eligibility... my wallet is feeling heavier already....

 

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Here's my guess:

OHSAA believes that it prevents school teams from practicing and playing together year-round, causing an unfair advantage to other schools who are not able to practice and play year-round, for whatever reason. They probably also believe that it prevents athletes from transferring to other school districts for the sole purpose of creating powerhouses in school athletics as well as their respective summer teams. In other words, the OHSAA believes it levels the playing field to the best of their ablilty.

Again, that's just my guess.

Len

A couple of years ago we checked with OHSAA for clarification when we had 7 girls from one high school on our team. What they told us was that it was in place to prevent the year-round play of a single team to make sure everyone would have an opportunity to play softball. They felt the June-July exception was sufficient; the main thrust of the rule is to prevent teams from staying together in August-October so that fall sport athletes would also have a chance.

 

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As much as I hate to admit it, that makes sense.

I'm not sure if it's the best way to gaurd against "powerhouses", but the goal is admirable.

 

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Local high school coach has a parent coach his HS team in winter and fall tournaments. Tells his players that they must play for this team in fall and winter and that they cannot play for their summer ball teams in fall or winter if they want to get playing time on his HS team.

Now he is putting together his own travel team which will be playing during fall and winter and summer which he will "watch" but not coach much.
Told his HS players they need to be on this team if they want playing time this spring.

 

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it prevents this...

dd has played four years with... (Classics, Lasers, Doom, Extreme, etc. etc. (you name the team here))... at 13, the team finish 2nd at States, and finished 36th at nationals. At 14, this team has a chance to really rock.

dd shows up at high school... will probably be 4 year starter on varsity...

high school coach walks up to dd and says... we have a travel team that plays here at the high school. you are expected to play on it... "but coach..." she says... " i have a travel team"... "not any more... if you want to play varsity here.". Joe Smith... my brother coaches our travel program and every girl that plays varsity plays on this team... meaning... you want to play varsity... you better be on this team...

personally... i like the 4 on a team rule... it protects the girls from the example above.

When you put in that light, it does make the rule sound good. See i knew this OFC thing could be a usefull tool, and not just a waste of time and cyberspace.