Isn't this true of all sports? Look at Wando and all the transfers into that school? Look at Byrnes for football. It happens everywhere and for every sport. Did Mann recruit a bunch of baseball players too and that is why they are playing for the state championship? How about softball, Lacross? All of their spring sports are good. I hardly believe they "recruit", kids want to play there because they have a better chance of winning. Just like all football players want to play at Byrnes, they want to win. Go all the way. That is a high school kids dream.
I think there is a difference between moving into a school district and being a magnet school, a huge difference.
People certainly move to areas for the schools, but there is a huge difference between making that level of commitment and picking a school for your child based on sports programs.
And soccer, lacrosse and other upper income sports are rip for magnet school because they are established to attract high level students and who plays soccer and lacrosse? High level students.
Which is probably why Mann does good at upper income sports and not so much at lower income sports, right?
And here is a thought- Nation Ford and Fort Mill boys both made the quarter finals this year. These schools are 3-4 miles apart in same town and school district. Now imagine if one of them was a magnet school and sucked up just a few of the other teams best players. How much better would that have made them?
Or Fort Mill girls who lost 2 games this year, give them just a couple of the best players from NAFO and imagine how much better they could have been.
And something like 30% of Mann students are magnet students? So that means maybe 5 players on each soccer team? Maybe more. What team in the state wouldn't want 5 more quality club players on them?
