Quote: I think you're missing my point. If you take 2 athletes. both are high end athletes D1 recruits. One plays basketball and one plays soccer. Each play for their respective clubs and on their high school team. 100% of the time the club team is going to be much better than the high school team in both sports, that's a given. In Basketball and other youth sports they give the kids a break from the high pressures of club play for a few months, but in soccer they don't now. Are you telling me that a youth soccer player needs 12 months of highly competitive play and basketball only needs 8? That doesn't make sense. Also this past year with the start of the ECNL league is the only time my player had to play year round for the past 3 years in high school my daughter did not have a spring club schedule her freshman and sophmore years...
You are missing my point. The other sports are only able to give the 4-month break because it is the same 4 months in all states. That's not the case for soccer. Which 4 months do you propose to give the break? Fall, Winter, or Summer? Or are you going to try to get all 50 states to play high school soccer during the same 4 months each year? If so, good luck with that one.
Quote: ...Also as you see in another thread several states forbid playing non interscholastic play during high school season.
As was pointed out in the other thread: "been there, done that" in SC. The SCHSL rule against dual participation was struck down by the SC state legislature in 2001, 2002 or 2003 (not exactly sure which year).
