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Nope. You'd be assuming wrong. Please think for a second about what you're saying. The student gets to be enrolled in the athletics class ONLY because they are a homeschool student that wants to play on the sports team... Answer this. What if the team holds a tryout and the homeschool kid doesn't make the team? Or the homeschool kid refuses to adhere to the policies of the athletics class and fails? Do they get lunch/breakfast if they were in the athletics class? What about special Ed services? I could go on and on... Bottom line. This is a terrible idea all the way around. There is a reason that activities that involve STUDENT/athletes are for students only. And they are a privilege. Not a right. Even students enrolled in the school could be denied the right to be an athlete. But I know...my opinion is irrelevant. If this does become law then they'll get to be part of the team..I guess. BUT. Coaches make the final call on who plays and how much. Good luck getting off of the bench after missing 250 minutes of workouts each week with the team/coach because there is no way a homeschool student would get to enroll in a class for one period a day.

Wow. You avoided the point altogether. I'm aware they would have to follow rules of UIL which require a physical for certain grades. I'm talking about: A- A kid that is NOT A STUDENT showing up to a school to participate in a CLASS in which he/she is not enrolled. B- A Kid participating in activities in which the other STUDENTS that are ENROLLED in the class are covered as far as liability. If a STUDENT drops a weight on their foot and shatters their bones, the school is covered. If a kid that is NOT A STUDENT does the same thing then are legally in some trouble.

Do you know of many schools that would let a kid (not a student of the school) show up and participate in a class? Especially an athletics class...where there is running and weight lifting. Because I don't know of any. There are some legal / safety issues there when talking about kids that aren't enrolled as students.

Athletics period is a CLASS that happens during the school day. A class that is used every single day for the team as a preparation of sorts.

Do you honestly think that I would give a crap about a younger sibling doing something better than an older sibling? I'll say it again. If I were coaching...a kid that missed the athletic period EVERY SINGLE DAY would not come off of the bench. I truly do not care what they do or claim to be doing on their own time. Did you play sports? Because if you ever missed a practice and told the coach " but coach, I did my own practice. Just ask my dad" that wouldn't fly. Not with any coach I ever had. The UIL may say that homeschool kids are allowed to play...but when or how much they play is 100% up to the coach. And every coach I know would not allow a kid to miss that much time that the rest of the team has to attend...and play. So there you go. Nothing personal. And nothing against homeschool kids. But, if they miss any type of workout, walk thru, meeting, film session, etc. that every other teammate is at then they don't deserve to play in the game.

My particular response wasn't a knee jerk reaction. If I'm coaching...and a kid misses the athletic period every single day, they won't come off the bench. UIL could make me allow them to participate, but UIL has zero say in who plays or how much they play.

That's fine...and very well may be the case. But there is more to consider than just the academic side of it. Homeschool kids are not held to the same standard of dress, behavior, attendance, etc...like those that attend a public school and actually have to show up on time every single day to 7/8 different classes. Learn how to interact with teachers/students a certain way while staying out of trouble (according to the school policy). PLUS.. I can't get past the idea of a kid playing that doesn't go through the athletics period / workouts every single day. Or ever. I can promise you that if I were coaching and had a homeschool kid on the roster the parents would be constantly wondering why the kid never came off the bench. And I would say that it's because he/she hadn't worked out during the period all week. If you think I wouldn't then you apparently don't know me very well. If an athletic period is 50 minutes long...5 days a week...for 36 weeks. That's 9000 minutes (give or take some days) of working out, walk thru, film watching, game preparation... that a homeschool kid will miss. Yeah. Wouldn't play for me.

Absolutely a kid should be allowed to play if he/she homeschools. As long as the kid follows the same exact curriculum as the one provided by the school, completes the same assignments as the classes offered at the school, all work is graded by the teachers of record at the school, and the kid goes to the athletic period every single day, participates in the same offseason programs as provided in the athletic period, follows the same guidelines as the athletic policy provided by the athletic director.... Oh wait. They can't do all that unless they're enrolled in the school. Sorry for your luck.

What a game. Congrats to Silsbee. Should win big tomorrow

Some Silsbee people were talking a mighty big game up until now.

What happened to getting wrecked?

never mind. at a glance I though it was 49-56

3 possession game? Uh oh

Playing better up to that point will prevent the need for a game winning shot.

I see both of their points. I understand perfectly what they're saying. At that particular point in the game, a bad call on a possession at the end of a close game could cause 1 team to win or lose. My point is this. There is literally an hour and a half (minimum) of game other than that that could've kept the game from even getting to the point where 1 possession can do so much damage. I'm afraid that I won't sway on that. I hear it all the time. "Refs blew that call at the end and it costed us the game." Why was it that close? "Well..we played a bad first half." Umm..that's what cost you the game.

Definitely a possibility. But you may run into an issue with some towns that may have more than 1 high school in the town. How would it be fair to make Dallas ISD consolidate schools just because there would hardly be any problems...but maybe there are towns that have a 3A and 4A in the same town (example) that maybe could also consolidate with few issues.

Sounds nice. But...can you think of another way to group schools other than school enrollment?

7-1 run...

Uh oh

I knew Lipan was big...that's really big for a 1A school. Those heights are similar to the starting 5s when I played in college lol

I heard Lipan is huge. How good is Happy?

Says the guy who obviously has blamed many a loss on the refs. If you think one, two, or even a few calls dictate the end result then you're a moron. Example: Misses 7 free throws, misses 9 shots at the rim, several turnovers....blames refs on a 2 point loss. Tell me again who's delusional.

I bet the coach wishes he could go back in time and start screaming TIME OUT when the kid went in for the dunk...so he could put that DA on the bench. smh

False. Had they made their free throws and easy buckets the bad call would not have been noticed. Or if the call had happened earlier in the game. Back on topic. If Silsbee can successfully speed the game up they will win. If Argyle can successfully slow the game down they will have a chance at winning. I personally think that Silsbee has the definite advantage.

2 things: 1st...if they missed 7 ft's and 9 or so shots around the rim then yes...that's what cost them the game. Refs had nothing to do with that. 2nd...you can not compare the foul count of 2 teams that play different styles of basketball or defense. If one team plays more aggressive defense or just bad defense then they will always commit more fouls.