One of the major objections to school choice is its potential impact on high school athletics if students are free to go to whatever school will accept them, regardless of where they reside.
The governing body of public school athletics, the Mississippi High School Activities Association, is worried that lifting restrictions on public-to-public transfers would give rise to recruiting wars, with the state’s larger public schools siphoning off the best athletes from smaller schools located nearby, regardless of the recipient school’s academic standing.
