It does work in reverse but as we spoke of in the other thread, the flight outward is becoming much more common in football than it ever has. It’s just sort of funny that you are implying that the schools that have been “the bullies” for decades now need to “do something about it.”
I know the residence topic is dicey but I’ve seen this more often than you’d think. State caliber athletes living in one public school township and attending school in one on the complete opposite side of town. I’ve never asked questions or dove into it in depth however.
The IHSAA is in a pickle. It’s easy for you and I to sit in here and say they need to “put their foot down” (we actually agree in principle). But doing it is a whole other animal. Just like with the MIC ordeal, the power of public PERCEPTION is higher than its ever been. All cases are not created equal and the last thing you want to do as an organization is come across as not putting student-athletes first. That’s exactly how it will be painted on social media and in the news if you aggressively begin to “put your foot down.”