Private schools are subject to State regulation

however that regulation is limited compared to public schools pursuant to the !st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Many articles are written on this subject. I've yet to find one that addresses the freedom of students to transfer to a Catholic or other parochial school of their choice regardless of its location.

I understand the point about a group of very good athletes making each other better but logic would say the reverse is true as well-i.e. a group of poorer performing athletes would make them individually worse. A better approach -athletic wise-would be for a good athlete making a poorer athlete better-which would be possible if easy transfers-based solely on athletic ability were not possible.

The problem isn't just parochial schools either. We have some outstanding and famous coaches in a couple of our public schools in Orange County-where I live. We see transfers all the time with skimpiest of excuses. ( "I want to live with my long lost cousin" etc.) What it really comes down to in the end is parental involvement and money. (i.e. I want my kid to be the best so he can be a professional athlete and make lots of dough-which will benefit me. I'm not really interested in the quality of education at school X but more important to me is the athletic program"