This thread is making my head spin and stomach churn. Excluding the ECA kids as that is a different animal all together, while there probably are exceptions, I seriously doubt the kids mentioned (or their parents) are making these moves for academic reasons. Makes me nostalgic for the days when kids spent 4 years with their team mates and got to enjoy being high school kids, fighting together through the good and bad seasons. When they shop themselves around (or others do it for them), priorities, loyalties and perspective so often get left behind. No wonder some of them have academic or conduct issues, when they're made to feel more important than they are and don't have a steady school support system. It was bad enough when pro sports, then college became all about "me" instead of "we" and is sad that it keeps getting more prevalent at even lower levels. Dismounting from soap box now to go find an aspirin ...