There are no Dorms or Host Families at Mater Dei….. Just kids and Families that reach out to the School because they want to play there…..Obviously So-Cal is more appealing about Stockton, I'm talking about the logistics of it and the first contact. Does MD contact the family directly, it seems like they back channel through the trainer first, similar to how the transfer portal is working. Does the kid stay down with a host family, dorms or other family/friends down there?
All the kids that have gone there from Nor Cal have moved there…. And if they have family down there they want to live with what’s the big deal?…..
And let’s say that a A School like Serra, DLS or MD did have host families and recruit kids to play Football there…. Who cares?….. If a kid wants to play FB at a Private school and can get free tuition and live with a Host family then they should be able to go for it….. What business is it of anyone else, kids should be able to play where they want at private schools and if the Families agree to it good for them….
The real issue is Public schools like Folsom with open enrollment who recruit kids from other public schools which takes funding away from those other public schools because the funding follows the student….. and ultimately hurts the competitive balance of the surrounding schools and gives them an un fair advantage because they are all funded with public money…..
But I also believe kids should play where they want, it’s just difficult with public schools because of the funding aspect and that is why Recruiting is not legal, to keep the Folsom type of schools from stealing other schools kids and funding and destroying competitive balance in a region like Folsom has done with the SJS…..
On top of that you have Charter Schools which are publicly funded with no boundaries….. So there is really no way to effectively control it…..
So in the end, you just have to let them play….