re: More LHSAA… they want to allow one free transfer again…

More pressing issues but nil will grow.

Violence at games
Ever increasing gap between haves and have nots
Waning attendance
Shortage of young people staying in or getting into coaching
Travel ball/ aau mentality

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What needs to be said about this is that everyone will vote for their schools’ self-interest as they should. That’s the danger of a principal-run organization

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of course

in the end it wont matter though...legislation is going to make this pass and then they are going to eventually pass full school choice and they dont give a frick how much whining the teachers union does.

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Like anything it will hurt some schools and help others…

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It's not 50/50 though. It'll be like 90/10, which is why the majority of schools, even privates, are against it. There are a lot of public schools that would benefit from that too.

Exactly, the committee made it very clear...


Tier 2
Legislatures almost never jump straight to creating a brand-new state athletics agency (Tier 1). That is expensive, politically heavy, and triggers fears of government overreach. What usually happens first is exactly what the committee recommended: a statutory or contractual oversight relationship with the state education department.

So the likely sequence is:

A bill is filed requiring a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Department of Education.
This will frame the issue as student protection, due process, and transparency, not as “taking over” the LHSAA. That framing is critical and mirrors Florida and Georgia.

LHSAA initially resists, but negotiates.
In every state where this happened, the athletic association argues independence and tradition. Then, once the Legislature shows it has the votes, the association pivots to shaping the agreement rather than blocking it.

Once a CEA exists, LDOE gains review authority, reporting power, and leverage over eligibility appeals and governance standards. It will not micromanage games, but it will control process, compliance, and civil-rights exposure.

Courts will support the Legislature if challenged.
Brentwood v. TSSAA and similar cases make it very hard for an athletic association to argue it is purely private when it governs public school students. Any lawsuit claiming “you cannot regulate us” will almost certainly fail.

Tier 1 is leverage.
This is important. Even if Tier 1 is not enacted, its presence in the report signals: if Tier 2 oversight is ignored or undermined, the state can escalate to full structural control later. Tier 2 is LHSAA allowing a one time transfer.

What will happen. Principals will vote down the one time transfer today.
Tier 2 will pass in the 2026 session in some form, probably softened in language but real in effect. LHSAA will remain, but with state supervision, transparency rules, and due-process standards. Over time, that will fundamentally change how eligibility, transfers, and governance operate, even if the logo on the door stays the same.

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Exactly, the committee made it very clear...


Tier 2
Legislatures almost never jump straight to creating a brand-new state athletics agency (Tier 1). That is expensive, politically heavy, and triggers fears of government overreach. What usually happens first is exactly what the committee recommended: a statutory or contractual oversight relationship with the state education department.

So the likely sequence is:

A bill is filed requiring a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Department of Education.
This will frame the issue as student protection, due process, and transparency, not as “taking over” the LHSAA. That framing is critical and mirrors Florida and Georgia.

LHSAA initially resists, but negotiates.
In every state where this happened, the athletic association argues independence and tradition. Then, once the Legislature shows it has the votes, the association pivots to shaping the agreement rather than blocking it.

Once a CEA exists, LDOE gains review authority, reporting power, and leverage over eligibility appeals and governance standards. It will not micromanage games, but it will control process, compliance, and civil-rights exposure.

Courts will support the Legislature if challenged.
Brentwood v. TSSAA and similar cases make it very hard for an athletic association to argue it is purely private when it governs public school students. Any lawsuit claiming “you cannot regulate us” will almost certainly fail.

Tier 1 is leverage.
This is important. Even if Tier 1 is not enacted, its presence in the report signals: if Tier 2 oversight is ignored or undermined, the state can escalate to full structural control later. Tier 2 is LHSAA allowing a one time transfer.

What will happen. Principals will vote down the one time transfer today.
Tier 2 will pass in the 2026 session in some form, probably softened in language but real in effect. LHSAA will remain, but with state supervision, transparency rules, and due-process standards. Over time, that will fundamentally change how eligibility, transfers, and governance operate, even if the logo on the door stays the same.

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but you will have tons of idiots screaming....my tradition.


this is all leading to 100% school choice in the state and forcing schools to compete. its about removing barriers that stop people from transferring now. Not to encourage but to remove punitive punishment.


because they know if they pass school choice but LHSAA is still punishing kids for transferring, LHSAA will lose their arse in court and that could open whole other can of worms.

I don't have Facebook. I'm just genuinely curious who wants this 1 time free transfers? Just the kids that don't like the PT they are getting and want to go somewhere so they can play? Tough shite, that's life.

This is coming from the Louisiana Legislature which is why it will happen whether the principals vote for it or not.

What's to stop schools who don't want this to happen to build their own league? You lose the designation a state champion?

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What's to stop schools who don't want this to happen to build their own league? You lose the designation a state champion?

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Ultimately, the public schools don't have this option because tax dollars fund them.