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If its a sport where there's unlimited slots, like cross country, I don't see a problem.

(GinRunner is responding to a comment that Home Schooled students have a right to participate in organized wresting with public schooled students.)

But in a sport where there's limited slots, such as wrestling weight classes, I think that's a problem. If he won a wrestle off at 112 lbs. and knocked another kid out of wrestling in a match or the state tournament, then its unfair to the kid who actually goes to the school.

metmom, I am alerting you to this because there seems to be a problem with some that a Home Schooled student would

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I posted this yesterday, but it seems someone posted my article again and when I saw it this morning I decided to read the comments. I was quite astonished by some of them, because I could not understand how anyone could think this kid has no right to participate in organized public High School sports just because he is Home Schooled. After all, his parents still pay the taxes needed for those organized sports, so why should he not benefit.

As for those who think he is wrong for not wrestling her, or think he should make her pay by hurting her instead of forfeiting, well I can just say those comments either could not have come from a Christian, or at least a Christian that needs to read the

Seems like a good debate for the Home Schooling crowd to get into. So I am alerting you to the second post of this by amosmccoy, because that is the post where GunRunner made his comment about Home Schooled students have no right to participate.

This is a link to the original article on my site that the whole post is about.

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Oops, I gave the link to the post I made in FR. Here is the link to my article if you wanted to see it.

High School Wrestler Forfeits Match Against a Girl, In Iowa State Tournament on Principle

I was quite astonished by some of them, because I could not understand how anyone could think this kid has no right to participate in organized public High School sports just because he is Home Schooled.

I'm not a huge defender of public schools, but if you're home schooling the kid you've made the choice to pull him/her out of the public school system.

Why is it that you want him/her to be a part of public school athletics? There are other routes to take with regard to sports and many outlets for kids outside of their school to compete in a huge variety of activities. But how can a kid represent his school in an athletic competition if he isn't enrolled in the school?