The same for my boys. Homeschool groups are very well-organized. I agree with you 100%.
In my post, I was commenting on how school parents see homeschooling. I don't want anyone to think I share their opinion...
Many school parents send their children to school because they think their kids will miss out on something if they homeschool. But, as you pointed out, opportunities abound outside the school system. I know that my own kids had more opportunities through homeschooling than they ever would have had in school.
But, school parents who want their kids to play in school sports might not be so open to homeschooling. Around here, the homeschool groups had sports teams until about 10 years ago. So, about five years ago, some parents started saying their kids wanted to go to school, just to play football. If only the teams were not connected to schools, but in leagues that any kid could play in.
I agree 100%... some areas are starting to see the potential athletes among homeschoolers and letting them play for their public school teams. We knew one homeschooler that played for his local school and he’s playing in the minors (as a catcher), but you have to be pretty exceptional for a school district to be willing to make that exception.
I know in Idaho homeschoolers can play sports and use some of the other resources of the local schools, at least it was that way a few years ago when we were looking at moving there.
The homeschool sports program near me is about 15 years old with about 2,000 participants- but the people that manage it are paid. It is moving towards being under the umbrella of a local hybrid school which means homeschoolers will no longer be allowed. That will ruin it IMO... especially for football, the school is not big enough to field a decent team without the homeschoolers.