Florida high school sports out of control? We sound off on WSJ report

Is Florida the Wild West of high school sports? Wall Street Journal reporter Harriet Ryan's latest story calls calling the future of youth sports a "mess" while using Florida's free transfer laws as a backdrop . Chaminade-Madonna receiver Ah'Mari Stevens is used as the example, a player who has transferred four times before his senior year.

Ryan points out illicit pay-for-play schemes, rampant transfers and academic lethargy as symptoms of this era's of high school sports' overall future. But is there something inherently wrong with today's system? USA TODAY Florida Network recruiting writers Jon Santucci and Nick Wilson have thoughts: Santucci's take The state of high school sports in Florida is pretty fairly represented in the Wall Street Journal article.

Transfers are rampant. Students constantly are on the move. And that’s exactly the way the state wants it.

The state legislature opened the path to open enrollment and the FHSAA is hamstrung trying to regulate what few rules they can enforce. Even when FHSAA executive director Craig Damon tried to curb the number of transfer by saying students who transfer can’t get NIL money for a year, the Board of Directors immediately turned it down. So here we are.