A LOOK AT HOW THE LEAGUES WILL VOTE

REPRESENTATIVES OF the 62 leagues in the Southern Section will vote Thursday on whether to repeal three rules regarding outside competition by athletes.

Item 1: Rule 2712 of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Constitution reads: “A member of a high school soccer team may not, during his or her season of sport, compete for an outside team in the sport of soccer.”

Item 2: Rule 2712.1 allows no more than five players from a Southern Section school to participate at one time on a club team.

Item 3: A combination of rules 1814.1 (basketball), 1914.1 (softball), 2012.1 (water polo), 2213.1 (volleyball) and 2413.1 (baseball), limits the number of players from a Southern Section member school who can participate at one time on a club team. Currently, basketball is allowed two players, softball four, water polo three, volleyball four and baseball four.

League representatives said they will vote the same way on all three items. A majority vote will carry the items.

Here’s how they are expected to vote:

League Vote Academy No Alpha Undecided Angelus Yes Baseline Yes Bay Yes Camino Real Undecided Century Undecided Channel No Christian No Citrus Belt Undecided Collegiate No De Anza Undecided Delphic No Desert Inyo Undecided Desert Valleys Yes Empire Yes Express No Foothill No Freeway Undecided Frontier Undecided Garden Grove Yes Golden No Hacienda No Heritage Yes Hi-Lo Yes Horizon No Ivy Yes Liberty No Los Padres No Marmonte Yes Mission Valley No Montview No Moore Undecided Northern No Ocean Yes Olympic Yes Orange No Pacific Yes Pacific Coast No Pioneer Yes Prep Yes Rio Hondo No San Andreas Yes SF Valley No Vote San Gabriel Valley No Santa Fe No Response Sea View Abstaining Sierra No South Coast Undecided Suburban No Sunkist No Sunrise No Sunset No Sunshine No Tri-County Yes Tri-Valley Yes Valle Vista No Response Victory Yes Westside No Whitmont Undecided All Girls Yes Jr. High No response

League Comment From Representative Academy Important to keep restrictions for smaller schools. Alpha Won’t meet until today. Angelus Too difficult to enforce the restrictions. Baseline Vote was very close on all three items. Bay Supports the elimination of all restrictions. Camino Real Going uninstructed, but leaning toward eliminating all restrictions. Century Won’t meet until today. Channel Fears specialization in sports without restrictions. Christian Programs depend on athletes playing two or three sports. Citrus Belt Won’t meet until today; expect division. Collegiate Wants restrictions to discourage specialization. De Anza Won’t meet until today; problematic issue. Delphic Feels some restrictions needed. Desert Inyo Will attend the meeting uninstructed. Desert Valleys Rural area schools don’t want restrictions. Empire Impossible to police restrictions. Express Smaller schools don’t care one way or another. Foothill Don’t kill good legislation because it’s hard to impose. Freeway Won’t meet until today. Frontier Won’t meet until today. Garden Grove Restrictions are too difficult to enforce. Golden Likes restrictions for all the items. Hacienda Fears club coaches will pressure athletes to become specialists. Heritage Likes the idea of athletes playing on one club team. Hi-Lo Lots of towns don’t have enough kids to support more than one outside team. Horizon Fears a conflict between school coach and club coach. Ivy Outlying areas don’t want restrictions. Liberty Small schools are hurt by outside competition. Los Padres Feels some control needed over the athletes and their club teams. Marmonte Too difficult to enforce the restrictions. Mission Valley If no restrictions, there will be all kinds of problems in future. Montview Important to have restrictions to discourage year-round competition. Moore Won’t meet until today. Northern Likes the way the rules have worked in the past. Ocean Limitations are unfair to the athletes. Olympic Too tough to enforce restrictions. Orange Need control for as long as we can keep it. Pacific Most states don’t have restrictions, very hard to police. Pacific Coast Wants restrictions in all sports. Pioneer Restrictions are not the American way. Prep Doesn’t want any restrictions. Rio Hondo If we start specializing, we’ll die. San Andreas Impossible to impose the restrictions. SF Valley All-Girls has the league’s vote. San Gabriel Valley Feels some restrictions needed. Santa Fe Sea View League deadlocked, 3-3, on the items. Sierra Restrictions keep a club coach from exploiting student-athletes. South Coast Won’t meet until today. Suburban Suggests a blue-book committee study the issue a little more in depth. Sunkist No restrictions could to lead coaches burning out and athletes specializing. Sunrise Doesn’t want specialization. Sunset Vote was overwhelming in favor of keeping restrictions. Sunshine Wants equity in competition for all athletes. Tri-County Needs five-six athletes on one club team to have team at school. Tri-Valley Favors no restrictions in all sports. Valle Vista Victory This small school league doesn’t want restrictions. Westside Restrictions are an act of fairness for all schools. Whitmont Won’t meet until today. All Girls Restrictions are too difficult to impose. Jr. High

Consensus: 26 leagues want restrictions, 20 do not, 11 undecided, 1 abstaining.