# @denverpost on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-12-03T03:15:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Denver Post (@denverpost) — https://gondola.cc/denverpost

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The often-controversial nature of the CHSAA transfer system is getting tested more with each passing year. ⁠
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Since the CHSAA bylaws on transfers changed in 2018, the number of student-athletes switching schools has nearly doubled. That has exposed more families, programs and schools to a system that often operates subjectively in gray areas, attempting to balance fairness to individual athletes with the greater good of Colorado high school sports.⁠
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Coaches and athletic directors expressed concerns about this balancing act as CHSAA attempts to keep student-athletes from program-jumping to powerhouse teams, while simultaneously recognizing that there are non-athletically motivated reasons to change schools. Colorado’s issues mirror a national trend seen in other high school associations and in the NCAA, and some coaches and ADs believe a one-time free transfer could be a Band-Aid solution.⁠
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The system has its critics, with some arguing that it’s too harsh in some cases and is exploited by families and programs in others. Meanwhile, supporters believe it is an effective means of preserving the association’s purpose of educationally-based athletics — even if CHSAA lacks the investigative ability to fully police the system.⁠
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Click the link in our bio to read more.⁠
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📝: Kyle Newman, The Denver Post ⁠
📷: Rebecca Slezak, Special to The Denver Post // rebeccaslezak⁠
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#Denver #CHSAA #PrepSports #HSsports #highschoolsports

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