Transfer-itis or no?

Is transfer-itis wreaking havoc within the ranks of northern California prep basketball?

By my count, ten student-athletes are currently headed elsewhere, which typically means go east young man:

David Andoh - IMG Academy (FL)

Brandon Ashley - Findlay Prep (NV)

Dominic Artis - Findlay Prep (NV)

Glenn Baral - Salisbury Prep School (CT)

Treaven Duffy - Cushing Academy (MA), post high school

Ben Freeland - Suffield Academy (CT), post high school

Aaron Hendricks - New Hampton (NH)

Ikenna Iroegbu - Oak Hill Acadmey  (VA)

Chris Mullin - Cushing Academy (MA)

Gary Williams - ABCD (TX)

Well, a total of 10 in the context of how many teenagers participate in high school hoops in northern California does not constitute a flood of expatriates. It's the same even if the measurement pool is reduced to the total of NorCal basketball players heading to college on some sort of a scholarship.

So how can these transfers fall into the category of being a problem or a plague?

Looking at a different angle of this subject, let's assess (or speculate) the reasons for the departures.

Such as:

* wanting to both practice daily and play against stronger competition
* wishing for a higher level of publicity
* needing stronger academic assistance and/or discipline
* getting away from distracting or negative influences
* seeking a 'better' college scholarship offer
* desiring to have another year, sometimes two, of skill and body development

Regarding criticism of such moves, it's simply up to the individual and his family and the business of nobody else. We will never know all the factors considered/prompting such a move and again, it need not be territory of our concern.Telling someone not in any way a relation to us nor seeking our 'advice' about what he should do with his life is an overreach at minimum.

College basketball is a business. Club ball obviously entails elements of such. Faultfinding someone who believes playing and attending high school elsewhere will be a plus for the next level is similar to disparaging a young man for not choosing the college you graduated from and worship. We can put ourselves into the shoes of others but more often than not there is no fit, making understanding next to impossible.