{"id":4765,"date":"2025-03-13T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:08:08","slug":"bill-could-allow-h-s-athletes-could-compete-on-both-school-non-school-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/more-sports\/4765-bill-could-allow-h-s-athletes-could-compete-on-both-school-non-school-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Could Allow H.S. Athletes Could Compete On Both School, Non-school Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>High school athletes could soon be allowed to compete on both school-sponsored and nonschool teams at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Capitol News Illinois reports legislation is advancing at the Statehouse that would override existing rules of the Illinois High School Association or IHSA.<\/p>\n<p>Those rules say students generally are not eligible to play on their school team if they also play the same sport for an outside team such as those sponsored by private clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the bill say that results in many student athletes being overlooked by college recruiters. 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