I wonder if the volume of athletes moving to specific gyms is growing, or if we're just more aware of it now with social media being such a huge factor. Before twitter, even the board sometimes took months to realize an athlete had moved because unless tons of people were talking about it, you'd have no idea until videos started surfacing and you noticed them.
I do say, it kinda rubs me the wrong way a bit. With anyone. These kids are in High School, and are just picking and choosing where they want to cheer and are essentially uprooting their lives. This isn't like 'Oh I'm going from SOT to Cheer Athletics' this is 'I'm completely uprooting my life and everything to go cheer for a year.' Half these kids can't legally drive, yet they're allowed to do life-altering stuff like this? And please don't tell me Cali is the ONLY program in the country with a strict coaching style and that's why they're going. It's the appeal of competing on a team where you're essentially hand picked, and winning worlds is that extra icing. Maybe not for everyone, but I'd wager it's a fair bit. These kids aren't all leaving podunk allstars to go wherever they go, there are plenty leaving World-class programs to switch to others.
