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= The Scots College Boycott =

In September 2013, five elite private schools in Sydney, Australia petitioned to withdraw themselves from competition from The Scots College in The Athletic Association of Great Public Schools of NSW AAGPS basketball competition. This petition arose from allegations that The Scots College was breaching the AAGPS’s policy on athletic scholarships. The five schools included in the boycott were The Kings School, Sydney Grammar School, The Sydney Church of England School, Saint Ignatius College and Saint Joseph’s College. The boycott arose after Scots had won three consecutive AAGPS premierships in 2010, 2011 and 2012. This string of dominance was sudden and unexpected in the competition as The Scots College had previously placed last with two total wins in the 2009 AAGPS basketball season The sudden success of the program was believed to have been due to an alleged athletic scholarship program at the Scots College. The five schools in the boycott believed that Scots had offered multiple talented high school athlete’s scholarships to attend the college and play for the basketball team. As athletic scholarships are a violation of AAGPS rules competitors believed that The Scots College was giving themselves an unfair advantage. The boycott in 2013 would mean that the five schools (The Kings School, Sydney Grammar School, The Sydney Church of England School, Saint Ignatius College and Saint Joseph’s College) would not play The Scots College in the 2013/2014 season in both the 1sts and 2nds competitions. The five schools would forfeit the games in an attempt to draw attention to the allegations of misconduct. The boycott would only last the singular season as the principals of all AAGPS schools held a meeting to discuss how to handle the topic of sports scholarships.