I am talking with a family friend from Fayette(one of the smallest public school districts in NW Ohio) who has a son that is a good runner and very promising swimmer. He competes in local and regional swimming tournaments and does very well. His family is considering moving him to Wauseon so he can be part of their swim team. With this change, he could stay at Fayette and run CC in the fall and track in the spring while going to Wauseon to be part of their swim program throughout the winter.
A small school like Fayette will not benefit from a rule change like this in bringing outside athletes into their district, but instead of this dying school losing yet another student athlete to a neighboring district(Wauseon and Archbold have pillaged Fayette over the years) they could retain a student and everyone counts when you are as small as a district like Fayette.