“Wouldn’t you rather your child transfer than not get any roles?”
Are you KIDDING? The purpose of my child going to college is to get training and a degree. Sure, ideally it would be nice if she gets to be in some shows while she’s there, and that is certainly a valuable experience that supports the training, but that is not the PRIMARY purpose of being there. If I had to choose between “staying at the college she loves but not getting cast in shows” or “getting kicked out and having to deal with that trauma along with the stress of re-auditioning for other colleges as a transfer student,” I would pick the first option EVERY time.
As for comparing this to a sports team cutting players: NO. The purpose of a sports team is to win games. The purpose of a college is to EDUCATE its students.
A professional sports team kicking out players would be more like a Broadway show, where the creative team feels that a certain actor they hired isn’t working out for some reason and replaces him. In a professional environment, that’s fine. NOT in a college where the kid was accepted, IS doing the work and getting good grades, and has paid the tuition.