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re: Can someone explain the LHSAA situation to me?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:25 pm to chalmetteowl
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:25 pm to chalmetteowl
So why is it a shock that they voted 7-1 in favor of the split?
Thats not corruption.
It would make sense if you were complaining about the smaller private schools being swayed to vote for the split, but thats not the case.
Thats not corruption.
It would make sense if you were complaining about the smaller private schools being swayed to vote for the split, but thats not the case.
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 4:30 pm
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Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:25 pm to chalmetteowl
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a system like Sabine Parish that has Many and 6 other B and C schools has a 7-1 vote advantage over my St. Bernard Parish, despite the fact that we educate more kids than they do. Don't think Norman Booker doesn't know this.
exactly.
Class B and C schools shouldn't have been allowed to vote on football split
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:29 pm to chalmetteowl
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Because the smaller the school, the more susceptible they are to receiving bribes for their vote
So if they didn't agree with the big schools who know what's best for everyone it means they were bribed?
Can't argue with that logic.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:29 pm to More beer please
quote:Yes it is... I ran the numbers and us and St. Charles parish are the most disenfranchised in the LHSAA voting, by having the most students per vote
Thats not corruption.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:30 pm to More beer please
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What a stupid fricking comment. So the larger schools should be able to dictate what the smaller schools do? Does Edwin Edwards vote for Governor count more than mine or yours?
When you vote for president, does every state count equally, or do bigger states get more voting power? Do Texas and North Dakota count equally? --- No, bc Texas has millions more people than North Dakota. Same thing goes for schools with 10k students vs schools with 100 students
Edit: my fix to this would be that schools get a vote for every 100 students they have, and schools with less than 100 get 1 vote. So a school with 1000 students gets 10 votes, giving it a weighted voting power based on the number of students it stands for
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:31 pm to southernelite
20 years by Southern Lab in what sport, track?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:31 pm to Andy Bernard
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Class B and C schools shouldn't have been allowed to vote on football split
Ehh dont completely disagree. However they are still a part of the LHSAA and get a vote on everything proposed. Situations like Houma Christian for example. They were B, jumped up in class and started playing football. Fairly rare but they deserve a vote just like everyone else.
Regardless those votes wouldnt have changed the outcome, and it led to including the other 4 major sports.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:31 pm to Upperdecker
So should there be a house and a Senate for the LHSAA. Good lord
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:32 pm to Andy Bernard
Class B and C schools voting on football makes as much sense as male only schools like Catholic BR voting on volleyball.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:33 pm to Upperdecker
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When you vote for president, does every state count equally, or do bigger states get more voting power? Do Texas and North Dakota count equally? --- No, bc Texas has millions more people than North Dakota. Same thing goes for schools with 10k students vs schools with 100 students
When the rules in the LHSAA constitution state differently, yeah it does matter. Notice I said each person, not the states as a whole as an example.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:34 pm to southernelite
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So should there be a house and a Senate for the LHSAA. Good lord
Good lord you're a dumbass. It's a fricking analogy. I edited it to make it clear for people like you
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:36 pm to teke184
Lab dominated 1A basketball from the 90s-00s
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:36 pm to More beer please
quote:that's how you get a new organization, with a new Constitution... I want 5A and 4A to break off into their own association. There's enough big schools in every region of the state to make it work
When the rules in the LHSAA constitution state differently, yeah it does matter
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:38 pm to More beer please
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When the rules in the LHSAA constitution state differently, yeah it does matter. Notice I said each person, not the states as a whole as an example.
I have no idea what their rules state. I'm making a suggestion for how it should be. And I used states because the states are not individual people, but a weighted vote based off of the number of people that reside in them. Same situation applies here. Schools aren't individual people. They are collections of students, some large, some small
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:43 pm to teke184
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Class B and C schools voting on football makes as much sense as male only schools like Catholic BR voting on volleyball.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:47 pm to Upperdecker
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I have no idea what their rules state.
It sounds like you're the perfect person to speculate on what's wrong or how to fix it, and we should definitely take everything you say seriously.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:20 pm to chalmetteowl
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And you didn't explain why it's "corrupt".
Because the smaller the school, the more susceptible they are to receiving bribes for their vote
It's not corruption. It's one of the fundamental flaws of democracy. Humans are human and are swayed by selfish motives over the greater good. We all want ours. The ones with the lowest stake in the fight have the most important votes because their vote is on sale to the side that will give them the most.
Look at SEC football. Why do LSU and Florida play every year? Because it's "fair?" Hell no. It's because the Mississippi schools don't want to lose Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Let somebody else play Florida every year.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:57 pm to lsutigers1992
I have read through this thread and I really do not understand some of the logic. Let's say Hillary wins the presidential election by 56.5%. Is she going to say I am sorry we can vote again? Is the minority going to get to dictate what the majority does? Become a principal and get a vote. Become a principal and run for the executive committee. Do something to try and fix it rather than just talk about it. It appears that some of you who are posting are very uninformed by some of your comments. Bribes??
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:06 pm to bigcatfish
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I have read through this thread and I really do not understand some of the logic. Let's say Hillary wins the presidential election by 56.5%. Is she going to say I am sorry we can vote again? Is the minority going to get to dictate what the majority does? Become a principal and get a vote. Become a principal and run for the executive committee. Do something to try and fix it rather than just talk about it. It appears that some of you who are posting are very uninformed by some of your comments. Bribes??
Do you think we're talking about money here? If you vote for the split, I'll take care of something you want down the line. That's bribery.
And you are aware that we don't elect a president by a popular vote, right? That's why people in a swing state like Ohio matter more than people in Louisiana, where you already know the Republican is going to win.
Democracy in action.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 6:42 pm to More beer please
There is no logical reason for rural 150 student schools to have the same influence as a 1500 student consilidated school.. Especially when the B/C schools are being influenced with subtle threats of changing the way they operate.
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