re: LHSAA - How would you fix it?

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Because 19 is way too old and people will use that to game the system. See: Parkview

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very very few holdbacks

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but all schools can hold back equally... no changes needed

some kids fail in fourth grade and become good students by high school

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but most hold back on purpose.. sometimes twice

just because it's legal doesn't make it right...

it's actually kinda sad

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but most hold back on purpose.. sometimes twice

just because it's legal doesn't make it right...

it's actually kinda sad

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some might, but remember, the LHSAA always errs on the side of keeping kids eligible and rightly so

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AD's would have a vote instead of principals who are, inherently, political.

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Don't the principals hire the athletic directors? AD doesn't vote the way the principal does, they will just find someone who will.

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Louisiana should have four classifications,

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Absolutely. We need to have less classes and divisions, not more.

when a new association forms, teams will have to pick which one they're gonna play in, and they might have to leave rivals behind because these public school principals are a vindictive bunch. they won't let LHSAA schools play another association (just watch), just like they don't let the LHSAA play MAIS.

it's easy to say to the private schools you have it good in the LHSAA, but they keep getting shite on.

Again, where are the innocent victims? Now I read about how the private schools are being shite on. How exactly? By split playoffs? So who suffered exactly? As for the number of titles, who gives a shite. In my mind, they aren't real anyway. The funny thing is that I have read before about how the number of classifications have led to more blowouts. That is only partly true depending on what you feel is a blowout. I would say more than 21 is a blowout. If that is the standard, then there were blowouts in 3/5, 5/9, and 5/9 times the last three years. 5 is more than three, but 3/5 and 5/9 are fairly close. The public schools claim they are playing against a stacked deck by in large. On the Northshore, Mandeville (x2), Ponchatoula, and Covington have all made the semifinals. Yet none of them have been able to unseat St. Paul as outright district champs. Coincidence? Or, do the two different sets of rules really give the private schools a built in advantage? Maybe St. Paul just has the best coaches. Either way, the perception is that the public schools are being victimized. I personally don't want a split, but I sure as hell could see why the public school principals would be "vindictive". They are heRing from their coaches. Maybe it's excuses, maybe it's true. No mater, a full split is coming imo. Additionally, if public and private schools don't play across associations, I fear that the privates will then become a handful of juggernauts and a bunch of has beens. Be careful what you wish for.

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when a new association forms, teams will have to pick which one they're gonna play in, and they might have to leave rivals behind because these public school principals are a vindictive bunch. they won't let LHSAA schools play another association (just watch), just like they don't let the LHSAA play MAIS.

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That might occur for a couple of years. But the private schools bring butts in seats. And in NOLA, the pressure will be too great. You think CHS will willingly give up the game against Holy Cross? The teams that play St Aug?

jJ 27 right not many 19 year olds playing fb- But what was the hold back rate at wm in that news star article85%?

That's 85% that should be in college


Lsufanhouston
We is a lot of resentment over that
It was 12 years ago but the smaller schools had 10 years of getting thumped by JC and ECA

In that 10 year span nobody other than JC or ECA won state in the class they were



Privates ar being crapped on for 1 3 a having to play w 4a wh e thie numbers are closer to 2a and 4a closer to 5.

Less playoff games for 2....


Also outside of urban areas publics and privates draw the same

That's why I say if the LHSAA won't let us play, we should sue for the lost gate for three sports every year, our biggest guaranteed gate in each one.