In defense of Principal Jane Griffin and Winnfield Senior High School

Mrs. Griffin should be commended for proposing
the split playoffs. Other principals supported
her proposal by about a 2 to 1 margin. The split
was long overdue. Non-select schools will
proudly accept their championship trophies.

Most of the ones griping about the split are
the Select schools' supporters who will not
accept the FACT that certain Select schools
abused their right to even be in the LHSAA
by making themselves football factories.

Case in point: How many John Curtis High School
football players actually pay their own tuition?
When Winnfield played JC in the championship
game in 2011, JC had about 90-100 kids dressed
for the game. Yes, some were freshmen but 100
football players in a school with less than 200
boys in grades 9 through 12?

Take your rose-colored glasses off and admit
that Select schools have certain advantages
that do not make a level playing field, even
if they don't outright recruit players.

The split is here to stay. Some modifications
may be made at the annual meeting in January 2014
but nearly all public schools will still be
happy with the split.

To those Select school supporters who want to
leave the LHSAA and form their own association,
I will say that probably less than half of
Selects would vote to leave. As for taking your
money and leaving the LHSAA in a financial bind,
this, too, is a joke. When Winnfield played
John Curtis in 2011 we had twice as many fans
as JC, with Winnfield having to travel 250 miles
and JC less than 20 miles from the Superdome

Other than their own families and a few others,
nobody gives a damn about private schools.
Goodbye and good riddance.

AND THANK YOU WINNFIELD PRINCIPAL JANE GRIFFIN!