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re: LHSAA votes - how will it go?
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:58 am to jimmy the leg
Posted on 2/1/20 at 11:58 am to jimmy the leg
quote:some of these people act like Curtis gets to play with 12 and they have to play with 10
But to compare some rural school to a football factory like Curtis as though they are on equal footing is disingenuous imho.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 12:27 pm to chalmetteowl
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some of these people act like Curtis gets to play with 12 and they have to play with 10
Exactly. And, I hope every public school realizes that the Catholic league complains about Curtis and its recruiting tactics as much as the public schools did. I think if it were up to the private schools, Curtis would be told to go play with other IMG Academies.
I completely agree that recruiting is often done unfairly. But as many of said, both public and private regularly recruit. I guess the main difference is private schools have more to offer, as they can offer a scholarship, whereas a public school is already free.
But the bottom line is, fair or unfair, the schools like Curtis, or Evangel, or LCA, that are getting grief for recruiting, are obviously strong programs with or without the recruits. It may be a circular argument, but the reason that they are able to attract recruits is that they already are a strong established program.
Go look at New Orleans uptown private schools? You don’t think they spend as much money, if not more, then Curtis does recruiting for football and basketball? No one complains about them because they are not winning state. But as soon as they start winning, people will notice how many people they have on the roster that were inappropriately recruited, and people will complain.
And therein lies the problem. If recruiting is the issue, LHSAA needs to spend the time and resources to regularly investigate any and all out of district kids, and they need to crack down on all schools rather than just complaining about a few. I know there is only so much you can do, but just asking around, it’s pretty easy to figure out what’s going on at most of the schools.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 1:49 pm to chalmetteowl
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some of these people act like Curtis gets to play with 12 and they have to play with 10
With the quality atletes Curtis has, they could play with ten while the traditional podunk school plays with 12...and it wouldn't make much of a difference. Look, I want the split to go away. However, to act as though there aren't shenanigans going on at times doesn't compute. That includes magnet schools etc. In the prior discussion, the subject was a traditional public school (in this case rural north Louisiana). If you can't see two distinct circumstances when comparing the two situations (where one school has a decided advantage based solely on the athletes), then you are either willfully ignorant, or disingenuous.
FWIW, I say do away with districts and classifications. Take TOTAL ownership of your schedule. Only the top 32 get to play for THE state championship. To hell with the "everybody gets a trophy" mindset.
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