re: Louisiana High School - Select vs. Non-Select?

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had to do split so catholic high could finally win a state championship in fb

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Nailed it

It’s a self fulfilling prophecy created by the public’s . They wanted the split and they made themselves worse because of it

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Yes but part of that is the self fulfilling prophecy created by the split. It has watered down the product. The best players are going to play for the best teams. By creating the split you created a perception that public schools could not compete with private schools at the 5A level. The five years before the split 5A brackets weren't dominated by a single program and the semifinals typically had 3 public schools and 1 private or select school.

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even though that since integration the majority of the championships in the 2 biggest classes over the years were majority publics.

once you get to quarterfinals the product is not watered down. and there were many early round blowouts before the split.

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even though that since integration the majority of the championships in the 2 biggest classes over the years were majority publics.

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Yes I am in agreement with you. The split wasn't necessary because the public schools were dominant in the top classifications. I had a pretty close view to how dominant some of those schools were in the early 90's.

The split has watered down the product because now there are two brackets. In my opinion Central doesn't win state last year in pre-split bracket.

How much better would the playoffs be if we started the bracket with the 32 teams that played this weekend in a combined bracket.

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3a and below even b and c vote overwhelmingly for the split.

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You didn’t mention the political games designed to make B and C (improperly by today’s rules), vote for the original football only split, a sport they didn’t have and something that wasn’t rectified until a few years later

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By creating the split you created a perception that public schools could not compete with private schools at the 5A level.

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My problem with that is that perception extends to all the nonselect schools whether they voted for the split or not…

The real issue is that school boards don’t want to make themselves open enrollment and even if they could, can’t do so across parishes, but that’s not something the LHSAA can regulate. LHSAA also can’t make rules that would limit private school athletic eligibility to only kids in that school’s parish. They cant decide what class a school plays sports in even if it’s obvious that one doesn’t belong where they’re placed