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Why doesn't Baton Rouge High have the three major sports?
Posted on 6/18/17 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/18/17 at 12:54 pm
I know it is a magnet school, but other magnet schools have baseball, football, and basketball.
BRHS produced one of the greatest running backs in NFL and LSU history, Hall of Famer Jim Taylor. I know this was well before it was a magnet school.
BRHS produced one of the greatest running backs in NFL and LSU history, Hall of Famer Jim Taylor. I know this was well before it was a magnet school.
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Posted on 6/18/17 at 12:55 pm to theantiquetiger
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but other magnet schools have baseball, football, and basketball
Yes but are the other schools 100% magnet?
When Scotlandville Magnet High was 100% magnet they didn't have sports (except soccer)
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:02 pm to theantiquetiger
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Why doesn't Baton Rouge High have the three major sports?
Money
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:06 pm to SG_Geaux
quote:it wouldn't be money... They could definitely afford it and would have support.
Money
It has more to do with the kids they want to attend the school
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:08 pm to theantiquetiger
More sports board
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:09 pm to theantiquetiger
When I went there we had a helluva chess team.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:10 pm to theantiquetiger
They are admittance by application only. No district, no big 3 sports.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:10 pm to theantiquetiger
Caddo Magnet doesnt either. They were/are the only pure magnet school in caddo parish.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:10 pm to theantiquetiger
Why do they need those 3 sports?
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:11 pm to TheFonz
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When I went there we had a helluva chess team.
I was golf MVP. Pretty big deal with the ladies.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:12 pm to theantiquetiger
Too many Asians for a good football team so they don't have one
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:13 pm to theantiquetiger
Hard to imagine a 100% magnet school would field competitive teams in those sports. Your mentally gifted and talented kids don't tend to be the most athletic.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:16 pm to urinetrouble
They always have a great Cross Country both boys and girls and a competitive track team indoor and outdoor. And a good Tennis team as well.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:17 pm to theantiquetiger
As a school they decided that football was too homophobic and they chose soccer instead
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:19 pm to theantiquetiger
They would have to have women's sports too
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:20 pm to theantiquetiger
Magnet schools are concepts created by politicians. Even if the students wanted to play football they'd never allow it as this would upset the prevailing attendance calculus.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:22 pm to dragginass
i played golf for Baton Rouge high too 
remember when we all traded asthma inhalers? That was crazy!!
remember when we all traded asthma inhalers? That was crazy!!
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:22 pm to theantiquetiger
You're going to see in the next few years more HS dropping football because of health risk. BRHS should have a baseball and basketball team, imo.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:50 pm to theantiquetiger
1.3 billion people in India. 28 Olympic medals. Ever.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 1:56 pm to theantiquetiger
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BRHS produced one of the greatest running backs in NFL and LSU history
Bob Pettit also went there and was one of the best players in LSU and NBA history.
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