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  1. So now we are going from completely denying that privates recruit players to saying "well, everbodies doing it?" Bob Redman is not everybody. Don't get upset because the truth is starting to be revealed.
  2. ALL grade school students are invited onto St. X's sidelines for State Championship games?
  3. The following is a memo sent to a high school coach in Kentucky from an Admisnistrator at Jeffersonville in Indiana. COLLEGES aren't even allowed to have recruits on the sideline during a RECRUITING VISIT! Is this not the proof that all of the privates and KHSAA are asking for? October 19, 2005 MEMO FROM: Tony Branch, Athletic Director, Jeffersonville H.S.; IN____________ TO: JCPS Athletic Directors; Please share with your principals ___________________ Please consider keeping the original Proposal One plan that the 20 mile radius WILL NOT extend into another state. The proponents of separation stated in an Oct. 14th Courier Journal article that the lack of boundaries for private schools is one of their main concerns. If the public schools allow the athletic boundary of the Jefferson County private schools to cross state lines into the state of Indiana; geography will provide the private schools with 50% more boundary than the public schools since the Ohio River separates Jefferson County and Indiana. You would defeat your purpose of establishing fair boundaries for all schools in the KHSAA. Jeffersonville High School is located in the state of Indiana. It is across the Ohio River and one mile north of Louisville, KY. In approximately the past six years, Jeffersonville has lost several outstanding football athletes to Louisville private schools: Donald Barnett - Current running back at Trinity H.S. He is one of the top football players in the state of KY. His current residence is in Jeffersonville. Trea Burgess - Attended Trinity H.S. as a freshman & soph. Then transferred back to Jeffersonville H.S. in 2004 school year as a junior. He is Jeffersonville's most outstanding football player & one of the top football players in Southern Indiana. Burgess has rushed for over 1,000 yards this season. Ken Fuller - Attended Trinity as a freshman & Soph. then returned to Jeffersonville H.S. Willie Williams - Graduated in 2004. Outstanding quarterback. Attended a Louisville private school for two years then transferred back to Jeffersonville H.S. Cruz May - Left for private Louisville school & played four years there. Chase Bean - Attended Trinity H.S. as a freshman. Stayed there for one & one-half years then transferred back to Jeffersonville H.S. this current school year. Ed Wright - Current freshman at Jeffersonville H.S. He is our most outstanding freshman football player. He Quarterbacks the JV and plays varsity as a freshman. He was courted in middle school by St. X. They had him on the sideline of their state championship game in 2004. Antonio Veals - A great football player and athlete. He played football for four years at Trinity and had an Outstanding football career at Western Kentucky University. He has finished his athletic eligibility at Western Kentucky Univ. and has just been hired by the Jeffersonville Fire Dept. Donovan Sims - One of our two most talented sophomore players this current year. He transferred back to Jeffersonville after spending one year at Trinity H.S. If Trea Burgess (2nd player listed) did not transfer back to Jeffersonville, Trinity would currently have our top two football players this season. It is obvious to me that the Louisville private schools identify our best athletes in middle school as early as the 6th and 7th grades and then implement an organized recruitment process to persuade these selected athletes to attend their schools. This recruitment consists of handing out business cards, having current private school student-athletes e-mail them, invites to open house and shadowing, phone calls, and offers of financial aid. It is alarming to me and damaging to our athletic programs that Kentucky private schools can come into our state and recruit our best athletes to play in Kentucky High School athletics. Consider that both Trinity and St. Xavier already have 1,500 to 1,600 boys. The Louisville public schools have approximately 1,400 to 1,800 students (girls & boys). Only half (700 to 900) of those students in public schools are boys. Trinity & St.X out number the public schools by 700 to 900 male athletes. If you also allow private schools to bring in top athletes from Indiana or out of state, you will make it very difficult for the public schools to establish an equitable balance of athletic talent with private schools. The original Proposal One would be effective because it would mandate the same eligibility requirements for both public and private schools. To be effective, proposal one would require the legal guardian of student-athlete in question to provide proof of consistent residency in the state of Kentucky in order for the student to gain athletic eligibility. Students whose legal guardians are not residents of the state of Kentucky should not be given athletic eligibility in the KHSAA. The Archdiocese's proposal would not allow students outside a 20 mile radius of their school to play varsity sports during their first year at the private school. This is not a concession. Most freshmen are not ready to compete on the varsity level. Therefore the private schools may still recruit outstanding athletes from outside their radius and across state lines to be in their freshman and junior varsity feeder programs. These athletes residing in Indiana & from outside the 20 mile radius would be allowed to compete all four years as is now the case. Nothing would have changed from the current system.
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