I am with lneck, even at the cost of a couple of football players a year I think it is a big price for NCC.

 

And I don't think the CCH or Holmes comparison is a valid one, those two schools have more talent year in and year out than they know what to do with.

I am with lneck, even at the cost of a couple of football players a year I think it is a big price for NCC.

 

And I don't think the CCH or Holmes comparison is a valid one, those two schools have more talent year in and year out than they know what to do with.

 

You beat me to it.I agree plus the tuition rates at NCC at Brossart are alot closer than Holy Cross and CCH.

You beat me to it.I agree plus the tuition rates at NCC at Brossart are alot closer than Holy Cross and CCH.

 

Add that with the increase in population in the southern part of Campbell Co. and you are looking at a loss of a more than a few potential players at NewCath. It's about 5 years away for any affect to be felt, but in time it will be.

I am with lneck, even at the cost of a couple of football players a year I think it is a big price for NCC.

 

And I don't think the CCH or Holmes comparison is a valid one, those two schools have more talent year in and year out than they know what to do with.

 

Put it this way. I cannot think of any players on last years NCC team that would have gone to Brossart if Brossart had football but came to NCC instead so they could play football. Doesn't mean there couldn't be some in the future, but basically you can go talk to parents of every 6th grader in private school in Campbell County and they could tell you where their kid is going to high school.

It is a slow, silent killer. And, it will hurt the other programs at Brossart too. Look at Holy Cross, they still have solid sports programs but all things considered HC was better before football.

You beat me to it.I agree plus the tuition rates at NCC at Brossart are alot closer than Holy Cross and CCH.

 

That makes no sense. Since Holy Cross is cheaper than CovCath I would think that more students would choose the cheaper route if all they wanted to do was play football and previously had to go to CovCath to do that. Since Holy Cross starting a football program did not "cost" CovCath a lot of players, even though it would be cheaper to go there, then how would tuition rates being the same matter?

The HC comparison is invalid for many reasons. One is simple geography. HC, Holmes, and CovCath are relatively close together. Logistics of getting a kid to any of these schools probably play a smaller part in deciding where to attend. I am sure some of the county kids that attend NCC drive right by Brossart. The other point is size of the schools we are comparing. If NCC lost exactly as many kids that say Cov Cath lost, that number is a much higher percentage of student population at NCC.

It is a slow, silent killer. And, it will hurt the other programs at Brossart too. Look at Holy Cross, they still have solid sports programs but all things considered HC was better before football.

 

I will agree with that and I stated that football will harm soccer and other sports at Brossart to some degree. How much no one really knows, but many at Brossart realize that football will have an effect on other sports. But you have to accept the positives with the negatives.

I agree APNW, a school like Brossart "should" offer a sport like football.

The HC comparison is invalid for many reasons. One is simple geography. HC, Holmes, and CovCath are relatively close together. Logistics of getting a kid to any of these schools probably play a smaller part in deciding where to attend. I am sure some of the county kids that attend NCC drive right by Brossart. The other point is size of the schools we are comparing.

 

Very few students at NCC drive right by Brossart to go to NCC. NCC does not have very many St. Mary's parish students. The students NCC does have a lot of are from St. Joes and those kids are from Highland Heights and Cold Spring and live about as close to NCC as they do Brossart.

I agree APNW, a school like Brossart "should" offer a sport like football.

 

 

As should St. Henry.

 

And Brossart will eventually have a competitive Class A football team. However, be ready for a soccer versus football split because it will happen and football will have an effect on basketball. Like I said weigh the good with the bad and hope their is more good.

I will agree with that and I stated that football will harm soccer and other sports at Brossart to some degree. How much no one really knows, but many at Brossart realize that football will have an effect on other sports. But you have to accept the positives with the negatives.

 

It will be interesting to see the affect on not only NCC and CCHS but also soccer and cross country at BBHS. I know some kids aren't "built" for football that play those sports but if you're recruiting from within the halls of BBHS, you try to influence everyone to join the team.

Very few students at NCC drive right by Brossart to go to NCC. NCC does not have very many St. Mary's parish students. The students NCC does have a lot of are from St. Joes and those kids are from Highland Heights and Cold Spring and live about as close to NCC as they do Brossart.

You're saying Cold Spring is equidistant in mileage between the two schools? Also I-471 gets quite interesting at that time of day.

Heard about it earlier today, and am really excited about next year. This should increase Brossart's enrollment considerably....

:confused: O.K. I'm confused..I thought parents sent their kids to private schools in order to receive a faith based education and not for athletics, or so I've been told, over and over and over.

I believe the effect on NCC and Campbell County would be very slight. You pretty much are going to NCC since birth and the cost of going to Brossart over Campbell County would still be a factor. When Holy Cross started football it had a very slight effect on CovCath and Holmes.

 

Brossart is a large enough school to produce decent numbers for football and of course starting a football program will have a direct effect on their soccer program (again see Holy Cross) since that sport is the same season as football and an indirect effect on basketball as it does at many Class A schools.

 

 

I hear that "you are going to NCC from birth" stuff a lot and no doubt it is true to a great extent. But the Bardo kids didn't go to NCC in spite of their fathers going there. The Schrode kid didn't go to NCC in spite of his father going there. I am sure there are others. I am sure a large number of kids who do attend NCC probably attend because of the fact their fathers went there. But it sort of a stretch to think that every graduate of NCC will send their sons to NCC, if there are more options available; particularly if you are a Catholic residing out in the country, you might not send your son to NCC even if you went there. Plus as southern Campbell County and Alexandria grow, a lot more people will be moving out there. For those people new to the community who want to send their kids to a catholic high school that has football, their only choice in Campbell County was NCC. Now they will have Brossart in their back yard.

 

Please don't misunderstand me: I'm not in any way forecasting doom and gloom for NCC's football program. I am saying it will have an effect on the program, and it will be an adverse effect on the program to the extent that kids who are new to the area and live out in the county might now decide not not to send their kids to NCC and some some parents who went to NCC and live in southern Campbell County might decide to have their kids attend Brossart because of the closeness of the school or because of some dissatisfaction with NCC. As to the last point in the prior sentence, I don't want the NCC faithful to bash me. Its a great school and great program ( I have a ton of respect for NCC), but it is foolish to think everyone who went there loves everything about the school and that's also true for Highlands and every other high school in America. Furthermore, you add into the equation Coach Schneider's age and the uncertainty of what will happen after he retires, I can see Brossart becoming an attractive option in 10 years or so particularly if Brossart has some success with its football program.

 

Heck, from time to time as folks in Ft. T complain about having to pay more and more local taxes to sustain Highlands because of the woefully inadequate state funding we receive and as I hear more and more talk about starting a private academy in Ft. Thomas (the logic being that if we are going to pretty much be paying most of the cost of running our school and getting less and less support from the state, why do we want to maintain a public school, we might as well have a private one and not have to deal with some of the difficulties that a public school has), it makes me nervous as all git out because of the adverse effect a private academy in Ft. T would have on Highlands. I would logically assume that Brossart starting a football program would cause some similar anxieties with the NCC folks.