Lively discussion isn't a bad thing. If we all thought the same about everything, it would be a horribly boring world...an entirely unsettling.

 

Can you imagine a nation of "moms and papas"?

 

:scared::scared::scared::scared:

That's awesome news. I truly want the trend to go in that direction. I want my children to go there and receive a faith based education. Fayette public schools are really good, but in today's day and age I feel they need all the spiritual support possible.

The intent doesn't matter. The general belief will be that LexCath nixed the agreement to gain an advantage that is perceived to have been lost as a result of the agreement. As soon as that first kid transfers to LexCath for whatever reason things will take off.

LexCath has shown in the past that they don't need the Lex. publics to excel athletically so if a boycott goes into play again I don't see it affecting LexCath.

 

Also the basketball team won the regional championship last in 2011, not 2009. The schools attendance did dip but the Freshman class was maxed out with a waiting list and this is after they added lockers to a hallway that was previously empty.

I think the real issue here is that Lexington Catholic has not been to the boys state basketball tournament since 2009. Lexington Catholic athletics although solid have been in decline since Danny Haney left. My children go to a feeder Catholic school here so, I don't know where the no feeder system comment comes from. In fact all of the feeder middle schools combine to form a single entity for sports like football. Enrollment at Lexington Catholic is down, athletics used to be a major calling card--especially in male sports--if your kids went to Catholic you knew you had a chance. I'm hard pressed to find one sport right now where Catholic is the premier team in Fayette Co., Catholic had a great year in basketball last year but still lost in the first round of the region. Also, Catholic lost for the first time ever to public schools in football this year. This move is not coincidence.

 

Lexington Catholic won the 11th region in Boys Basketball in 2011, no Fayette County school has been to the sweet sixteen since 2005, Henry Clay, seems to me they are still the best basketball program in Lexington

The intent doesn't matter. The general belief will be that LexCath nixed the agreement to gain an advantage that is perceived to have been lost as a result of the agreement. As soon as that first kid transfers to LexCath for whatever reason things will take off.

 

And FCS will still looks like cowards.

Always wanted Cov Cath and Lex Cath to play each other more in football during the regular season. Maybe it will happen now.

But good for Lex Cath. I can only see this benefiting them more than hurting them.

Freshman class was maxed out this year.

 

Just out of curiously, what are the maxed out numbers for Lex Cath?

There is one reason and one reason only this happened....Catholic's basketball program, talent wise, is on the decline. They have a new headmaster and AD...looks like they want to go back to the "golden years." I agree with Purple Pride...soon as that first big "transfer" happens, it will hit the fan and here we go. IMO they want to follow (or make up) their own rules...not have them dictated by a public school system.

Always wanted Cov Cath and Lex Cath to play each other more in football during the regular season. Maybe it will happen now.

But good for Lex Cath. I can only see this benefiting them more than hurting them.

 

They did the last 2 years before they were put back into the same class. Doesn't make sense to play someone you might see again in the playoffs. Hopefully that game will happen again soon, I have no idea who LC is playing next year in football.

LexCath has shown in the past that they don't need the Lex. publics to excel athletically so if a boycott goes into play again I don't see it affecting LexCath.

 

Also the basketball team won the regional championship last in 2011, not 2009. The schools attendance did dip but the Freshman class was maxed out with a waiting list and this is after they added lockers to a hallway that was previously empty.

 

 

But having them sure doesn't hurt either. I think it's fair to say that the most well-known Knights' teams (2001) had the benefit of some kids who didn't grow up in their feeders.

 

Could they survive without them? Yes, probably. Would they be nearly as good? If they were, do you think we'd be seeing this move?

 

I don't think there's anything wrong with families wanting to send their kids to Catholic. At the same time, I would say that one of the best Lexington-Fayette Public teams that I saw was a Bryan Station team that saw at least one of their kids come back after kicking the tires at Lexington Catholic while Flener was there.

And FCS will still looks like cowards.

 

How so?

 

If they don't want to play Catholic, that's them. I don't think it's cowardice, I think it's a smart strategic move by them.

 

Look at it from a game theory perspective. The publics know that if they unite, their brand of basketball isn't really something Catholic can replicate via scheduling over the years. When Catholic plays one of the best Lexington-Fayette Publics, it's probably going to be a style that they haven't seen as compared to teams in the 10th and 11th that they'd end up scheduling. Given Jefferson County's limits on team travel and mileage, it really means that Catholic is unfamiliar with that style in large part.

 

If Catholic made the move to end the agreement, then I'm not sure you can call the public schools cowards for not playing them, especially when it's about more than one coach, one school, one sport wanting to go rouge and play them despite what everyone else wants to do.

But having them sure doesn't hurt either. I think it's fair to say that the most well-known Knights' teams (2001) had the benefit of some kids who didn't grow up in their feeders.

 

Could they survive without them? Yes, probably. Would they be nearly as good? If they were, do you think we'd be seeing this move?

 

I don't think there's anything wrong with families wanting to send their kids to Catholic. At the same time, I would say that one of the best Lexington-Fayette Public teams that I saw was a Bryan Station team that saw at least one of their kids come back after kicking the tires at Lexington Catholic while Flener was there.

 

I think you misunderstood me, I meant that we do not need to play the Lexington public schools.

 

I do agree with the rest of your post though.

How so?

 

If they don't want to play Catholic, that's them. I don't think it's cowardice, I think it's a smart strategic move by them.

 

Look at it from a game theory perspective. The publics know that if they unite, their brand of basketball isn't really something Catholic can replicate via scheduling over the years. When Catholic plays one of the best Lexington-Fayette Publics, it's probably going to be a style that they haven't seen as compared to teams in the 10th and 11th that they'd end up scheduling. Given Jefferson County's limits on team travel and mileage, it really means that Catholic is unfamiliar with that style in large part.

 

If Catholic made the move to end the agreement, then I'm not sure you can call the public schools cowards for not playing them, especially when it's about more than one coach, one school, one sport wanting to go rouge and play them despite what everyone else wants to do.

 

Why does FPS get to set rules limiting a child's ability to play a sport, in addition to what the governing body they agreed to participate under, has in place? They don't like losing kids to a school that was doing things better, athletically, than a lot of their schools. That's a FPS problem, not a LCA/LexCath problem.

 

Great lesson for the kids. If someone is better than you, figure out a way to bring them down to your level instead of getting up to their level.

They will boycott again. It hurt Catholic in the pocketbook thats why they agreed to it. Catholic gets the reputation of recruiting again and their teams improve to where they where in the past other public schools wont play them either. Gets expensive traveling to find games. I wish Jeff. co had the same policy but will never happen