How about this for a plan?

 

Programs who are not as good as they want to go to work to get better and stop making excuses. There have been plenty of schools in the past few years do just that (Pulaski Co., Central, DeSales, Boyle Co. just to name a few).

 

It should never be about pulling the strong programs down; it should be about elevating the lesser-achieving programs to a higher lever of performance.

Only if it is still subdivided and not just one top level "catch all"

 

As someone who scoffs at the participation trophy and P.C. nature of our culture:

Mayfield vs Trinity would simply not be fair

 

I agree, but I'd still be proud of my Shamrocks so long as they played a good game.

If your scared to compete with those guys, just create a 7A playoff and include all the teams you're scared of.

I like Ohio's system. Think about this. Moeller, mighty Moe, didn't even make the playoffs this year. Ohio goes off of conference records, overall records, and a point system. Do away with the, "Every gets a trophy and gets to go to the playoffs", thing and make the district competition a little tougher. Go back to the old days where 2 teams make the playoffs out of each 4 team district. That will force the have-nots to try to get better so they can beat the haves. Shipping out good teams and good schools accomplishes nothing other than showing our student athletes that it's okay to run away from the fears and not have to try or work hard to be the best. They can just hide from the best and then beat their chests as if they accomplished something when they win a tarnished trophy. I will say this as well. From a recruiting standpoint, if the national tournament thing happened then very rarely would you see a kid from one of the schools still competing in the state get a scholarship. Those scouts would be flocking to the national tourney scene and not even looking at the jimmies and joes. I know that I would be sending my son to one of the schools that competed in a national tourney. Regardless of whether he was a star or not that could be the only place a recruiter would look at him for a scholarship. The talent in the state could be hugely watered down and that would definitely take the "Everybody gets a trophy thing" to the next level. As for separating the public schools from the private ones, I saw a post earlier in here that said that only 1 private school won this past weekend. The Nazi Klansmen who keep calling for a separation are the same people pushing the "Everybody gets a trophy" thing so that every backwoods hick and their brother can sit in the local diner and remember "Back When" they won a district, regional, or state title. JUST WORK HARDER AND GET BETTER!!

JUST WORK HARDER AND GET BETTER!!

 

People do have to be willing to do equal or more than the champs are doing if you want to be champs. However, there is more to it than hard work. I don't want to get that started again.

There is a monetary investment in quality coaching and their salaries, and teaching salaries which get guys in the building. You can slam the door on most of the schools right there. More money for equipment, transport, food, technology.

Time put in by volunteers at multiple levels, boosters, assistant coaches, middle school coaches little league coaches.

Open your doors and make the program academically and athletically appealing for PARENTS to CHOOSE.

Probably win the genetic lottery a little bit with a few kids.

Principals that promote a culture of achievement and stiff arm many outside complaints before they become an issue.

Then work, as coaches, as volunteers, as star players, as the grunt infantry players that glue it all together.

I want to use the R word a little bit. There is a position that according to KHSAA you can Recruit the heck out of and use money to do it. Coaches! Most school systems do a poor job or are even unwilling to hire a head coach and a staff of enough quality to be whining about leveling the playing field with programs of excellence.

People do have to be willing to do equal or more than the champs are doing if you want to be champs. However, there is more to it than hard work. I don't want to get that started again.

There is a monetary investment in quality coaching and their salaries, and teaching salaries which get guys in the building. You can slam the door on most of the schools right there. More money for equipment, transport, food, technology.

Time put in by volunteers at multiple levels, boosters, assistant coaches, middle school coaches little league coaches.

Open your doors and make the program academically and athletically appealing for PARENTS to CHOOSE.

Probably win the genetic lottery a little bit with a few kids.

Principals that promote a culture of achievement and stiff arm many outside complaints before they become an issue.

Then work, as coaches, as volunteers, as star players, as the grunt infantry players that glue it all together.

 

Everything you mentioned above is summed up in the phrase, "JUST WORK HARDER AND GET BETTER". It is an all-encompassing statement. While everything that you mentioned seems astronomically impossible it is not. It is absolutely feasible with the right outlook and vision. The big dogs have it. Why can't the others strive for it. JUST WORK HARDER AND GET BETTER.