Bottom line is this, If private schools were not allowed to compete in the playoffs there would be a big drop in enrollment at most of the successful private schools.

 

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Well stated Mex; well stated.:thumb: Life can work out just fine regardless of whether you played on a high school state championship team or not.

 

I'm coming to the conclusion that high school teams need to be coached and refereed by high school students and the only fans permitted to attend are high school students. We'd lose some great adult coaches, refs and fans, but probably would still come out way ahead.

 

And well said by you LN!

The day that the private schools are separated from the publics is the day the public schools begin fighting for a second class championship. This is the way it is in Tennessee now.

It's not NASCAR. To be "fair" every school would have to have the same amount of kids with the same amount at each height, speed and strength. Every coach with the same amount of experience. The same type of field, the same amount of fans, the same amount of booster support, the same shoes and so on. Perhaps then, it would be "fair". As far as I am concerned, it's fine the way it is. It allows for the "David vs. Goliath's". And this gives oppurtunity for great stories, great achievements and big goals for teams and programs to work toward. And this, my friend, teaches a young man life. Some one might be better, but if you work hard and put your self to the task, you can do great things. I'll take this anyday over regulation and trying to make us all the same. If you "dumb down" some teams and programs to make things fair, then you rob the young man of a valuable life lesson and experience. You teach him that in life if he doesn't work hard, it doesn't matter, someone is going to come along and fix it and make it fair.