Mustang73

I too have no dog in this fight, in terms of the schools involved. But I tire very quickly when I hear the traditional "better education" and "win a title at a higher level" refrain. As a long time coach, and everywhere I have ever been as the coach in charge of handling college recruiters, I can tell you definitively that college programs eagerly jump on talented players who stuck it out in the districts, and schools, where they should be attending, and helping to build their local program. The heart, loyalty and perseverance that is required to do that is a trait that cannot be taught, and is highly valued by programs at the next level. And anybody who knows anything about education, knows that 75% of education revolves around the home environment, not in schools that target academic achievers who require little assistance, expel students who "do not meet the requirements" and then boast about their "academic success".

This is an excellent analysis. After all of this, you must then look at the number of households that schools have available to draw from. Beechwood is a good example of this. Setting aside the enrollment numbers, you must also look at the areas from which those that are enrolled are drawn from. Beechwood not only draws from an extraordinary number of households, especially compared to their District foes, but they have players from those households. Outside of CovCath, is there any other team besides Beechwood that has players on their roster from all 3 NKY counties (Kenton, Campbell and Boone) on their roster? I could be mistaken, but I do not believe so. IMO Ohio gets it right with their Competitive Balance proposal by looking at the zip codes of roster members and then adjusting enrollment numbers based on that, as a short explanation.

Sounds alot like the 2011 team. Had the most out of district talent of any Beechwood team and never did finish. BUT, they won the Freshman Championship.

As my first post, I agree: If there is to be music between plays, let it be from the band.