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I suppose you are right. I guess I was just thinking the parents of the AD shouldn't be getting in free, but if the school can distribute their tickets anyway they feel that is appropriate, who am I to have an issue with it?

Maybe, but I still contend their is plenty of abuse.

Has spring football started in Fort Mitchell?

Anyone notice the number of tickets that were comped? WOW!!! I understand that coaches put in a lot of time and for little pay, but I have witnessed this being abused.

Agreed. The parochial basketball league is very very good.

I had never thought of what a mockery the regional tourney could potientially be if everyone did what the 36th did. At least it would be consistent I guess.

Maybe, but at least with seeding a district you have to earn your way in based upon your regular season play, which is quite the contrast to regular season means less than what is drawn out of a hat, which is what bulldog77 prefers.

True. Spoke too quicky. It is a tourney and anyone can advance, but I am not sure why we want to equate Bellevue being lucky enough to draw on the right side of the bracket against Dayton with Holy Cross having to work to upset Cov. Cath. or Holmes. I have no problem with a draw, if every district was a draw. I have no prolem with seeding, if everyone seeded. It is the mish mash we have now that I don't like.

The top two teams from the seeded districts make it every year.

Bob Sphire was Lexington Catholic's head coach and the head coach of the Lexington Horsemen (or whatever Lexington's arena team was called).

On the boys side last year. On the girls side it would have been last year had the 36th seeded. That was easy. Next question.

Playing in rec. tourney with your classmates is exactly the same thing as representing your class and your school in the regional tourney. (dripping with sarcasm). Freshman kids might be moved up to fill out the roster of a JV team or for other reasons, but that does not mean that the kid had rather be playing up instead of playing with their peers. Especially true with girls, but I am sure there are boys who enjoy playing with their classmates too. Freshman year is the only year of high school you have a team made up of just your class. I think it makes for a unique experience that should not be discounted. As I said originally there is no right or wrong. Only different options. There are positives and negatives either way.

This topic comes up over and over. There is no right or wrong. There are positives and negatives (other than winning and competitive reasons) no matter what the coach chooses. Generally I think it is a positive thing if a player, who usually plays JV/Varsity, gets to play with their peers, even if it is just for a tourney.

Listerman has been there for 20 years or so, but I believe he spent most of the 1980's elsewhere.

Are Boone fans that tough? I wouldn't have guessed that.

The Cougars

I suppose that is one way to look at it. However, my best guess is there has been more coaching turnover at Campbell County than any school in Northern Kentucky other than Ludlow. Certainly Campbell County has had more turnover than the other larger NKY schools that they are trying to complete with. Something is wrong when you have that much turnover. I don't folllow basketball that closely, but I believe their head basketball coach has been a revolving door as well.

The the old guy seems to be missing in action in this thread or maybe just entered a witness protection program. For a guy that knows the scoop, he is awfully quiet.

A softer schedule than what Cov. Cath. has been playing historically. Not saying that is a bad thing.

Soooooooooooo? Spill the beans Old Guy.

An oversimplification, but classification wouldn't just be based upon enrollment. Additionally the schools boundary (where they pull kids from) and tradition (how successful have they been historically), will also play a role.

Could a mod correct my misspelling so that I look smarter than I really am? Thank you.

This was released by the OHSAA today: OHSAA Board of Directors Tackles Competitive Balance Concerns’ Referendum Issue is First Step in Possible Changes on How Schools are Placed Into Tournament Divisions COLUMBUS, Ohio – Acting on a recommendation from the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Competitive Balance Committee, the OHSAA Board of Directors today unanimously placed a new bylaw up for vote of the OHSAA membership that would be the first step toward possible changes on how schools are assigned to tournament divisions. The proposed new bylaw, which will be voted upon by OHSAA member schools during the annual referendum voting process in May, states that “each school shall be placed into tournament divisions based on its sport-by-sport athletic count.” Schools would not be separated into tournaments for public schools and non-public schools, nor would a “multiplier” be applied to non-public schools to increase their enrollment, which a few other states utilize. Rather, the enrollment numbers for all schools (both public and non-public) would be entered into a three-part formula to establish their “athletic count.” The proposed bylaw goes on to say that the formula for determining “athletic counts” and to which sports the athletic counts shall be applied will be determined every other year by the Board of Directors and will be listed in the OHSAA’s General Sports Regulations. If approved, implementation of the new formula would begin no later than the 2013-14 school year. In addition, a standing committee would be formed to monitor the effectiveness of the athletic count formula and to recommend to the Board of Directors any changes in the weight to be given to any one or more of the factors in the formula. At the present time, all schools are placed into tournament divisions based strictly on enrollment figures that the schools submit to the Ohio Department of Education. The proposed three-part formula to establish athletic counts would require the OHSAA to also include a school boundary factor (how students are obtained – non-public schools with no boundaries; non-public schools with limited boundaries; public schools with statewide open enrollment; public schools with adjacent open enrollment, and public schools with no open enrollment), a socioeconomic factor (the number of free lunch participants) and a tradition factor (state championship game appearances, state tournament appearances and regional finals appearances). The school boundary and tradition factors could increase a school’s enrollment while the socioeconomic factor could decrease a school’s enrollment. The tradition factor is the only one of the three that would be implemented on a sport-by-sport basis. Once all three factors are applied to the enrollment count, each school will have a sport-by-sport “athletic count” for purposes of tournament division assignments. “The issue of competitive balance has been discussed for years not only in Ohio but also in other states,” said OHSAA Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph. D. “Ohio is unique in that our public schools have the option to approve open enrollment policies, but, at the same time, there’s no question that most non-public schools in the state have no geographical boundaries in which they can secure students and the result has been a disproportionate number of championships won by those schools. “The meetings we have conducted with the Competitive Balance Committee have been both productive and professional, and I believe the proposal from the group is fair and equitable and we will see some leveling of the playing field. “Competitive balance is a complex issue,” Ross continued. “The formula recommended by the committee is not as complex as it sounds, nor is it as complex as any of the viable alternatives and the unintended consequences of those alternatives.” The Board’s current plan is to propose that athletic counts only be utilized in the sports of football, soccer and volleyball in the fall; basketball in the winter, and baseball and softball in the spring. Consideration will be given to add other sports in the future. The OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee was formed in January 2010 in response to concerns raised by a group of school administrators in northeast Ohio who conducted a study that showed that 43 percent (146 of 340) of the state championships in selected team sports between 1999 and 2010 have been won by non-public schools, even though non-public schools make up only 17 percent of the total membership of the OHSAA. The OHSAA Competitive Balance Committee met numerous times throughout 2010 in an attempt to identify competitive balance factors and to propose changes that would bring the competitive inequities into balance. The Committee was comprised of 29 school administrators and coaches from across the state from public and non-public schools both large and small along with members of the OHSAA Board of Directors and administrative staff and representatives from both the state superintendents and state principals associations. In the near future, the OHSAA will place on its website examples of how the athletic count formula could look when applied. Very intereresting.

"Is" he or "was" he?

Who is Cov. Cath's defensive cord?