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http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070824/SPORTS05/70824045 Jefferson County Public Schools has announced that all JCPS home football games scheduled for tonight will begin no earlier than 8 p.m. to avoid the heat as temperatures are expected to reach 100 today.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070824/SPORTS05/70824045 Jefferson County Public Schools has announced that all JCPS home football games scheduled for tonight will begin no earlier than 8 p.m. to avoid the heat as temperatures are expected to reach 100 today.

Even when players are "in shape", they can still have problems in this heat. Fluid intake throughout the day and eating lunch will be today’s key. Hopefully these games will not start until 8-8:30.

You seem to think it would be a "meat market" with the meat being kids. I think you are missing the boat. The meat would be the schools trying to sell themselves (in the market) to families. That would be a GREAT thing! The schools would be FORCED to improve.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism Does everyone see the similarities? I think a strong case could be made for Wilsonism.:scared:

We do very well from many children with special needs, not that you would believe it. That, and we win in sports. Man that must get your goat. :lol:

This is the public's biggest weakness IMO. Unfair has such a "wimpy" connotation. It’s not fair (cross arms and pout lips).

So how can you compete on a "fair and balanced" playing field? Your team loses because they are not as good as the other team. It's the same course right? Same rules? If your girls cannot score as low as the other team, they lose. The only way to get around this would be to not keep score. Give everyone a slap on the back and say good job.

He is using that as a smoke screen. Clearify the rule so that recruiting with the offer of an advantage is illegal. Simple. I'm surprise a 1st Amendment court case has not been brought forward. Just change the rule so that it is illegal to recruit by means of offering XYZ. People should be able to talk about how well they like their school. However, they should not be able to make promises, etc.

I'm sorry I took this thread off subject... Sears now has the light shining on him. This letter will only make things harder for him. I assume he is steaming out his ears. Could you imagine being his executive assistant right now? :fire:

Then nearly EVERY school is guilty. Change the rule so those that are guilty of recruiting (by offering incentives not available to all students) are punished. Pretty simple.

Good for them. Too bad the all A public schools have yet to step up their game.

In thinking about NKY, it seems that their public schools are doing very well for themselves. I wonder if the competition has forced them to up their game. That's another thread.

The state board and the KHSAA staff set helplessly by as this happened. Perhaps another story. Perhaps he will lead the newly formed KPSOHSAA (Kentucky Public School Owned High School Athletes Association). Good luck! :lol:

No more than the non-significant student. This is more of the false information public schools are trying to spread about Catholic schools. It really needs to stop. We’ve answered these questions over and over. No. No. No. If someone has proof this is happening, please report it to the KHSAA. Surely there must be proof. Regardless, the fact that someone would want to potentially drive from 2 counties away and pay any amount for something they could get for free says a lot about what's in their own back yard.

Come to think of it, private schools are the minority here! Maybe we do need protection. Ladies... I like your thinking. I agree, we need protection for the overwhelming huge group of public schools. The majority does not like want the minority has been able to create within the rules, so they want to change the rules. :lol:

This has been discussed ad nauseum (literally). The only way to have a fair and balanced situation would be to dissolve all athletic programs. One team/player/program will always have an advantage over another. One kid will be bigger, faster, smarter, hungrier, richer, or be better prepared than the other. One program will have more money, more kids, better facilities, better coaches, better athletes, better teachers, or better tradition than the other.

It seems that the public schools are the ones the don't like the way the KHSAA is being run. Let them start their own league. :walk:

Oh no. That can't be.

Luckily, you don't have to worry about being embarrassed when we lose nor happy when we win. Probably just angry. :lol:

We have to prove ourselves EVERY year. And EVERY year there are capable teams the offer commendable challenges. Your statement is misleading at best. True, we don't limit our size (like others choose to). We don't limit our geography (like others choose to), however please be reasonable. No one is going to drive 100 miles to and from school. Any perceived advantage we have has been EARNED over the life of our school. We are not keeping other schools down. They have every opportunity to excel if they want to… They would not be allowed to play us per All Tell's info. I imagine they would. What I find embarrassing is that other schools in the state cannot field better teams to compete with Trinity and St. X more often. We play teams all the time with much better athletes (both playing and hall walkers). Male, Manual, Scott Co., Henry Clay, and Ballard have the best of the best (great facilities, athletes, school, etc). They walk out of the locker room looking like NFL teams. After playing schools like that I often shake my head in wonderment at just how we win against those teams.

Sounds like something an "independent investigator" would ask to receive. :lol: Of course private schools would not disclose things like alumni giving and family financial statements. Public schools know it will never be disclosed. They just asked in order to have something to point to and say, “What are you hiding?” Ludicrous.

It’s true that privates voted against Prop 2. But it was not the privates that killed it. It was a state legislative subcommittee which voted 6-0 against the “compromise”. And if the KHSAA votes for another “compromise” which aims to separate publish and privates, I would expect another 6-0 vote against. My honest opinion… I get the feeling the legislature understands exactly what is happening. They understand there are rules on the books against the very actions public schools accuse privates of doing. Yet the KHSAA either 1) refuses to enforce the rules, or 2) can’t find wide spread infractions by private schools. When asked why the KHSAA won’t enforce the recruiting rules, they say they don’t have enough personnel to investigate. It just does not pass muster.

And I would put some of the private school kids against public school kids anytime. So what? Great kids exist everywhere. Usually there is (at least) one great family member standing behind them too. Why do so many public school supporters assume private=rich. Supporters of that equation exudes ignorance or blind aggression. You would be shocked at what private schooled kids have to go through in order to get to school in the morning, and then return home after practice in the evenings. Not to mention the Saturday meetings... Can't forget what the parents (heroes) go through in order to support their children (tuition, clothing, books, fees, lunch, rides, etc). Of course there are parents of public school kids that have the same challenges. Just don’t pretend it’s only one way.