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wailupebob

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  1. It most certainly is an issue when the publics have to beat the privates for a state championship. HUGE advantage for the privates. HUGE. Anytime you can take kids from out of district and start forming all star teams in the privates, the entire system has lost it's integrity. It becomes more like AAU basketball imo. There are no barriers or borders, they need to have separation. If anyone in their right mind thinks there is no advantage here and it's all fair, then you must be a fan of the privates.

     

    RE one of the reasons that Trinity and StX, and formerly Flaget, usually have great teams is alumni involvement. The alumni want their teams to do well, try to influence good players to go to that school, make donations to improve the school and get good coaches and go to the games. Another reason is discipline at school. I think it is somewhat analagous to a capitalist entity competing against a government entity. The government can not build a new stadium for every public school but Trinity and StX alumni spent the money to build new football stadiums and practice facilities.

    So in some ways you are correct that the private schools have the advantage. It is not, however, because Trinity and StX take players throughout the county but the fact that good players want to go to Trinity and StX because they want good coaching and a good education.

    Very few publics schools in Jefferson County (except Male, Manual and some others) have any tradition. They have few alumni who care about the football program. Attendance at games is pitiful.

    Why does Highlands have the advantage? I would guess that the alumni are very supportive of the program.

  2. That makes a lot of sense to me. I can't imagine many teams from Ky that want to play Trinity. Especially at this current time.

     

    I think the Trinity schedule is better for the fans of Trinity and the public schools in the Eastern part of Jeffereson County. Every game that Trinity plays will be rugged. There will be no 50-13 blowouts for Trinity. In fact, Trinity will have no Litkenhouse rating until it plays Louisville St X in late September. Unless Trinity has a lot of injuries the playoffs could be very brutal for Kentucky teams.

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