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90+% of the time the high school coaches are not calling players and recruiting. The recruiting is being done by current players, youth football coaches and others that live in the community.

Overall team speed and execution will win the game.

I completely agree that it’s not an “either or” issue! The problem is that a high percentage of academicians DO NOT believe that academics and athletics are able to coexist and both be great. I personally had one headmaster tell me that when athletics become great the tail begins to wag the dog and while he felt that it is perfectly fine for kids to participate in athletics he didn’t really care if the teams won championships. When I posed the question of how he would feel if the chemistry department had the same results as the football team he immediately informed me that those were two completely different scenarios and walked away. Needless to say it took 10+ years to get his contract terminated due to a weak Board of Trust and the athletic department of the school is in shambles.

Exactly and other boarding schools are doing the same thing. I just want to know why the Board of Control would not vote like over 85% of the membership requested?

I am not concerned about recruiting as it goes on everywhere but when the member schools of the TSSAA vote 85+ to require that athletes sit out one full academic year before becoming eligible, the Board of Control should honor that request. If done correctly there is very little way for schools to compete against Baylor and McCallie. Schools like St. Andrews Sewanee and Webb School have not decided to fund football like the above-mentioned schools but if they do, they will become competitive immediately.

As long as the boarding schools are allowed to bring in kids from all over the world that have established an athletic record and they are immediately eligible it’s going to be difficult to win.

The more time the injury is allowed to heal naturally before putting it under the extreme stress of competition should aid with a complete recovery. This dual means absolutely nothing and there is no reason to risk injury in the early preseason.

It would be fine with me if people decided they didn't want to schedule us! The ones that did place us on the schedule would be treated more that fairly and we would all keep our end of the contract! It's really a sad state of affairs when you have to have strict contracts for a high school football game, but the issue is not me, it's that people don't keep their word and can't be trusted.

IMO, the problem with paying the head football coach at the D2AAA schools so much money is that they often make more money than the head of the school! Never underestimate the power of jealousy! I was told by both a BA alum and former coach that the headmaster was bad news, and he would eventually be fired for not supporting athletics to the level that BA alumni are accustomed to seeing.

Like it or not the David Lipscomb High School fans got spoiled by Trent Dilfer. There is a lot of difference between an NFL QB that won a Super Bowl and someone that was an NFL offensive lineman! This is not to say that Kevin Mawae will not figure it out because what Trent did was unbelievable. I will say that when TD took over the Lipscomb program it was not far from being on the bottom and he led them to the top. With that being said Kevin walked into a great situation.

Totally agree that Pearl Cohn is the best team in MNPS. In most years I would say that the MBA win was a great win but after watching MBA, I am beginning to feel like they may not have one of their better teams. If you don’t have a great QB in high school football it’s extremely difficult to win against good teams. MBA was fortunate to have a great 4* QB the past four seasons.

After watching the game last night your new QB could use a lot of training and coaching by TD. IMO, he is a good athlete but his fundamentals and decision making skills are a long way from being a 4* QB. In high school football a team must have great decision making skills from the QB position if you want to win against the elite teams. You can’t merely “out athlete” ever team you play!

Just like a legal case you should recoup more than just the cost of what you would financially lose! It’s really very simple, if you don’t want to write a check for 25K+ then don’t sign the contract or if you do don’t cancel the game. I have absolutely no issues with people canceling games but it’s far more than the monetary cost as you also have to look at the team that had the game canceled. That school, players, band members, cheerleaders, parents and coaches were denied the opportunity to do what they love to do and that is participate in the high school football game atmosphere. I am very much aware of the fact that schools in Tennessee don’t require anywhere close to 25K for someone that backs out of a contract. What I have stated on other threads is that as an entrepreneur I am most cognizant of the cost of doing business and not fulfilling a contract. If I were a high school or college athletic director I would write the contract so that if you made a conscious decision to not fulfill your end of a contract it would severely damage your checkbook. We are not talking about a school that had a bus wreck on the way to the game or the head coach passed away the day before the game. In closing I would not only require a contract with a minimum of $25K cancellation fee but I would also include a clause that “ALL” legal fees would be paid by the school that canceled the contract and the case would be heard in the county with which my school is located! Oh and yes before you say it I am a stickler for the rules and considered by many to be a hard a**. However, I am really easy to work with as long as everyone does what they say they are going to do and doesn’t try to skirt the rules.

Something has to be done to get everyone’s attention! This is happening every year and it needs to be stopped. IMO, this is where those idiots on Lebanon Road in Hermitage, TN (TSSAA) need to take a stance and force the schools to sign contracts that say if you back out of a contract the fine is substantially more than they are today. Believe me when I say that if the fine were 25K, Harding would have played the game. Using simple math: if it cost $10.00 per person to gain admission to a high school football game and you have 1500 paid attendance that is an immediate loss of 15K not counting the concessions. The average person spends $5.00 at the concession stand. The concession stand loss would be $7500.00 for a total loss of $22,500.00. Let’s not forget that these public schools must not only support the football team but help support all of the other sports teams at the school.

Harding Academy should be required to pay a minimum fine of $25K for canceling the game. This is totally ridiculous.

Back in the day (50's 60's, 70's & 80's) did most high school football games not begin at 7:30pm or 8:00pm? Maybe those older folks were a little smarter than people want to give the credit for.

Don't try to put words into my mouth as I am just stating facts! IMO, Tennessee is smart to have a heat index rule that protects the players, officials and coaches. My biggest fear is that we have so many officials that are 75+ pounds (severely obese) overweight and one of them will have a heart attack or heat stroke and die during a game.

Reep would be a good choice and it's my understanding that Roark ask to wrestle against Cooper. I am not sure that Roark is big enough to wrestle 138lb unless he has really put on the pounds. Do they have to weigh-in for this event and if so, is it scratch weight or will there be a weight allowance?

We actually finished first or second every year in our league and never with more than one loss out of a 8 game schedule. Now the elementary school team finished most years with a .500 record. Again, it’s how you finish and not where you begin. How many years have you coached at the middle school or high school level?

It's my understanding that Texas does not have a heat index rule. Just looking at a few of the teams schedules it appears that most games begin at 7:30pm.

No, your post about something being ignorant without a full explanation is what's not very intelligent. May I take a moment to inquire as to what is not smart about my post and exactly how many years have you coached middle school athletics? The middle school program that I previously coached at is the feeder for a high school that has won multiple state championships. The high school head coach selects all of the coaches for elementary school, middle school and the high school team.

Out of curiosity, why would TSU practice at Lipscomb? Another question, does Lipscomb practice on Saturday after a Friday night game? I know that some of the top programs do this, but most high school coaches seem to give the kids both Saturday and Sunday off once the season begins.

I was driving by the Lipscomb field Saturday morning after the game and it looked like IMG was practicing. Just wondering how many high school teams practice on Saturday morning after they play on Friday night?

Must you really travel all the way to Indiana to find a high school football game? Would none of the D2AAA teams in Tennessee not agree to play you?

Let’s not forget the old DeLaSalle teams between 1992-2004 that had a winning streak of 151 games and several national championships.