Everyone has known that the discussions were on-going relating to the decision of "the jump".....the biggest gripe I had in addition to having no voice, was not being able to find out any information whatsoever as to which way we were leaning or when a decision would be made, etc. I know an email was sent out, yet I actually heard about the decision in the stands at the Humboldt game. Although I think you and I would have been opposed in our own biased explanations of which way to go.........I, like you, would have at least like to have been heard.
As I said before, with proposed district of Liberty, Bolivar, North Side, Lexington, etc..........BB ran the risk of not winning a game for 4 years. As for being able to compete, I think there IS one district we could compete in.....that's the 1A one we were in before the multiplier. As with VB, the boys are young, yet do have a chance in a couple of years to be respectable......just not in D1AA.
I've only got three more years of this, so in my opion, financial aide atheletes probably will not be a factor in my situation, yet for generations to come, it will be interesting to see how all of that pans out. You know as well as I do, that if kids come in, just for atheletics and play before some of those that have been there since Pre-K.....some of the money will not be happy campers. I see them picking up a few over the years, yet people seem to still not understand that not only do you have to be a stellar athelete, you have to qualify and then YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE GRADE. That alone, is not for everyone.
Good luck to you as well........we will just have to wait and see how everything turns out.