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"Whereas, any kid from anywhere can play at privates" as long as they pay "outrageous" (outrages?) tuition.

There's a good analysis in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press this morning. Based upon the questions asked and new justices, the author's opinion is that the TSSAA might come out on top this time because of concentration on the recruiting issue versus free speech. I'd copy but I think it would run afoul of Coacht's copywrite policy.

But excellence takes a lot of work and time to achieve. It's much easier to remove your competition by placing them in other classifications.

Which comment? KCHS' injecting a little cynicism or your quixotic quest for the ever illusive LEVEL PLAYING FIELD? As far as "me people" getting fired up, your poorly thought through arguments have supplied more fodder on this board than we've had in a long time. Your posts are kind of like a really bad wreck on the freeway. You don't want to look but morbid curiosity overcomes good sense.

What's with facts! Don't you know all you need to bring to coacht is opinions formed by a massive sense of victimhood.

I can't believe the level of cynicism you're injecting into this argument when everyone knows it's all about the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD and the need to segregate the evil 1) private schools, 2) magnet schools 3) urban schools 4) suspiciously successful public schools and 5) any other schools that might successully compete with MPHS'. I'm kind of getting the impression that ultimately the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD will only accomodate one school so as to insure that school's success.

You're catching on now. In the search for the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, you have to be able to segregate Tennessee high schools by more and more criteria because, as we all know, life is always fair except in Tennessee high school athletics.

Gee, I was taking a stab in the dark that there actually is a MPHS JR. Of course I was writing metaphysically about "little Johnny's and little MPHS JR's" but if you want to take it litterally, be my guest. As far as you getting "real ugly", to use your words, you probably crossed that line at birth.

Sure it's absurd, but that's OK because in the pursuit of the ever elusive LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, there won't be a proposal too absurd for MPHS not to embrace. If it takes 20 divisions and 20 classes, the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD must be achieved for little MPHS JR. to have a successful high school athletic career. In the name of the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, there's no limit to the amount of dilution Tennessee athletics can't stand to insure little Johnny or little MPHS JR won't bring home a state championship trophy. And after all, isn't that why our children participate in athletics?

quote name='MPHSTIGERS87' date='Apr 23 2007 - 04:13 PM' post='826443601'] The biggest and largest is the fact they have no boundaries. Even schools with open zones have to stay in their county. All of your small private schools that are winning state championships are in large cities. Jackson and Nashville. There is no set area. MP has a small portion of a county to draw its kids from. I know thats not a TSSAA rule but the fact that a private can draw kids from anywhere is a different set of rules. I dont know if this is true, but I heard a few key players from JCS was not even from Jackson. If this is the truth there is nothing wrong with it, but it isnt the same rules that a MP or other rural school has to go by. Students from Marion and Sequatchie counties attend Hamilton County schools.

Quit asking him for those pesky facts. You're being unfair.

What if the coach's secretary sent the letter? What if, as was the case at Boyd Buchannan, the head football coach and the school principal were one in the same? If he sent out the letter on "principal" stationary as opposed to "coach" stationary, then would it have been acceptable? No, the "battle" is not over who sends letters, it's an issue of the First Amendment. And that's not my opinion, it's the opinion of at least two federal district courts and the first Supreme Court ruling.

Formerly known as Tiftonia, Lookout Valley lies at the base of Lookout Mountain within the city limits of Chattanooga.

And speaking of Billie Jean King, her last sponsor was Snap-on-Tool.

Get used to the BASSAA which will he located in the Carlton Flatt Building.

Yeah, none of that controversial political stuff just high school athletics. The more important question is, "Is the TSSAA thinking?"

Dalton is having an off year for them. Could be the result of INS raids in the Dalton area.

Not really. It's easier and more fun when he's here, metaphysically speaking of course. He's coacht's version of Alan Colmes, except he's not paid a lot of money to take nonsensical positions on any issue. Gee, I hope he doesn't read this. It'll make him mad.

Based on MtP's posts it defies credulity that he could find his way to the beach. Please! No one tell him I posted this. He might go postal.

Just curious since you keep bringing it up; why would you think I had anything to do with an overtly Christian school? I don't. Unlike you, I can't read posters' minds to know what their religious beliefs are. That's quite a gift you have.

BigG, I was waiting who'd take the bait. I was sure I'd hook MP.

I don't know, but when coacht dropped the room temperature IQ requirement, the quality of discourse dropped precipitously.

To paraphrase a current TV ad, "There's dense and then there's Coacht dense".

Actually, my children attended relatively secular schools for middle and high school. They also attended public schools and a several were home schooled for awhile. If little else, you certainly have lots of opinions based upon all the topics on which you need to share them. Generally, opinions based upon a modicum of facts have more credibility than those based only on your personal prejudices.

I think you meant "doesnt mean public schools aren't productive.