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You can't deny that there are 4 team districts out there. Go back to three classes, increase the number of teams in a district.

That is ridiculous, they 4 class system needs to go. I can't believe that the leaders in Hermitage can't see this.

I think A&M wants to purchase BSC as a satellite campus

My son played football at Birmingham Southern (back in 2017-18) and I have a lot of family in Birmingham. Last I heard (back in June) Miles College signed an intent to purchase and Alabama A&M has made a 65 million dollar bid. I'm sure IMG has deep pockets and can afford to make bid on the property.

So the answer to everything is add more classes to an already water downed system? I started coaching high school sports in Johnson City Tennessee in 1993, before the split, it seems that Baylor and McCallie had dorms then, and playing boarding schools wasn't an issue. I DO NOT know the answer and I don't know how they can address this, I 'm assuming that more private schools will eventually build dorms to compete or add athletes. I don't think adding another class solves the problem.

Agreed, the TSSAA really needs to go back to three.

I know Coach Fey. Great hire

Who is the guy?

It probably wouldn't hurt if they purchased land some where and built a new school with athletic facilities. We played them in basketball back in 2022 and that gym was very small. It is very cramped over there.

From what I gather, they are only playing a JV schedule this season and next year a full D-II East class A schedule. I was told that they are investing a lot financially into the football program at Concord.

Who will be sone of the better teams in the Knox area? Since moving I lost touch with teams other than watching the Irish on the NFHS network.

A few years ago there was a page about a complete split with publics and privates, and a poster mentioned that eventually people would want Magnet schools, and inner schools to split. I don't know much about Charter Schools but I was under the impression that they were still public schools with different stipulations.

Why not Thompson Boiling at the flagship University? In Illinois they play at the University of Illinois and North Carolina use to play in the Dean Dome, not sure if they still do.

There will never be an even playing field. I recently moved to Chicago from Tennessee and I teach at a public school. The districts or conferences in sports in the Chicago Public League are based on competitiveness not size. Keep in mind every two years the conferences change. The power schools are in the red division, the next is green and then blue. If you win in consecutive years you or lose you move up of down. Playoffs are based on school size and classification, Illinois has 4 classes which is needed. There are just as many schools in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs than the entire state of Tennessee.

When does it end? Coaches, parents and fans, complained about the privates and wanted a complete split and got it, then there were rumblings a few years ago on CoachT about inner city schools and rural schools, now the complaint is public charter schools, magnet schools and open zoned schools. Lets do away with the state tournament and just give every school a participation championship trophy and not worry about who has a competitive edge.