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Unless a player or two decide to move to Gleason, or Clarkrange, or Westview. In that case, everyting changes just like it did last week for RBS and JCHS. Not the way high school basketball is supposed to be. If they win it this year it won't mean as much as it did before. Wait and see. Remember how proud they were to make the state last year with such a young team?

Would that be the case if those schools were zoned like the public schools?

I would try to win........but with kids from Gainesboro. My main point is that there are some things that should not be done JUST for the sake of winning a gold ball, or a blue ribbon, or a trophy. Hope they win it all this year or she may go elsewhere next year.

It is important to me to win a gold ball with the girls that grew up dreaming of playing for their school and winning a gold ball. Otherwise, it is not that big a deal. If I wanted to coach an all-star team then that is what I would do. I strive to be the best with the players that have earned the right to play for me. Sorry you can't see that.

I'm sorry that winning is the only thing that is important to you. She would no tplay for me. Now, this is not personal. I don't know the girl. But I would know the girls that are already on the team. Gold balls are not that big a deal.

RBS was 31-4 last season and beat Jackson Co all three times. Did Leonard play AAU for Coach Brown?

Did Leonard play AAU for Coach Brown?

Probably why they call it a special case.

You may win a few less games but will come out of this better off in the long run. Good luck.

A lot of people in the country seem to have adopted that attitude lately. How do you think that is working for us?

If she/he played in my district, and left for athletic reasons, I sure would. I know that is hard for people today to understand. It isn't all about winning, you know. Ask the player who sits the bench this year for Jackson County how she feels about it. She is the one who will be asked to "sacrifice for the team". The coach should do the sacrificing.

Great character reference.

That is because the NCAA defines recruiting and what constitutes recruiting whereas the TSSAA allows the schools to self-govern themselves. The less details the TSSAA gives the less they have to defend. Coaches with backbones would tell the transfers to go elsewhere.

I think you mean libel. Look it up. There is a fine line there.

Hang in there. All of the money these guys has spent is starting to weigh on them. You can tell they are running out of convincing arguments. They are getting more defensive every day and are ganging up on you now. That means that the facts are getting to them, especially tnsddeveloper. He'll start changing the subject again, probably to open zone schools, soon.

Interesting. I don't believe a coach is allowed to talk to a player at another school until after she has transferred.

Exactly when in the process did Jackson County make this promise?

At least they will really move to Gainesboro, most likely. Beats what some transfers to some schools have done lately, eh. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

I feel bad for RBs, and the community, and the team, and the teammates. Just seems strange that she would leave a team that was 31-4 last season and beat Jackson Co three times. Coach Brown would have helped her get a scholarship regardless of whether she played fo rhim or not. Otherwise, colleges that missed out on her would not trust his judgment as much again.

This is the crux of the whole argument, for me. Private school supporters usually will not admit that there is an advantage which public schools (especially the small, rural ones) can not overcome. This is why the schools must be split. Thanks for admitting as much.

The school he supports charges him $101,500 for 7 years, per child. He has to defend them, otherwise he would look like a complete fool. They paid their football coach $118,00 last year and their boys basketball coach $95,000. But, they don't have any advantages.

Why would anyone pay $75,000 to send their kid to a private school if there are not any advantages to doing so? 2 kids= $150,000 3 kids= almost a quarter of a million dollars.

Nothing would stop them and it would actually be expected for awhile. After that, no one would want to be the number 2 QB, or any other position, at any private school. Then, it might stop. Why do you think that the number one QB would want to go to the private school?

That would be good.

2 private school divisions and 3 public sounds about right.