larry

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.

Why people would pay $75,000+ over 13 years to send their kids to a private school is an unknown to me which is why I am asking you. What is so vile in the public system that forces you to make that choice? Does the fact that you take what you must consider the elite kids from certain socioeconomic groups out of public schools, and then turn around and want to compete with those same vile schools on an "equal" basis, not hypocritical? Rural.

It seems to me that private school coaching staffs are better now than they were 10 years ago and public school staffs are the same or worse. Not at every school, of course. I think the reasons are: (1) Coaches who leave coaching, at public schools, are not giving up their teaching positions and there are fewer positions in which to hire new coaches. School boards are not quick to get rid of incompetent teachers which are sometimes incompetent coaches, also. (2) The coaches available for small public schools are enthusiastic but have to be taught, themselves. Very few assistants at that level played any college football and some didn't even play in high school. It is hard to attract a good young coach to a small town 25 miles from the nearest shopping center or theatre and expect him to stay with you very many years. (3) Quality volunteers are rare at rural high schools. Again, they are great people but not real qualified in Xs and Os. I see the private schools in Nashville, and occasionally one of the big urban publics, and they have ex-Titans and ex-college players on the sideline. I wonder how much help, of different types, that Jeff Fisher has provided for CPA, for example.

Arrogance is when it takes about two seconds to drop this facade of yours and comment "Privates do play each other.... In the State Championship". I know it is true, though, but we will try to change that.

We could use some of those dedicated kindergarteners in the public shools but, for some reason, parents would rather pay $6,000 a year to send them to that other school. Surprised they would do that, seeing that there are no advantages in those schools over public schools.

I agree and see your points. I am not looking at this issue as one involving cheating but the natural recruiting process, instead.

But the point I am having trouble communicating is that in rural areas where most 1A and 2A public schools are there is NO other choice. You have approx 90 students in each grade at JCS from a pool of thousands and YOU get to set the criteria that those students have to meet in order to attend. At a rural school, they have 90 kids, also- the ONLY 90 kids in that age group in the entire town. There is no other option.

You know that in the long run it is very beneficial to JCS to be in an urban setting. You will lose some athletes to the big urban schools but ALL of the remaining students you have come from the urban districts, too, which has a pool of students in the 10s of thousands over a four-year cycle. Now, the public school opponents you face to do have that. Yes, they get ALL of the students in their communities but, if they are 1A schools, that is a handful compared to the selection JCS has in Jackson. I am not concerned with the 4A and 5A schools (or 3A in spring sports). They can take care of themselves. However, a 1A or 2A school in a heavily-populated area is a big concern whne competing with rural schools.

You're welcome. After 18 months I knew you were ready to join but just needed a reminder.