larry

The "now" in #7 is after the other six steps are taken. There is no reason to whine NOW. They keep the kids they want, send the rest back to public schools at the first sign of trouble, have church members with kids in Pop Warner or T-ball commenting to others parents about what a wonderful athlete their child is and, by the way, our child is attending and wouldn't it be great if all of our kids attended the same school. And, you don't even have to move! Plus, it will keep your child from attending that god-forsaken public school where kids sell drugs in the hallways and most of he kids are on free lunch and speak Spanish. (The last sentence is sarcasm. Please don't take it literally, too.)

Schools will, fans won't. That is one of the major advantages of private schools. They can focus on getting better players.

After you complete the first six steps the whining will begin, believe me.

If you do not feel that the private schools provide your child with an advantage over public schools, why would you pay to send your children there? If the closest private school to you does not have a good athletics program, do you look for a different private school for your children?

Actually, it was by design. Anybody out there reading who doesn't now see the arrogance and the real feelings of the private school supporters? Thanks, FCS, for being so predictable.

All of you tend to forget that this is not a match that begins evenly in the first place. Out of 111 schools in A baseball/softball, 90 are public and 21 are private. The success those 21 have does not happen without advantages in those 21 schools. Split 'em.

(1) Everybody play everybody in the regular season (2) Split for the tournaments/playoffs (3) Two district finalists move to region (4) Region champ goes to sectionals (5) Sectionals best of three games (6) State tournament double-elimination (7) Listen to the privates whine now because they have to play each other.

For the football fans who support this site, it never closes.

How muich are those parking places again? 30 at $1,000 each.

We'll miss you. Please stay busy at work.

What you have just described is an advantage for 1A private schools that are urban. That is exactlywhat mphs tiger has been saying all along. And, if there was a 1A public school in Nashville, for example, it still couldn't compete becaus eit would be zoned, a concept private shools can't grasp. Thanks

How big an advantage is it that private schools can require students to be involved in extracurricular activities?

You miss the point mphstiger is making. All you are saying is true which gives the privates an advantage, regardless of how that advantage comes about. It also means that you run from the problem by taking the better kids out of the schools that need them the most and then point a finger at the public schools.

An insult to the godless heathens at the public schools.

That is quite an insult. Surprising for a 'christian".

It rewards the families who want their kids to experience something besides drag bunts and sacrifice flies 12 months a year and forces fathers to be fathers instead of turning their klids over to coaches to raise for them. Fishing and bird hunting sounds like a fine start to me.

That's a lot of teams at $150 per team. Time for a CoachT Plus membership, maybe, for $12, to show a little appreciation.

Of course you were.

As an old-timer I remember going to the state, picking up a program, and looking through the lineups at all of the 6-10, 6-9, 6-8 guys. It seemed like every team had one and some had several. Where are they these days? This would have been back when there were schools like Chattanooga Riverside, Pearl, Cameron, as well as Melrose, Science Hill, etc.

You and that nonathlete up there may be the most selfish, ungrateful fans I have run across in awhile.

Surely if you can advertise your tournament on here and charge $175 a team you can afford $12 for a Plus membership.

If you have been watching 4AAA very long, remember how the game always was about Insell, not the girls, which is exactly the way he wanted it. That is how it looked tonight with Riverdale's coach. It was about his ego, not the players. And I wasn't even there to watch that game, I was there to watch Shelbyville, not Riverdale.

Just got in from Siegel. What a contrast in coaches in the two games. Burkey up by 40, playing everybody he has, Lincoln County scores the last 17-18 points of the game, and Shelbyville wins by 22. Riverdale up by 25, pressing in the 4th quarter with Lanning rolling over an ankle and the other guard banging up a shoulder, and the starters in with less than 2 minutes to go. I thought Riverdale had a chance to win state but if they do it will be in spite of that coach, not because of him. Coach Burkey and Coach Scott sure won the "class" contest. I thought I was watching an Insell in maroon and white for a minute.

I am a 37160 guy. Makes it easy to recognize arrogance among others.

Often people who are arrogant are not aware of their own behavior or don't want to recognize they are arrogant. A person can be arrogant but not show it externally to others due to his thoughts, actions and emotions. A strongly arrogant person will usually try to downplay other people's achievements or ideas in order to make himself appear better. Arrogant people will even ignore or downplay good ideas from others, as they cannot accept that others might have better ideas than themselves. This makes reasonable communication difficult and arguments impossible to resolve fairly as the arrogant person will not accept the other person's point of view, no matter how logical/intuitive or correct it is, because the arrogant person is really having an emotional argument about his own arrogance. Arrogance is an unpleasant unloving experience for people interacting with someone who has an arrogant personality. Most people do not like or enjoy being with excessively arrogant people which makes the arrogant person unpopular. Arrogant people do not notice this problem or cannot change their behavior because their personality/ego enjoys being arrogant much more than being liked by or having a respectful, loving and accepting attitude towards other people. Arrogant people are often unable to realize they are not as good as they assume they are or have problems recognizing their own self limitations. Arrogant people are usually over competitive and don't know when to quit. Often arrogant people can be overbearing and try to coerce/force people into doing what they don't want to do with little regard for the other person's feelings or the group's best interest.