I know people who coach in Chatt Prep's district...I've been told they've started to call them Cheat Prep. One coach reported that Cheat Prep's coach boasted at a district coaches meeting that he only took the job because he was told he could bring in anyone he wanted from all over Hamilton County, and probably further out. I'm pretty sure it was one of the schools in their district that made a proposal to TSSAA to have charter schools moved into D II, with private schools, due to this blatant recruiting. In the report published by TSSAA over 70% of the schools in TN voted to approve this...only to have the legislative council disregard the will of the membership and overrule the proposal. Cheat Prep is also a male only school and according to the enrollment info on the TSSAA website in regards to reclassification there was no multiplier used towards their numbers...which means class A will be stuck with them and their obvious recruiting machine until at least 2025. NO WAY a normal school, just happens to have a loaded class of 8th, 9th, and 10th graders and make it now into the state semis after 2 years in existence! TSSAA needs to wake the heck up. Much respect to all those coaches at small schools who do it the right way...a shame they have to face those who can't.
