Will some of the private schools in DI join DII after the new alignmne

[eagle3612]

Just wondering if there is interest in this since the multiplier is starting to effect some of the private schools in DI. Don't you think it is ironic that the multiplier increased at the same time DII split into 2 dividions in all sports?

[HappyHour22]

How much is the Multiplier increasing?

[Antwan]

Just wondering if there is interest in this since the multiplier is starting to effect some of the private schools in DI. Don't you think it is ironic that the multiplier increased at the same time DII split into 2 dividions in all sports?

 

Increased?

[TheBoredGuy]

Multiplier isn't increasing, but the schools' enrollments are enough to cause them to move up another class.

 

I would not be at all surprised to see most or all privates go DII or just split from the TSSAA altogether in the near future.

[vandy1]

Probably nothing will happen to the DI Privates until 2009, when it will be time for another official TSSAA re-classification. If the TSSAA separate Public and Privates, you will probably see another rival TSSAA organization servicing just the private schools. You have probably started a thread that should be on another board. Public vs. Private. Be prepared to be moved.

[Hoya]

I agree vandy1. If the privates are finally forced out by the public programs, there will probably be a strong push within the privates to leave TSSAA altogether. Then the non-competitve publics will have to find a new whipping boy for why they don't win (note: I didn't say "can't").

 

Oh yea, I'd say this one's going to be moved.

[KCHSCoach]

or they could all be put back into DI, now that BA has won and the courts say TSSAA is a defacto State Institution. I think TSSAA is going to be gun shy, plus it is about time for Ronnie to stand up and do the right thing....and say quit crying and put it all back together. Which ever way it goes, it will be fun, and privates will still find a way to win.

[BigG]

I agree vandy1. If the privates are finally forced out by the public programs, there will probably be a strong push within the privates to leave TSSAA altogether. Then the non-competitve publics will have to find a new whipping boy for why they don't win (note: I didn't say "can't").

 

Oh yea, I'd say this one's going to be moved.

The only reason some privates haven't been moved up 2 divisions (multiplier and increased enrollement) is because you can't be moved up twice in one classification period. I think major changes will occur in the 2009 year. What I would like to see is more private school representation in the TSSAA.

 

If something is going to happen, 2009 might possibly be the catalyst year.

[CoachT]

or they could all be put back into DI, now that BA has won and the courts say TSSAA is a defacto State Institution. I think TSSAA is going to be gun shy, plus it is about time for Ronnie to stand up and do the right thing....and say quit crying and put it all back together. Which ever way it goes, it will be fun, and privates will still find a way to win.

Ronnie Carter was against, and is still against, the split. The BOC and the Legislative Council, through the vote of the member schools, were the ones that voted in the split. If it was up to him personally he would put it back together ASAP.

[KCHSCoach]

amen, then do it, before it is too late and the state legislature steps in. One State, One Champion. Just do the right thing Ronnie and put it all back together!

[big red big blue]

Ronnie Carter was against, and is still against, the split. The BOC and the Legislative Council, through the vote of the member schools, were the ones that voted in the split. If it was up to him personally he would put it back together ASAP.

 

I understand that RC was against it. And I don't know precisely what his "powers" are as head of the TSSAA. But, if you look at what happened in both KY and LA when this same topic came up (and rest assured--the case against privates in those states is far, far, far worse than anything in TN), and similar votes were cast, the leadership in each case stood up and instituted a "cooling off" period and insisted that the facts be reviewed further before implementing a split ( I don't believe that either state has a complete split for financial aid schools like TN does). In the case of RC and the TSSAA, the vote was cast, and that was it. Maybe he was powerless to do anything. I don't know. But when a majority of the members (publics) have strong motive to ban a minority (privates) pure democracy is not the right way to go, imo.

[silverpie]

I don't know what happened in Louisiana (or in West Virginia, where a similar sequence of events seems to have occurred). However, in Kentucky, the state Board of Education has the final say on KHSAA rules, and it was they who stepped in to let cooler heads prevail. No such safety valve exists in TSSAA--once the Legislative Council votes, its decision is final.