New math lesson, part 1

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For all the 1A publics who say the privates have an advantage, consider this:

 

There are 58 in division 1, class 1A.

Of those 58, 19 are private.

Of those 19 privates, one is TSD, which does not compete for the title. So, for our discussion let's use 18 as the number of privates and 57 for the number of teams.

 

That means that 31.6% or roughly 1/3 of the teams in 1A are private. The odds are 1 in 3 every year that a private will win, perceived advantage(s) or not.

 

 

Conversely, there are 49 teams in Division 1, Class 2A, and a grand total of two private schools. Only 4.1% of 2A teams are private. It would seem that each year the odds of a private winning in 2A are 4 in 100, which are small compared to 1 in 3.

 

Which classification has the bigger gripe? And, I continue to ask, why do we only hear the complaints from the mid-state? Alcoa, Milan, Sweetwater, Union City, etc... These schools haven't petitioned to play 3A...

 

If there are flaws in my logic, please point them out!