DII-AA teams need to leave TSSAA NOW!

[shakinthefat]

Public schools are turning down some quality opponents (DII-AA) due to Division I playoff wild-card criteria for overall wins. So DII-AA teams are coming up short scheduling for 2013.

Is the TSSAA concerned? If so what are they doing to support DII-AA schools with this bias disregard when it comes to scheduling?

I think you will see in the future all non division DII-AA opponents will be out of state.

It is apparent to me that the TSSAA does not support private schools and the private schools should terminate membership and form a private school association. Sad because public and private school kids love playing each other.

 

http://franklinhomepage.com/filling-football-schedules-tough-task-for-some-cms-10239

 

Comments

 

[realmenwearred]

I will speak up on this, who wants to play a bunch of all stars piled up in one place. Privates and Open Zone Schools playing a public school with zoning restrictions is like shooting fish in a barrel. Signal Mtn had to vacate 6 wins last year due to a kid playing on their team and not living in their zone. And the playoff system mixes privates and Open Zone schools in with public schools with Zoning requirments. This system sucks bad. Public schools should not be mixed with these for the State Championships.

[Indian]

A lot of the schools weren't playing them even when the games had no effect on playoffs.

[baylorbigdog1976]

 

 

http://www.athleticbusiness.com/articles/article.aspx?articleid=3938&zoneid=9

[baylorbigdog1976]

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Edited December 1, 2012 by baylorbigdog1976

[MJ0625]

If Tennessee isn't careful they are going to end up with a system like Pennsylvania, where the private schools completely split from TSSAA and form their own gov. body. That would mean they could recruit and do as they will which would destroy public school football in the state. So be careful what you ask for.

[OldScratchJohnson]

If Tennessee isn't careful they are going to end up with a system like Pennsylvania, where the private schools completely split from TSSAA and form their own gov. body. That would mean they could recruit and do as they will which would destroy public school football in the state. So be careful what you ask for.

 

That would be awesome, there would be some really good teams if that happened.

[MJ0625]

Your right there would be some really good teams. The problem is there would only be a few really good teams and a lot of really bad and mediocre teams. I think the problem needs to be fixed but MBA BA Ensworth can not dominate the football scene. Just not healthy for high school football in general.

 

 

That would be awesome, there would be some really good teams if that happened.

[Kublah]

Let's secede from the TSSAA!

 

We can buy all the players we want, and they can give out a state championship to every team. Sounds like a fair deal for both.

[Twing]

Remembering when publics and privates (alot fewer) played in the same classifications (QUOTA RULE - ruled unstitutional - for privates who gave financial aid, there was a quota (limit) on the number of players who could participate in varsity games (4 in football); and then remembering the LAWSUIT and the ultimate SPLIT into DII -- and now, the big privates especially in an arms race competing for the best players and coaches - and trying to always upgrade any facility that a competitor may have gotten first. All this makes me think about the process: Who have been the winners and who have been the losers? Sure, I will agree that some kids have been introduced to private school education who would not have been without recuiting for football. But in my opinion, the real tragedy is the effect that the SPLIT has had on the city public high schools. The city schools are pathetic in every way. Any parent who can (pay for) get their kid out of the public school system and into a private will do this. Many of the better athletes have left the public schools over the last 18 years (more and more). But many great families with great kids (leaders) have left for the privates for reasons other than athletic. Disclaimer: certainly, there still are many great people in the public school system but I am sure we all will agree that the problems are almost insurmountable. Something I also do not like that private education seems to develop (unintentionally) is the sence of entitlement and priviledge that many kids develop.

[realmenwearred]

If Tennessee isn't careful they are going to end up with a system like Pennsylvania, where the private schools completely split from TSSAA and form their own gov. body. That would mean they could recruit and do as they will which would destroy public school football in the state. So be careful what you ask for.

 

That already happens! You speak as there are restrictions on this now.

 

The only folks that get spanked now are public schools with a zoning requirement.

[baylorbigdog1976]

I think the entitlement issue in private schools may exist but I rarely see it . Talk to most kids who go to any of the privates in Nashville and you will hear yes sir- no sir and most of the time I am amazed at how engaged they are when spoken to. Many parents who send their kids to private school make Huge sacrifices in order to do so. You are paying partly for the education but mostly for the culture and overall climate of education.

 

Remembering when publics and privates (alot fewer) played in the same classifications (QUOTA RULE - ruled unstitutional - for privates who gave financial aid, there was a quota (limit) on the number of players who could participate in varsity games (4 in football); and then remembering the LAWSUIT and the ultimate SPLIT into DII -- and now, the big privates especially in an arms race competing for the best players and coaches - and trying to always upgrade any facility that a competitor may have gotten first. All this makes me think about the process: Who have been the winners and who have been the losers? Sure, I will agree that some kids have been introduced to private school education who would not have been without recuiting for football. But in my opinion, the real tragedy is the effect that the SPLIT has had on the city public high schools. The city schools are pathetic in every way. Any parent who can (pay for) get their kid out of the public school system and into a private will do this. Many of the better athletes have left the public schools over the last 18 years (more and more). But many great families with great kids (leaders) have left for the privates for reasons other than athletic. Disclaimer: certainly, there still are many great people in the public school system but I am sure we all will agree that the problems are almost insurmountable. Something I also do not like that private education seems to develop (unintentionally) is the sence of entitlement and priviledge that many kids develop.