TSSAA to Vote on Public/Private Split

[pujo]

 

Pujo - PRECISELY!!

 

thejoker: http://tssaa.org/

Under "About", there is a link "contact us"

  I sent my request and I'm contacting other schools who need to get involved in this.

[tootiedwc]

Sent mine too pujo. At least they know the dogs wanna split.

[tootiedwc]

How many privates are in the state tournament in single a this yr?

[pujo]

 

Sent mine too pujo. At least they know the dogs wanna split.

  Good deal tootiedwc, we ALLLLLLLLL need to scream as loud as we can. Our voices can only be heard if we speak up.

[DougS]

just for information purposes only....

 

from the article at http://lms.usatodayhss.com/nashville/articles/item/2182-public-private-high-school-sports-split-will-be-proposed-wednesday

 

"Division II was created in 1997-98..."

 

"Since the formation of DII, 15 of 51 Division I football titles in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A have been won by private schools. Private schools have won three of 34 girls and nine of 32 boys basketball titles in Division I Classes A and AA since then."

 

 

"CPA and Goodpasture are among 22 private schools that compete in Division I, along with Clarksville Academy, Columbia Academy, Lipscomb Academy, Middle Tennessee Christian and Nashville Christian locally."

[ElderHogEye]

Unfortunately the vote itself may not happen at the meeting.  From an article from The Tennessean

 

 

 

“I don’t think we’re ready to vote on Wednesday,†said Danny Gilbert, principal at Soddy-Daisy. “Before I could cast my vote, I have to speak to the folks I represent. I think we start the discussion Wednesday, but I think there’s still a lot we have to do before we vote.â€

 

 

 

Hope I'm wrong.

[QSouth89]

 amen!

let the privates go, good riddance. start your own athletic organization go ahead, you wont be able to schedule any tssaa teams to play and fill your schedule. i like the Tennessee public school athletic association. if they don't vote to split the publics should pull out that is where the power lies. there are a lot of private schools yes, but the tssaa cannot allow the public schools to pull out there are way more of them to govern. go to any TSSAA state tournament and you will hear several in the tssaa circle say i would really like to see a public school win this year. It is coming and if not this year, next. we will see if the tssaa is really about fairness and not about the almighty dollar is they step up and do the right thing and split. It simply is not fair to public schools, we scrape and beg for funding for our programs when it is a given for most privates.

 

 

You want more funding?  Talk to your state representatives and local politicians who can put pressure on the department of education.  Funding for education is cut every year so school systems have to cut corners or fire teachers.  This has nothing to do with privates controlling the TSSAA with funds.  I teach at a public school and my kids attend a private school.  Nothing is given at the private school.  Unlike most public schools, you do have more parents involved and there are some well-to-do parents who would rather donate money then do fundraising. At the same time privates can't operate with out donations or boosters who will donate large amounts of money to keep the school open.  It has nothing to with the athletics that seems to be the focus here. It also sounds like the only ones  complaining are the schools who lose to the CPA's, Goodpastures, Ensworths etc.  They need to re-classify the TSSAA so that everyone can get a trophy since a certain few on here can have titles given to them and not put in the work and develop their programs.  We need a private school division, an open enrollment division, an urban division, a rural division, a division for schools who've never had a D-1 athlete, a division for schools who've never had a player sign a college scholarship, a division for schools who've never won a district title. etc etc.  When will it end?  I hope they do split so you guys find something else to complain about.  Jeez.

Edited March 11, 2014 by QSouth89

[DCTIGERFAN]

Well I contacted TSSAA and gave them my humble opinion on the subject.

[DougS]

You want more funding?  Talk to your state representatives and local politicians who can put pressure on the department of education.  Funding for education is cut every year so school systems have to cut corners or fire teachers.  This has nothing to do with privates controlling the TSSAA with funds.  I teach at a public school and my kids attend a private school.  Nothing is given at the private school.  Unlike most public schools, you do have more parents involved and there are some well-to-do parents who would rather donate money then do fundraising. At the same time privates can't operate with out donations or boosters who will donate large amounts of money to keep the school open.  It has nothing to with the athletics that seems to be the focus here. It also sounds like the only ones  complaining are the schools who lose to the CPS's, Goodpastures, Ensworths etc.  They need to re-classify the TSSAA so that everyone can get a trophy since a certain few on here can have titles given to them and not put in the work and develop their programs.  We need a private school division, an open enrollment division, an urban division, a rural division, a division for schools who've never had a D-1 athlete, a division for schools who've never had a player sign a college scholarship, a division for schools who've never one a district title. etc etc.  When will it end?  i hope the do split so you guys find something else to complain about.  Jeez.

 

if i wasnt already giving all my money to a private school, i would send some to the school of your kids.  Excellent points.

[pujo]

 

You want more funding?  Talk to your state representatives and local politicians who can put pressure on the department of education.  Funding for education is cut every year so school systems have to cut corners or fire teachers.  This has nothing to do with privates controlling the TSSAA with funds.  I teach at a public school and my kids attend a private school.  Nothing is given at the private school.  Unlike most public schools, you do have more parents involved and there are some well-to-do parents who would rather donate money then do fundraising. At the same time privates can't operate with out donations or boosters who will donate large amounts of money to keep the school open.  It has nothing to with the athletics that seems to be the focus here. It also sounds like the only ones  complaining are the schools who lose to the CPS's, Goodpastures, Ensworths etc.  They need to re-classify the TSSAA so that everyone can get a trophy since a certain few on here can have titles given to them and not put in the work and develop their programs.  We need a private school division, an open enrollment division, an urban division, a rural division, a division for schools who've never had a D-1 athlete, a division for schools who've never had a player sign a college scholarship, a division for schools who've never one a district title. etc etc.  When will it end?  i hope the do split so you guys find something else to complain about.  Jeez.

  They need to fire you if you work in a system thats not good enough for you're kids.

[QSouth89]

If the 5 and 6a public schools were having to compete with the powerhouse privates,the split would have happened long before now.

During the last cycle only Knoxville Catholic was in AAA, They played in district 4AAA with West, Maryville, Bearden, Farragut, William Blount, Lenior City and Heritage.  The Irish made it to the 5A playoffs twice in football losing to Sullivan South and to a school in Columbia.  If you can name a 6A school more powerful than Maryville, then they truly didn't play private schools.

[pujo]

 

During the last cycle only Knoxville Catholic was in AAA, They played in district 4AAA with West, Maryville, Bearden, Farragut, William Blount, Lenior City and Heritage.  The Irish made it to the 5A playoffs twice in football losing to Sullivan South and to a school in Columbia.  If you can name a 6A school more powerful than Maryville, then they truly didn't play private schools.

  The teams more porerful than Marville are in their own private league. They seperate then from the big schools. Ensworth comes to mind.