So what would D2 football look like if the split happens...?

[Gambler]

How would they not be recognized on a national level smh. Many other states have their own private league and get plenty of attention. Also by more than doubling the amount of private schools this makes it easier and more appealing due to logistics of location and amount of schools for financial security. Confucius you are confused.

[cbg]

How would they not be recognized on a national level smh. Many other states have their own private league and get plenty of attention. Also by more than doubling the amount of private schools this makes it easier and more appealing due to logistics of location and amount of schools for financial security. Confucius you are confused.

There was a rule many years ago that the National Federation would only acknowledge one high school athletic association in each state.  I have been told that the rule was challenged in court and the National Federation backed off the rule.  Another myth that was floated for many years was that catastrophic insurance would  be much to expensive for anyone to purchase outside the TSSAA and that rumor was proven not to be valid.  IMO, if the TSSAA forces all private schools into D2 the private schools have little if any choice but to withdraw from the TSSAA and form their own association.  What would the advantages be for the private schools to stay in the TSSAA at that point?  If private schools do decide the form another state athletic association there will be some ramifications.

1.  It will more than likely cost the private schools some up front money to get started.

2.  The TSSAA will also have a loss of revenues when the private schools leave.

3.  Look for the private schools to focus on national championships & not state championships.  This could be done through the National Prep School League as they already offer national championships in sports like track & field, wrestling, tennis, etc...they do not offer national prep school championships in football and basketball.

4.  Yes, the private schools will raid the public schools that are within driving distance of large metropolitan areas for the best coaching staffs and athletes.

5.  As the population in Tennessee continues to grow look for more private schools to be started in places like Cookeville, upper East Tennessee, Tullahoma, Crossville, etc...

6.  If public school education does not improve in Tennessee the competition will be even more fierce than it is today for enrollment positions at the Tennessee private schools.  At the true academic prep schools they have many more applications than they have positions available.  One admissions counselor told me that for 2013 they denied admission to over 2/3 of the applicants and that was with a poor economy and tuition at over $20,000.00 per year. 

Edited June 29, 2014 by cbg

[RebRaider85]

Don't know where they fit enrollment wise (probably less than 400) but Tri-Cities Christian has been playing 11-man football for a few years now. I think they had been planning to joint the District 1 1A/2A teams either next year or the year after that.

[confuciuschang]

confucius say....http://murphyfair.com:8080/mfs/servlet/contentpagemfs?1,49,Public/Private%20Split

 

198-55 and of the 55 teams against it 22 are privates and 18 are in class AAA(where there are no D1 privates)....so basically its 198 vs 15...we BETTER get a split this time!!!!!!

[y2kgt46]

confucius say....http://murphyfair.com:8080/mfs/servlet/contentpagemfs?1,49,Public/Private%20Split

 

198-55 and of the 55 teams against it 22 are privates and 18 are in class AAA(where there are no D1 privates)....so basically its 198 vs 15...we BETTER get a split this time!!!!!!

 

Where is this information being gathered from? Did Murphy Fair call every TSSAA school and ask what there preference was, concerning the split? Or, is this public information that TSSAA gathered?

[KWoodroof]

One is when you go from public to private you won't have to set out a year. You will have kids playing their freshman and sophmore year at a public and the go to a private and play immediatly.

An excellent point. I lived in Florida for a number of years, and one of the jokes was that St Tomas Aquinas' JV team was Boyd Anderson's varsity. 

 

Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences here.

[QSouth89]

Because of travel is there anyway they could group the schools together by area then split up for three classes when the playoffs start? You could have a East Region (I'm listing the football and non football playing teams) with Catholic, Grace, CAK, Webb, King's Academy, Berean Christian, Knoxville Christian, and Concord Christian. Kind of like the division 1 model now, 1A/2A 3A/4A and 5A/6A. That way it cuts down on travel and in the post season you play school your size.

Edited July 24, 2014 by QSouth89

[ReitzFan]

Where is this information being gathered from? Did Murphy Fair call every TSSAA school and ask what there preference was, concerning the split? Or, is this public information that TSSAA gathered?

this does not appear to be a totally accurate poll as all of the schools in the state did not respond to Murphy's poll.  Kind of like all the schools don't respond to his magazine survey.

[QSouth89]

An assistant football coach from Farragut informed me that if there is a split and the privates form their own association that the public schools in Knoxville were told to not play privates because they're afraid of privates recruiting all the middle school talent. Which to me is hogwash! If a kid wants to play at Farragut, Bearden, Fulton or West then they will go their.

[shakinthefat]

When the split happens, the privates will form their own group independent of the TSSAA and will have their own set of rules.  Let the open recruiting begin!!!

Agree 100%. The privates are not wanted in the TSSAA. So it's time to leave. Goodbye to public vs private bickering over "recruiting" and "full scholarships". Set up some games with surrounding state private schools to make things interesting.

TSSAA will then have to figure up a new set of classifications so to continue to give out 10 to 15 state championship trophies.

[meritage]

Agree 100%. The privates are not wanted in the TSSAA. So it's time to leave. Goodbye to public vs private bickering over "recruiting" and "full scholarships". Set up some games with surrounding state private schools to make things interesting.

TSSAA will then have to figure up a new set of classifications so to continue to give out 10 to 15 state championship trophies.

I have to disagree with you a bit although you might have intended to say the same thing. The TSSAA is not the only entity not wanting the privates. In this instance, the TSSAA and publics are one in the same.  Time to leave esp as many of the top private TN pgms want to play the top "regional" teams in OH, KY, MISS, AL etc. That's what gets you noticed (and gets TN football noticed) and makes you improve - playing the best you can play not playing 1-2 tough games and beating upon the other 9 or 10.

[Govolsknox]

Yes, a 1.8 multiplier is not enough. Maybe 6.8?  And what about those pesky "private" schools who are public, but draw players from a wide area, out of zone? Should they be separate? Or maybe a multiplier? Or maybe all be in the largest classification? Or just let them enjoy the benefits of having an enormous area to draw from without any constraints of a multiplier?