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Is it time for private schools to have theyre own playoffs in football

  • Viking
    It could be a clean sweep this year for the private schools: D I=St. Ed's, D II=Mentor Lake Catholic (a little shaky). D III=Columbus Watterson, D IV=Kettering Alter, D V=Youngstown Ursuline, D VI=Delphos St. John
  • Thinthickbigred
    skank;569140 wrote:Maybe the dominance by St. Ed, and Ursuline will be enough to open the OHSAA's eyes....There, I did it....straight face and all, I almost didn't make it, I got to the word 'enough' and almost lost it.

    People come at you guys more than us ,but guess what If you guys"Massillon got to play by the same rules as Mooney and Ursulin ..What do you think?.......I really admire Stark county football as a whole ...They have so many many great public schools from so many different divisions everyyear ....
  • Thinthickbigred
    Viking;569176 wrote:It could be a clean sweep this year for the private schools: D I=St. Ed's, D II=Mentor Lake Catholic (a little shaky). D III=Columbus Watterson, D IV=Kettering Alter, D V=Youngstown Ursuline, D VI=Delphos St. John

    Yes it very well could and I think they will win 4 out of 6 ...Hilliard Davidson has a shot ...Akron Buhctel has a shot ... I truely hope the pubs take all 6 and I am wrong ..But that just aint going to happen ....Coldwater might play with Ursulin for a quarter this year ... Shadyside might do the same against Delphos St John ...Kettering Alter already beat the best public chools in that division so they look good right now ....Its just a big mess ... We are going to get stomped
  • Thinthickbigred
    Uniontown Lake may finnaly get over the hump and win one
  • Al Bundy
    Thinthickbigred;569174 wrote:See I am not aguing that point ..I dont know the number .But that validates my points better than yours ... Alot of kids come to our district because it is the most prosperous.. Some do end up playing football .... It is totally different . ...I know I am right about this .

    Why is totally different if a parent chooses Steubenville schools because that is in the best interest of their student than if a parent chooses any other school because it is in their family's best interest?
  • Thinthickbigred
    Al Bundy;569253 wrote:Why is totally different if a parent chooses Steubenville schools because that is in the best interest of their student than if a parent chooses any other school because it is in their family's best interest?

    Its all cool ..I think you should be allowed to do whatever you want ..my issue is with the OHSAA and the public Ohio BOE ...I dont know all the rules .. Has'nt Canton and Massillon been sanctioned in the recent past for recruiting viotations...Two sets of rules exist ... How can public schools be sanctioned when private schools cannot ...And I undrstand that they cannot because they are private ..But the football playoff system is not seperate...I propose that at the very least when a private school wins a championship they be moved up two divisions for the next two years unless they win again and then they stay in that higher division ..I say two because only one division could just be a very small number ... any better ideas?.....I really am not an enemy of the catholic schools I dont hate anybody ..When I see a small team like Kirtland that has a great division 5 school play basically a division 1 power for the division 5 title something is not fair ...and Ursulin is a division 1 power on the football field ...They are I have seen them ..I have seen several nationally ranked teams this year also and they are right up there with all of them I think they would beat most of them ........
  • Al Bundy
    Thinthickbigred;569262 wrote:Its all cool ..I think you should be allowed to do whatever you want ..my issue is with the OHSAA and the public Ohio BOE ...I dont know all the rules .. Has'nt Canton and Massillon been sanctioned in the recent past for recruiting viotations...Two sets of rules exist ... How can public schools be sanctioned when private schools cannot ...And I undrstand that they cannot because they are private ..But the football playoff system is not seperate...I propose that at the very least when a private school wins a championship they be moved up two divisions for the next two years unless they win again and then they stay in that higher division ..I say two because only one division could just be a very small number ... any better ideas?.....I really am not an enemy of the catholic schools I dont hate anybody ..When I see a small team like Kirtland that has a great division 5 school play basically a division 1 power for the division 5 title something is not fair ...and Ursulin is a division 1 power on the football field ...They are I have seen them ..I have seen several nationally ranked teams this year also and they are right up there with all of them I think they would beat most of them ........

    Private school can be sanctioned, and there are cases of schools (both private and public) who have had to forfeit games. The transfer rules are the same with one exception (a student can transfer back to his/her home public district without sitting out a year)
  • holdingout
    Thinthickbigred;569174 wrote:See I am not aguing that point ..I dont know the number .But that validates my points better than yours ... Alot of kids come to our district because it is the most prosperous.. Some do end up playing football .... It is totally different . ...I know I am right about this .

    Right about what? You stated Big Red has home grown kids. Explain to me how that makes you right? What is your "validating point"? Take open enrollment out of Big Reds equation, and you have an average Div. 3 team.
  • GoChiefs
    Thinthickbigred;569174 wrote:See I am not aguing that point ..I dont know the number .But that validates my points better than yours ... Alot of kids come to our district because it is the most prosperous.. Some do end up playing football .... It is totally different . ...I know I am right about this .

    Wait, it's OK for Big Red to have kids come to school outside of their district, but it's not OK for a private school to do the same thing?
  • GoChiefs
    Thinthickbigred;569052 wrote:Kettering Alter in D-$ has already taken care of the toughet comp in that division so the catholic schools are favored in every sing division......... I hope the publics win the 4 that they have a chnce at I really do ..But I see the catholic schools winning 4 of these titles ...now they are what 10% of all schools and they win 65% of football titles maybe more ....just saying food for thought....I am pulling for Buhctel or Marlington and Uniontown Lake and the Shadyside even though they have no chance....

    Food for thought? So, out of the 10%, you get a handful that are good year in, and year out. Are there no public schools that are good year in and year out too?
  • skank
    GoChiefs;569318 wrote:Wait, it's OK for Big Red to have kids come to school outside of their district, but it's not OK for a private school to do the same thing?

    It's the process of which kids are allowed to be pursued.
  • GoChiefs
    skank;569351 wrote:It's the process of which kids are allowed to be persued.

    And I'd guess if 'open enrollment' policies were the same, there would still be just as much whining and crying about an 'advantage' over the publics.
  • Al Bundy
    GoChiefs;569360 wrote:And I'd guess if 'open enrollment' policies were the same, there would still be just as much whining and crying about an 'advantage' over the publics.
    The policies are the same. I have asked skank before, and I will ask again. Look at the OHSAA policies on eligibility, and show me where they give a private school any advantage.
  • skank
    GoChiefs;569360 wrote:And I'd guess if 'open enrollment' policies were the same, there would still be just as much whining and crying about an 'advantage' over the publics.

    You guess wrong. Why would the publics whine and cry if we were ALSO allowed to hold combines of eight graders? If they were ALSO allowed to conduct tours, visits if you will? If they were allowed to visit kids in their homes?
  • skank
    Al Bundy;569377 wrote:The policies are the same. I have asked skank before, and I will ask again. Look at the OHSAA policies on eligibility, and show me where they give a private school any advantage.

    And I have asked you before to read the PD article and tell me what you think.
  • GoChiefs
    skank;569383 wrote:You guess wrong. Why would the publics whine and cry if we were ALSO allowed to hold combines of eight graders? If they were ALSO allowed to conduct tours, visits if you will? If they were allowed to visit kids in their homes?

    B/c some people just need to have something to whine and cry about.
  • Al Bundy
    skank;569386 wrote:And I have asked you before to read the PD article and tell me what you think.

    If you have evidence that someone broke an OHSAA rule, report it to OHSAA. You still can't show me which rule gives privates any advantage.
  • skank
    GoChiefs;569393 wrote:B/c some people just need to have something to whine and cry about.

    That's the best you got?
  • skank
    Al Bundy;569395 wrote:If you have evidence that someone broke an OHSAA rule, report it to OHSAA. You still can't show me which rule gives privates any advantage.

    I'll tell ya what, the article made my jaw drop more than a few times, either the things they're doing are illegal, and the OHSAA is turning their heads, or their legal, and therin lies your advantage.
  • Al Bundy
    skank;569411 wrote:I'll tell ya what, the article made my jaw drop more than a few times, either the things they're doing are illegal, and the OHSAA is turning their heads, or their legal, and therin lies your advantage.

    If we are using newspaper articles as proof, can we include articles that mention public schools as well? Perhaps articles that deal with bringing in a QB from another state?
  • Bigdogg
    Not in favor of separate tournaments. I do think you can use a multiplier for any school that has no district or open enrollment.
  • fish82
    skank;569140 wrote:Maybe the dominance by St. Ed, and Ursuline will be enough to open the OHSAA's eyes....There, I did it....straight face and all, I almost didn't make it, I got to the word 'enough' and almost lost it.
    Ed has been a .500 team the past 3 seasons, and a complete non-factor in the title chase for nearly a decade. Stupid and whiny isn't a good combination. You should probably work on that.
  • skank
    Al Bundy;569423 wrote:If we are using newspaper articles as proof, can we include articles that mention public schools as well? Perhaps articles that deal with bringing in a QB from another state?

    Then Diebold should get sanctioned by the OHSAA for transferring a worker to Stark County?
  • Al Bundy
    skank;569432 wrote:Then Diebold should get sanctioned by the OHSAA for transferring a worker to Stark County?

    So if a school can find a job for a parent it is ok to bring in their son?
  • mvred
    I am open to a multiplier because I would love to see the potential matchup's Ursuline could potentially go up against, i.e. Poland, or Canfield, or perhaps even Howland come playoff time. There will never be two systems in this state because the OHSAA will never let it happen. Let's face it, people are going to flock to Canton and Massillon this year to see how powerful St. Ed's is and how talented Ursuline is.