Obviously ESP1115 has never coached or had a player in a smaller school. It's pretty easy to say it doesn't matter if it doesnt affect you. I can see their point about maybe not being as much difference between class 4 and class 5, but you would have to be an idiot if you think their isn't a difference between a school that has 100 kids to choose from and one that has 750. Let me do some math for some that are less capable. You have 100 kids, 50 of those are boys. Of those 50 boys, you may be luck to have 15 play a sport. Of those 15 (which includes freshman thru senior) maybe 8 are varsity capable. Compare that to a school that has 7 times as many kids and you don't have to be a brain surgeon to see the advantage. Every once in a while you might have a Hoosier team, but there is a reason there is only one Hoosier movie and that is because there is a very rare chance of a small school beating one 7 times their size. Missouri tries to even the playing field so that more kids can have the opportunity to participate in the state tournament. Illinois is not that interested in student participation or is to tight to spend the money to get more kids involved. I always thought that was the reason for athletics in schools.
