Look at Rockhurst for example... their AD is Tom Kruse and Kelly Donohoe is the football coach... their buddies arent going to actively vote to hurt them.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REFORM IDEA
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In my opinion the only thing that really NEEDS to change is getting the private schools into their own division(s). Either that or allow public schools to recruit, offer scholarships, and to limit enrollment based on whatever criteria best suits the interest and mission of the school.
If we get rid of geography then yeah we could maybe have 2 KC schools play each other in the championship, which is fine. But that doesn't help my teams. Not sure I would be in favor of letting a Lees Summit wait until the last round to play Ft O (just picking names at random) but telling Webb and Carthage or Nixa and Joplin they still have to play each other in round 0 even if they are believed to be 1 and 2 in the state. Not saying they are 1 and 2, just a 'what if'.
If we separated the private schools then I think 5 classes would be fine for the remaining public schools. Make a large and small private division. Or just one. Who cares what they do once they are in their own division.
I'm not entirely sure I love the championship factor IF private schools are removed from the equation. That just seems like penalizing a school for succeeding. I would be at least open to the idea of some kind of poverty factor though that could move a school down.
Fortunately, the teams that win the state titles can now claim that they are the best in the state.
If private schools are ever separate, all state titles will have an *.
If private schools are ever separate, all state titles will have an *.
Putting privates in their own class doesn't require an * any more than you should put one on the class 1 or class 2 winners. If that's the case we need to get rid of classes for all sports and just have 1 state champion per sport.
Golf may be the most private school dominated sport in the state. Id have to look at the numbers to confirm but it seems that way.
Maybe they should rename it the "Missouri / the 8 states border states within the 25 mile boundary" championship
What about if Theodosia won a state title? A part of their public school district is in Arkansas.
It baffles me how some folks don’t seem to understand that private schools operate in an entirely different reality than public schools.
And state championships already have an * by designating as class 5 or whatever state champion. The trophy doesn’t say state champ it says class 5 state champ. Some people seem to get hung up on wanting to just have THE singular best team in the state which I get to a point, but I think it’s good to use classes to factoring in advantages of larger talent pool in larger schools. Just wish there was a class took into consideration those schools that can cast a much wider and more selective net.
