High School Split Playoffs..No More

[ManAboutTown]

You can't leave this up to a vote. The vote buying would be epic for who gets promoted or not. This is Louisiana we're talking about. It would have to be set in stone rules. Like if you finish in the bottom 10% of your district for 3 years straight, you get dropped down. If you finish in the top 10%, you get promoted. No exceptions.

Exactly.

It would also put some interest back into the games, especially if team 'X' is playing for a relegation or keeping their spot in whatever class in the middle of a 1-7 season.

[31Ragin97]

Exactly.

It would also put some interest back into the games, especially if team 'X' is playing for a relegation or keeping their spot in whatever class in the middle of a 1-7 season.

sounds awesome!! I say apply it to NCAA also

[CharlieK]

Exactly.

It would also put some interest back into the games, especially if team 'X' is playing for a relegation or keeping their spot in whatever class in the middle of a 1-7 season.

Or sandbagging to get pushed down.....

[CharlieK]

It would be very hard to make a schedule, especially for the northern portion of the state where there aren't as many private schools. If you look at my post above, even here in Texas private schools have to schedule public schools in order to complete their schedules.

Those northern private schools can choose to stay in the LHSAA. Membership in these associations is voluntary I believe.

When I say a split, I mean a SPLIT. Leave the LHSAA and form their own association.

[mxt3999]

I have an idea. Let's put South Arkansas with whatever the high school athletics association is in Arkansas. Where they belong.
South Arkansas = anything more than 50 miles north of I-10 (and I'm being generous here)

[Duggie35]

Fuel for the fire

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/s...dame/79644338/

Northside voted to split and now one of their own has decided to split! So what's the problem?

[mxt3999]

Fuel for the fire

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/s...dame/79644338/

Go Pios!!! Win and they will come

Notre Dame also does drug testing. Not the random cheap urine test, but the hair test that can detect toxins up to 6 months or more. You want to help your kid stay away from drugs? Send them to a private school that tests for it. You get what you pay for

[Duggie35]

Here is a link to the voting results:

ALL five public high schools in Lafayette Parish voted FOR....

http://cdn.lhsaa.org/uploads/images/...ndividual.xlsx

If I read the spread sheet correctly, I think the public school principals in this area at Abbeville, Breaux Bridge, Delcambre, Jeanerette, Loreauville, North Vermilion and St. Martinville should be commended in their effort to save High School athletics in Louisiana by voting against the split.

I also have a question for the principals at Westgate, Vermilion Catholic, Rayne, Opelousas, Notre Dame, North Central, Livonia, Hanson and Church Point. Why did y'all not attend and cast your vote, or did you just abstain?

IMHO, this was a way too important a vote not to attend or not to step up and put your name in one column or the other.

[CajunRebel]

Or sandbagging to get pushed down.....

High School students and coaches would never sandbag for obvious reasons.

But even if they did, sandbagging would be pointless because you'd get one good year in a lower division then have to move up again the next year.

[CajunRebel]

If I read the spread sheet correctly, I think the public school principals in this area at Abbeville, Breaux Bridge, Delcambre, Jeanerette, Loreauville, North Vermilion and St. Martinville should be commended in their effort to save High School athletics in Louisiana by voting against the split.

I also have a question for the principals at Westgate, Vermilion Catholic, Rayne, Opelousas, Notre Dame, North Central, Livonia, Hanson and Church Point. Why did y'all not attend and cast your vote, or did you just abstain?

IMHO, this was a way too important a vote not to attend or not to step up and put your name in one column or the other.

Maybe they already knew how the voting would play out.

[wcd35]

Here is a link to the voting results:

ALL five public high schools in Lafayette Parish voted FOR....

http://cdn.lhsaa.org/uploads/images/...ndividual.xlsx

Good find.

I'd like to point out Column Q and the 23 schools out of 281 that voted against the officials/refs pay increase. Come on.

Should have been done a while back.

[cajun4life]

Which public school folks are you referring to??

There are two public school camps....

#1... those that think that it should be split

#2... those like me that think that public schools can compete with the private schools.

Obviously camp #1