High School Split Playoffs..No More

[CajunNation]

Meanwhile....

Source indicates a new athletic association for Louisiana High School athletics will be unveiled tonight at press conference

— Tim Fletcher (@FletcherShow) March 16, 2016

New association would welcome 60 schools--public or private

— Tim Fletcher (@FletcherShow) March 16, 2016

Awesome.

[CajunRebel]

Awesome.

No, not awesome.

I want everyone in the same league.

[tank]

I BELIEVE YOU

[CajunNation]

No, not awesome.

I want everyone in the same league.

It will happen. We just have to get rid of the LHSAA first.

[CajunRebel]

It will happen. We just have to get rid of the LHSAA first.

I don't see it happening. The schools that voted for the split will never join up with the new orginization.

[MelRock]

The teams that voted for split are the problem. I am happy this is happening.

[VObserver]

No, not awesome.

I want everyone in the same league.

I used to want everyone in the same league. Not any more. Let the publics reap what they have sown. I look forward to the day when LHSAA can no longer use private school fan bases as their personal cash cow.

I also look forward to the day when the publics in Acadiana learn what recruiting really is, once STM, Teurlings, CHSNI, Notre Dame, OCHS, VC and others are no longer fettered by LHSAA regulations.

I am tired of the private schools being the whipping boy.

[Cajun90]

Representative Kirk Talbot, (R) River Ridge, is the author of Louisiana House bill 863.

The bill is aimed squarely at the schools who voted for additional playoff splits in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association in baseball, basketball, and softball.

It reads: “A public school or nonpublic school approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that receives state funds shall not be a member of any interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that subdivides schools into select admission and non-select admission schools for athletic playoff competitions.”

http://sportsnola.com/future-of-lhsa...a-legislature/

[CajunRed]

Meanwhile....

Source indicates a new athletic association for Louisiana High School athletics will be unveiled tonight at press conference

— Tim Fletcher (@FletcherShow) March 16, 2016

New association would welcome 60 schools--public or private

— Tim Fletcher (@FletcherShow) March 16, 2016

GLAD that they called LHSAA's bluff.

[CajunRebel]

I used to want everyone in the same league. Not any more. Let the publics reap what they have sown. I look forward to the day when LHSAA can no longer use private school fan bases as their personal cash cow.

I also look forward to the day when the publics in Acadiana learn what recruiting really is, once STM, Teurlings, CHSNI, Notre Dame, OCHS, VC and others are no longer fettered by LHSAA regulations.

I am tired of the private schools being the whipping boy.

First of all, the public schools aren't going to lose out on all kinds of money. They might lose a few thousand dollars in lost ticket sales, but that's it. It's not a big deal. LHSAA schools won't sweat that.

Second, it sounds like you're saying you want the privates to join a new league so they can freely recruit kids. If so, I couldn't disagree more. In fact, I hope the new organization finds a way to strengthen the LHSAA's recruiting rules and spend more money investigating problem schools.

[CharlieK]

No, not awesome.

I want everyone in the same league.

This is the only route back to there.

[VObserver]

No, the new organization will have recruiting rules to protect its members. It will not care if Notre Dame takes players from Crowley High, or Rayne High or Church Point High. It will make sure they don't take players from STM or VC or Tuerlings or St. Edmonds.