High School playoffs are a joke

[MarlinMan3]

They’ve been getting paid. Can’t remember the player’s name but he drove from New Roads to Catholic BR in a BMW every day in high school.

Why wasnt he ineligible prior to attending any ncaa school

[MarlinMan3]

And at catholic league schools if you didnt live in the nearby "zone" you had to sit out from varsity for one year. It just wasnt that noriceable because most sat out their 8th grade year and werent on varsity anyway

[zephyr]

And at catholic league schools if you didnt live in the nearby "zone" you had to sit out from varsity for one year. It just wasnt that noriceable because most sat out their 8th grade year and werent on varsity anyway

Still is that way

[MarlinMan3]

Still is that way

Cool. Thanks. If someone gets admittance out of zone for a public magnet/academy program do they have to sit out one season?

[ZoomZoom]

Still is that way

Bingo! That’s a statewide SOP.

[UL_Cajuns]

Cool. Thanks. If someone gets admittance out of zone for a public magnet/academy program do they have to sit out one season?

Yes. If you are not in the zone of that school in your parish for a Magnet school, that kid must sit out a year even when entering High school and for transferring. A freshmen sits out a year, a transfer sits out a year at a Public Magnet school.

I know that for Magnet schools, but I do not know how regular open enrollment schools work like all of Rapides Parish public schools are open enrollment. How does it work for those?

[VObserver]

I understand that it is now Bunkie Magnet High School, but these public magnet schools can only get kids from the Parish they are in in this case just Avoyelles Parish.
The private Catholic and Christian schools can pull kids from anywhere, have tons of money, and are actually paying their kids and kids families along w/ Free tuition. public Magnet schools and private schools should not be in the same division for playoffs.

I agree there are a few private schools who have lots of money, but most have much lower budgets than the public schools, especially in the lower classifications.

Also the percentage of private schools who 'recruit' is likely no higher than the percentage of public schools who 'recruit'.

[CajunNation]

I agree there are a few private schools who have lots of money, but most have much lower budgets than the public schools, especially in the lower classifications.

Also the percentage of private schools who 'recruit' is likely no higher than the percentage of public schools who 'recruit'.

It's time to just end all of this crap. Go back to 4 classifications and no "select" BS.

If we truly cared about our children, this is what we would do.

[VObserver]

It's time to just end all of this crap. Go back to 4 classifications and no "select" BS.

If we truly cared about our children, this is what we would do.

I totally agree. The split should never have happened, and when it did happen, the private schools should have joined the Mississippi Private School Association [which had a pretty decent footprint in N. Louisiana at the time], and encouraged the private schools in Arkansas to do the same. The only reason LHSAA is still viable is because the private schools stayed put instead of leaving.

[ZoomZoom]

I totally agree. The split should never have happened, and when it did happen, the private schools should have joined the Mississippi Private School Association [which had a pretty decent footprint in N. Louisiana at the time], and encouraged the private schools in Arkansas to do the same. The only reason LHSAA is still viable is because the private schools stayed put instead of leaving.

And vise versa, if the public schools broke off to a new association. They depend on each other to feed the beast.