GlobalSufi did you read what you said before you posted it??
This is high school soccer and sports we are talking about!!
The idea is for the kids to be able to compete PERIOD! This is not about winning state championships or being the best team in the state. This is about building character and leadership and team work skills that will last a life time. (FYI every president since Eisenhower has played sports.) It is also about fairness and equality and letting children compete on a level playing field.
To turn around and tell kids that they can't compete because they suck is horrid!!!
And what kind of commitment do you expect a town of 3000 to make?? How do the 248 kids at BH compete against an elite private school with rich parents?? Do you really think there is anything they can do to overcome a life time of support and competition at a high level the private school kids have had??
And did you know that the median household income in Blackville is $21,000??? Verse the one year tuition at St. Josephs being $10,000!!!! What's the average income of a St. Joseph parent?? Again, please tell me a plan for Blackville or any other rural 1a school to compete against a school like St. Josephs.
Please tell us how a school with one of the highest poverty indexes in the state completes with an expensive private school? I would love to hear an answer about.
Finally, you come across as an elitist and privileged parent (or student) who gets to pick where they live and pick which school your child goes to. If I had the power within me I'd LOVE to make your child spend a year at a school like Blackville and then see if you change your tune about who should or should not be allowed to compete at sports. And which teams they compete with in sports.
