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  1. Coach Emerson coached my son at Trinity in Longview. He is a good coach and will do a good job for Cushing.
  2. Since it was a relatively harmless article about enrollment size at private schools impacting success on the football field which has stirred such an outpouring of desire to bash private schools, I guess I'll weigh in just for fun. Hate to burst your bubble here but public schools recruit as much or more than private schools. Whether it's allowing out of district transfers, coaches directly or indirectly soliciting student-athletes, creating powerhouse programs (at taxpayer expense) that attract the best athletes or using taxpayer dollars to create athletic Taj Mahals, the simple fact of the matter is most all public schools recruit. If you want to tell me I'm wrong and that public schools are at a substantial disadvantage to private schools because of this "recuiting" phenomenon, let's discuss. Maybe we could even do so in person. Where? Let's see...How about: 10,000 seat Lobo Stadium. We could stand on the 50 yard line of their third $500,000 artificial surface. We could do it at night so their TV ready lighting could be employed. We might want to wait until they've completed their $3 million renovation. If it's raining, we could go inside their state of the art weight training facility. $70 million Allen Stadium. They have 18,000 seats but we only need a couple. The $4.5 million indoor practice facility at Highland Park. Oh, that's for rich kids. Okay, let's go to the one in Henderson Or if you don't want meet in person, maybe we could video chat. I could go to Carthage and you could send me a message on their $750,000 jumbotron. Private schools recruit because that's how they survive. All of the governing bodies that oversee private schools expressely prohibit recruiting specifically for athletic purposes (just like the UIL). Do some private schools disregard these rules. Yes. Do public schools do the same thing? Directly or indirectly? You bet they do. Been that way for a long time. It just seems like those who are so quick to jump on the "Private schools have an unfair advantage because they recruit" bandwagon either do so because they're delusional or because they simply want to protect the status quo.
  3. All of the studies I've heard and read about head trauma suggest that the more times you get hit in the head, the more chance you have of long term brain damage. The NFL Players Association made it a non-negotiable part of their last labor agreement that they would have one full contact, full pads practice per week. They didn't do because they're wimps. They didn't do it because they wanted to end football as we know it. They didn't do it so they could be more like basketball and soccer players (who, by the way, have as violent of collisions as football players, just without pads). They did it for player safety. Sadly, there are a lot of football coaches who subscribe to the "It's football, not tiddly winks and you knew what you were signing up for" school of thought (as evidenced by this thread). I'm glad somebody is looking out for the kids!
  4. Lobo basketball has been relegated to 2nd tier status ever since Leroy Romines left. The girls since Tommy Aldridge left. Why? Because the entire athletic program at Longview is geared around the football program. The good news - they have a consistantly strong football program. The bad news - everything else suffers because of it. I'm not saying it's wrong or right. It's just the way it is!
  5. I agree but that wasn't the question. The question was "Can't these Charter Schools recruit either directly or indirectly?" The first person to respond said "Why not, your local ISD (does)...". I simply added a few of the various ways that public schools recruit athletes. It's only one issue and that's recruiting and it's done by all - public, private and charter.
  6. Not to mention astroturf stadiums, indoor practice facilities, state of the art weight rooms, jumbotrons, etc., etc.
  7. Middle School 6 Man Longview Trinity 46 Leveretts Chapel 33
  8. Also, a strong athletic program is no guarantee of a thriving school. Case in point - Duncanville Christway won state championshiop in 6 man football 4 years ago. Closed its doors the following year. Closer to home - Henderson Full Armor had a very strong basketball program (for a small school) several years ago. They closed their high school down 3 years ago.
  9. I do not think private schools in Longview have a major impact on LISD or its athletic programs. Most of the private schools in Longview are relatively small (200-350 students K-12). Trinity in Longview has 6 Man football, basketball, volleyball, soccer (Middle school), tennis, track and golf. Christian Heritage offers the same sports minus football. St. Mary's started its high school two years ago so it is slowly building its high school programs. ETCS and LCS offer soccer, basketball and volleyball. There have been transfers into the private schools but I think I can safely say that few, if any, are for athletics. I can also safely say that a large part of the migration from private schools into LISD has largely to do with athletics, band, drama, drill team and social dynamics. From the outside looking in, I believe it is a little different in Tyler. Tyler has four relatively large private schools - Grace, Gorman, Brook Hill and All Saints that range from 750 to 1500 students. All the private schools in Tyler have complete and competitive athletic programs. I would think this has a substantial impact on TISD (probably Tyler Lee more so than John Tyler). As far as Texarkana, unless there is a church that has a long range plan to broaden its mission to include a school with an athletic program (among other programs), you won't see it anytime soon. All of the private schools in this area (and most nationwide) are either closely affiliated or strongly supported by a sponsoring church/ parish/ diocese. For what it's worth, it takes a massive amount of money to start and maintain a private school. And that is to provide the basics. Programs like athletics and fine arts only make it that much more expensive.
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