Post by carookie on Dec 22, 2021 11:14:50 GMT -6
What I find most curious is that in Louisiana-the schools that would be most targeted for such a system voluntarily chose to play up. John Curtis Christian plays in the top class. Evangel Christian Academy played in the top class when they were elite (they have fallen on harder times now but still play up to 4A) and the new kid on the block Lafayette Christian Academy is playing up after winning 4 out of the last 5 titles in the lower private division.
Agree wholeheartedly. I hate when states do this, but I especially hate when they do it based on a small (one or two year) sample size. If you want to look at a large sample size, say six plus years, then to me that shows that a school does have a tradition of being better and not just a good class that won some games.
That being written, states that practice competitive equity don't seem to care if their methods punish one group of kids for success. They seem to care more about every school getting a trophy at some time, and allowing more big schools to drop down the ladder and get into the playoffs in a weaker division- the more big schools in the playoffs the more $$.
