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Originally posted by Chess Ref
California is going to have seven levels next year. I haven't spent much time looking at it yet. An area I have a concern with is the privates vs publics in playoffs. It bothers me that the privates, with their small populations get to beat up on the publics of similar population. In Girls VB right now DIV 5 is dominated by small Christian schools. They should just have a private schools championships. They get to recruit. Some publics may recruit but it is not as prevalent as the privates. In BB the D4/D5 levels have become the private school championships. So if you a smaller school you make it to the state tourney , run into a "similar" sized school-who just happens to have 3 players getting D1 schloarship offers. Your little school hasn't had a D1 player in any sport in years. So all of you Oak Hill Academy fans-I am not impressed. Also De la sally fans-you got to recruit and come up with a Norcal allstar team-not impressed. End of rant and Rave.....
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This is tired old complaint. Everytime some school does well over time, they're accused of recuiting (esp. if it's a private school). It's even thrown at public schools that repeatedly do well.
What seems to be forgotton is that there are far more private schools that don't do well.
Additionally, many of these high-performing private schools (and public schools) petition to play up to the next classs (or even higher).
Does any one ever consider that when a team does well it will naturally draw good players. Being a private school or a public school in an open enrollement district just means that they don't have boundaries to adhere too...making transfers easier.
If it were such an unfair situation, the privates would win a lot more of the championships. The one most accused of recruiting here does win championships but not at a frequency that is suspect when considered without emotion.