Since my kids are 26 and 30, I don't really root for particular schools - although Hiland and IVC teams are near and dear to my heart. But I find it easier to root for kids - at every school.
Some people resent AC for how they accumulate their talent. I get that, but those kids didn't set up our system. They are just pursuing opportunities they have in front of them. Every time I have seen the Nubians, I have appreciated how talented and hard-working they are. Over the years I have been able to talk with some of them at the Classic in the Country and have been very impressed with them as young women. So, I don't like any negativity directed toward kids - any kids - including those kids.
I have a big problem with AC being put in DIII or, especially, IV. They should compete in the tournament in D1 because that is the talent level they consistently attract. However, their administrators, coaches, and players have nothing to do with that. The OHSAA has had a bunch of chances to get competitive balance right, and they have consistently failed. There are a million things more important than competitive balance but what resentment I do have over it is only directed toward the OHSAA.
Just understand this ( and this isn't directed to you, Tesoro, but to all those out there): when criticism is directed toward Africentric, it is often heard and interpreted by them as rooted in racism. Even if you go out of your way to avoid being misinterpreted in that way, it is still heard and interpreted that way sometimes. But I still think it is worth going out of that way. And if any of it is actually rooted in racism, that's despicable.
