Those 2 schools are a long way from being in RH conversation. BK has the pedigree but RH is just different. I know other small schools would rather take their chances with anyone else then have to deal with potentially 5-6 college athletes on 1 team like RH
I think if they would move up it would earn them a lot of respect. Big difference if your beating Ignatius or beating up on Russia and Hiland. It would make D1 a lot more interesting imo. We will see if they really want the competition.
They wont. Why would the coach not want to add more State Championships to his resume to ultimately potentially further his career?
I hope they move up. State championships are not the end all be all. Its not like they would lose early. Go play D1, see what happens and let the crybaby rural schools find another enemy.
Meaningless is a heavy word so I wont go there. I cant stop laughing at D2 though. 7 divisions is too many but making it 64 teams instead of equally dividing the rest after 1 is the killer. You took real contenders out of D1 and displaced some of them all the way down to 3. From where Im sitting the smalls schools still going to run into the same problems. The OHSAA aint fix sh- and actually needs Richmond to bail them out lol
That has never been a rule
So stvm just moved up on their own?
That was never an option before. It was either enrollment or CB numbers that moved them.
STVM has always been slotted wherever OHSAA told them to be. The Irish had asked a time or two to be moved up, but were denied by OHSAA. I presume OHSAA just didn't want to open that can of worms.
Fortunately that was never part of the final rule on competitive balance. I personally don't care where you place a team based on given criteria, the best coaches will figure out how to compete from that spot.
I’m not one for participation trophies. People (not you) can’t scream get better or shut up when they are having to deal with schools that are allowed to openly recruit. I’d say have 4-5 divisions and when it’s time for playoffs, seperate public from private. I know everyone won’t agree with that and it’s fine. But all this talk about wanting to be the best and play the best. Some of these schools aren’t even getting a game in the postseason. It is what it is though.
I don’t recall much if any complaining about Cornerstone when they were competing for titles.
What does that fix ? Most of the schools you people are crying about are open enrollment publics - like Richmond Heights.
These numbers don't have CB added yet. LE and RH will likely both go to D5 once that's added in
My guess, and its just that, is RH is 5 and LE 4. Lets hope so anyways so two dreams are ruined versus 1. Lol
Open enrollment but their transfer had to sit out and a few of their players in the past weren’t even from Cleveland. Yea totally legit
Next year he is eligible for the full season. Removing the privates does nothing to fix the growing issues people have with open enrollment publics. The open enrollment public school are becoming a much bigger issue and they are breaking way more rules.
Private schools used to be the only way a team could be sculpted from outside players. Now with the way public schools are using open enrollment, I could see some private schools decline.
The analogy someone gave of open enrollment publics essentially offering a full ride is spot on. These kids can plan to come together to help each other get a load of the NIL money at college. High school matters more today with NIL than it did years back.
Yup
Was North College Hill an open enrollment school? Was there open enrollment then? There have been public schools since the beginning that found ways to attract talent to their schools. Sometimes dad got a great job offer in the district.
AAU is far more important than high school for college and college coaches.