Thought I heard they split between Als, Lourdes, and Catherine’s.
Wow, I didn't think that was happening.
Correct. They got kids from incarnation, Assisi, St Charles and a few other parishes. They compete against teams like Bellbrook, ect
No, that’s false. They are trying to get the OLL and Catharine kids because their numbers are very low. They snuck a flyer mentioning more playing time into the family bulletin without telling anyone. And there are still at least three viable and healthy athletics clubs in the family … no need to play all sports together.
It’s not. We will work together to fill teams, but that’s it for the foreseeable future.
Change is inevitable, you have to adapt.
They need to re-write rules because some Parishes are following the rules and others are not. Just need to get everyone on the same page because the product that is out there right now is not sustainable. The goal at this level is to develop players and you aren't developing players when teams have 50 to 60 players are playing teams with 20 to 30 players. It is ignorance at its best. Too many people are caught up in the wins and losses versus doing what is right and balancing out these teams across the league. The crap going on at SMOY/Columban, Cov Cath, and StJames is stupid.
Antoninus President told me they have plenty of kids. Some grades are small but they have the same numbers they always have.
Well if that’s truly the case, they should step back and leave the OLL and Catharine kids alone. Let them play with their friends they’re expecting to play with.
I'm not sure if all the price hill schools combined have enough to field a competitive team. No idea about their football numbers but sounds like they aren't contributing much to Victory/Dominic. Not sure how many Theresa kids play for antoninus either.
I would translate that means that they have 20+ kids per level if that's the case which I highly doubt they do. I don't even know what's a safe number anymore for the league with all the mergers and affiliations that took place over the years. You got Cov Cath with three teams on pony and reserve and a lot of 3rd and 5th only teams.
Add in Lourdes, Catherine and public school kids. Get as much talent under the Elder name, as possible.
This Xs 1,000
"Unwillingness to help them survive" has been confused with simply not wanting to tell kids that if they want to play, they have to leave friends and the organization they've known for 5, 4, 3, 2 years or so, and go somewhere else. It's sheer foolishness, plus a single organization telling four other parishes to help them survive exactly as they demand or they're not willing to help is pretty crazy.
I think that makes the most sense with that set up. Visi might not like it since it would be them and 2 club teams.
Right. Catharine is also with the Vols. Plus there is Iggy and James over here as well.
I don't think it's that as much as it is a couple dudes trying to exploit Beacons for their own benefit.
Fair enough. Unfortunately, I think there's going to be many more issues like this.
Maybe a bad choice of words on my part. If they join the vols wouldn't that just increase an already tough participation head count that is already difficult to find playing time for the players? Just curious and I really don't know how a single program can dictate where kids play unless they are playing the AofD card.
A lot of the GCYOL has it figured out on splitting by grade and fopr what ever reason Jude chooses not too.
When I was a kid, Fr. Pete at Victory would stop by at sporting events whenever he could just to be visible to the flock. He also played on the parish's "old timers" softball team. Do any priests do stuff like this today? I don't think I've seen any priests at any of my kids' sporting events.
Interesting thoughts.
The only priest I have ever seen at any sporting event is Fr. Ben at OLV shows up from time to time to be visible. I have never seen a priest show up to tournaments that are held, championship games, school plays, or any other type of competition involving their students. It's really quite sad.