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Post by Bick on Jan 20, 2021 14:07:00 GMT -8
Recreational football was what it used to be back in the day.
Stakes are much higher today with the cost of college education going thru the roof from the 70'& early 80's. LBCC was $10 / semester, & the CSU system was $100 per.
Didn't matter if you got a scholy back then.
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Post by MDDad on Jan 20, 2021 15:49:42 GMT -8
I think the end game here is that high end programs without the restrictions of geographic transfer rules, ultimately become or compete with other clubs which also don't have such restrictions. In other words, the playing field gets leveled. HS football returns to more neighborhood based, recreationally driven activity. The issue is not whether schools have "geographical transfer rules" (which I assume means public schools) as opposed to schools that don't. The issue is that any school, public or private, and any club team can't "legally" play in a purple county without breaking a whole host of rules and regulations. Winner Circle is the perfect example. They operate in a purple county and everything they have done is a violation of protocol. They should be busted and fined. |
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Post by Bick on Jan 20, 2021 20:22:42 GMT -8
Was talking about something completely different. More about the end of sports programs in less funded schools with admin looking to end them.
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Post by MDDad on Jan 20, 2021 22:23:03 GMT -8
But those less funded schools are funded by daily headcount. Cutting sports would cause an exodus of students and funding, right? So those schools would be cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
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Post by Bick on Jan 20, 2021 23:24:16 GMT -8
From a purely budgetary perspective, I think there would be a net $$ gain if they did lose the athletes.
I'll check with someone who might have some insight to this
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Post by outofstate on Jan 21, 2021 5:32:21 GMT -8
If you believe Chris Fore, a HS principal I've engaged with on Twitter a few times, there's a growing sentiment that HS athletics is more of a pain in the ass than worth. I assume budgetary reasons are a driving force behind this. For most schools, athletics are not seen as a vehicle to provide revenue. Actually it’s the opposite. I understand why Chris Fore said that many principals would be happy if there were no athletics. I think we get caught up in following ‘elite’ athletes and teams that don’t represent 99% of the kids that play high school football. My son plays football and where we live they had a successful season this year. We don’t have any pipe dreams of him playing football in college. Maybe baseball 😉 But where he goes to college will be based on academics only. I know a lot of parents, and some school administrators, view athletics as simply an extracurricular activity. To me it provides structure to kids, keeps them busy and out of trouble, forces them to budget their time, teaches self discipline and life skills, and creates friendships that last a lifetime. I also believe that my son performs better academically because of athletics. If you remove athletics from high school, the kids will lose a lot more than just the act of playing a sport. |
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Post by SK80 on Jan 21, 2021 6:29:01 GMT -8
Totally agree OutofState.
For most my life, from student to present adult, I have looked at high school sport as you described, from health aspects both physical and mental and maybe even more so social. Sport taught and played properly bring all that enrichment to a student. Being a supporter of public high school football for decades, it was on occasion rather than the norm that one athlete was so superior that they had a shot outside the level in which they played at the high school level. When we did, it was a big deal and everyone was happy for that guy. Times were simpler, it was our block vs. your block and a sense of community was integral. It is why for me, games played like the "Battle of the Bay' are so important on so many levels, from the student athlete to the city resident to any fan of the game and environment. And if you want to be honest when referring to 99%, that is the number of onlookers in the stands, family, friends, fans that could care less how many guys out there are D1 talent or if after the game or senior season the kids ever wear a football helmet again.
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Post by SK80 on Jan 23, 2021 6:46:58 GMT -8
This dude from Winners Circle ⭕️ acts like a real loser ...
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Post by Bick on Jan 23, 2021 7:02:17 GMT -8
Definitely not Jordan's strong suit, but he doesn't give a damn about being civil any longer.
It's a function of those supporting blind compliance for the "safety" of the kids by not allowing them to play, and those who think the governor is full of it and flat out reject it.
Fryer, Sondheimer and most of the other sports writers have been critical of club football. This is him fighting back.
Has a little trump v media flavor to it, doesn't it?
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Post by SK80 on Jan 23, 2021 12:00:25 GMT -8
Ya and like all good EMPLOYED journalists at left leaning institutions like the LAT's and OCR want to keep their jobs and tow the line. There is very little or no dissent amongst journalists at any of these rags.
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Post by Bick on Jan 23, 2021 12:15:55 GMT -8
Netflix has been filming out at the WCA field, and Bryant Gumbel from HBO is headed out there as well.
Didn't realize this was a national level story.
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Post by Bick on Jan 30, 2021 10:20:11 GMT -8
Such heathen scofflaws.  |
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Post by Bick on Jan 31, 2021 7:35:49 GMT -8
More hard hitting news from the president of the anti club football contingent
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Post by SK80 on Jan 31, 2021 8:43:01 GMT -8
Such heathen scofflaws. So whom are you calling heathen scoffs! "Four-hundred and something days off is crazy," sophomore quarterback Malachi Nelson said. "I remember when we first ran out for the game, it didn't feel right because it was so long off."
While Nelson usually plays as a member of the Los Alamitos High School team, he has played as the Line Six Football Club's quarterback. |
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Post by SK80 on Jan 31, 2021 8:47:51 GMT -8
Looks like kids want to play but no one much wants to pay!!  |
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