[Orange Blaze]

Hoot- I agree with you partially.  I LOVE LIBERTY!  People should be allowed to send their kids wherever they want. 

But as long as there are rules (we all know they aren’t enforced) that make it illegal and professionally unethical….guys that care about their teaching jobs and feeding their families may not be willing to break them.

SOOOO- as long as the “fake rules” exist- it a WONDERFUL idea to put the privates in their own class.  Rules for thee and rules for me- it sucks in government and it sucks in amateur athletics.

But- you are right; people shouldn’t have to pay twice for education.  Remove the bureaucracy and stop supporting bad schools.  Give people back THEIR OWN MONEY to spend at the school of their choice.

I agree with you on everything except making private schools compete in their won class. There would be no point in that at all. Maybe once every decade or two a school the size of Covington Catholic would have a shot at winning such a class over Saint X and Trinity, but making Lexington Christian Academy, Christian Academy of Louisville, Kentucky County Day, etc., compete against the large 6A schools in football would putting boys at risk of serious injury with no chance of winning. I don't understand why anybody thinks that would be a good idea.

Besides, banning private schools from competing for titles in Kentucky would probably result in them playing stronger out-of-state teams and attracting even more athletes from public schools. That proposal would guarantee that a public school would win every class but it would also further weaken the competitiveness of Kentucky's public school teams. Kentucky is not a strong football state and it never will be if public schools raise the white flag and refuse to compete against some of the state's strongest teams.

The Class system in KY makes no sense anyway.  You have 6 classes in football, 3 in track and XC, and no classes in everything else.  The classes should be the same across the board in all sports.