[TheOracle]

Since there was only one private school to win a championship does that mean we can put this debate to bed?????

I am wondering if the Super Senior debacle had anything to do with Catholic / Private Schools not having much of a presence at Kroger field this year. 

I can't imagine many families said "Hey, let's put college on hold AND pay an extra year of tuition so Johnny can play another year of HS football".  Not saying that is the reason, but MAYBE a contributing factor.

Honestly I think that impact is pretty minimal. I don't know of a single player who took the re-do year at a private school, so it's true that they didn't have talent sticking around, but I don't know of many programs who had more than a handful of sophomores/juniors/seniors who took advantage of the re-do year.

Off-hand, I know that Bullitt County Public Schools, Bowling Green Independent Schools, and Christian Academy Louisville all declined to participate in the re-do year program, so that's 1/4 of the state finalists who didn't have super seniors and 1/3 of the state champions who didn't have super seniors.