PASSHE Institutions Merging

[Ship69]

I think the PIAA should set a geographic radius for privates. Every public has one. You can't play for Southern Columbia if you live in Bloomsburg, but you can play for St. Joes if you live in Delaware? This would also block the international importing that schools like Kennedy Catholic did for years. Clearly Sven the 6'9" 17 year old from Iceland chose Mercer County, PA for the education but Xavier from Hopewell can't move three streets down and go to Aliquippa without the PIAA questioning him.

Nah, I think they need separate tournaments. Then you don't get into all this stuff like "setting geographic radius," etc. Let the privates do what they want, but let them do it in their own tournament. That's far less complicated.

[IUPNation]

I think the PIAA should set a geographic radius for privates. Every public has one. You can't play for Southern Columbia if you live in Bloomsburg, but you can play for St. Joes if you live in Delaware? This would also block the international importing that schools like Kennedy Catholic did for years. Clearly Sven the 6'9" 17 year old from Iceland chose Mercer County, PA for the education but Xavier from Hopewell can't move three streets down and go to Aliquippa without the PIAA questioning him.

That sounds fair. At one time Philadelphia Catholic League diocese owned schools were bound by what parishes they could draw students from but that went away as enrollments plummeted.

But then being able to draw from anywhere should put that private way up in classification. Maybe that Kennedy Catholic should be in 5A and not in the dinky classification.

Let’s not say public’s can’t compete. If Downingtown was still one high school they would be unstoppable in most sports. East and West are good at almost everything. There are kids everywhere in this area. Central Bucks would be the same if they hadn’t opened a third high school. They watered themselves down.

The PIAA does need to reform how it classifies schools and having different criteria for privates is not treating them differently like they are garbage but it takes in to account their advantages in enrolling students. And yes if kids are getting recruited into Aliquippa then the Quips play up too. Just how it goes…

[Fightingscot82]

I don’t defend them because they are private and I support them more..it’s the exclusionary language used by those to want to separate kids. It’s a triggering thing for me being on the short end of the stick and being told I can’t have the same rights because..

I always said the PIAA rules for classification for private schools should be different criteria to put them in a proper class. Not every private is St Joes. Most of them can’t keep up with public’s..so the schools with money and recruits should play higher and not based on enrollment. A 4A public could have twice as many students as a 4A private with cash. Thats how you balance to make fair but allow for everyone to participate. Separate titles is kind of lame too. Notre Dame can win National Titles right?

Also seeing us believing. How come we can’t see heaven with all our space stuff. How did Jesus fly away? Did he make it into outer space with no space suit. You seriously don’t want me to go down that route..I can ask those questions for hours. I am a priest/pastors worst nightmare.

I think the PIAA should set a geographic radius for privates. Every public has one. You can't play for Southern Columbia if you live in Bloomsburg, but you can play for St. Joes if you live in Delaware? This would also block the international importing that schools like Kennedy Catholic did for years. Clearly Sven the 6'9" 17 year old from Iceland chose Mercer County, PA for the education but Xavier from Hopewell can't move three streets down and go to Aliquippa without the PIAA questioning him.

[BlueBlood]

There are more than one house with WVU flags on them in my neighborhood. Why kids from here go there is puzzling when there are better options in PA.

I have a few friends who grew up in PA and went to WVU. The story for almost all of them: grew up in a PSU family and they didn’t get accepted at PSU. They still wanted the football school experience.

[Bart]

Also seeing us believing. How come we can’t see heaven with all our space stuff. How did Jesus fly away? Did he make it into outer space with no space suit. You seriously don’t want me to go down that route..I can ask those questions for hours. I am a priest/pastors worst nightmare.

“Saw Inception. Or at least I dreamt I did…” —Michael Scott

[IUPNation]

Is your first name Thomas? Old quote about what is essential is invisible to the eye. You do a good job defending private schools when it comes to sports. Lots of posters don't like the privates recruiting because they win everything.

I don’t defend them because they are private and I support them more..it’s the exclusionary language used by those to want to separate kids. It’s a triggering thing for me being on the short end of the stick and being told I can’t have the same rights because..

I always said the PIAA rules for classification for private schools should be different criteria to put them in a proper class. Not every private is St Joes. Most of them can’t keep up with public’s..so the schools with money and recruits should play higher and not based on enrollment. A 4A public could have twice as many students as a 4A private with cash. Thats how you balance to make fair but allow for everyone to participate. Separate titles is kind of lame too. Notre Dame can win National Titles right?

Also seeing us believing. How come we can’t see heaven with all our space stuff. How did Jesus fly away? Did he make it into outer space with no space suit. You seriously don’t want me to go down that route..I can ask those questions for hours. I am a priest/pastors worst nightmare.

[Bart]

No. Agnostic.

Seeing is believing to me.

Is your first name Thomas? Old quote about what is essential is invisible to the eye. You do a good job defending private schools when it comes to sports. Lots of posters don't like the privates recruiting because they win everything.

[IUPNation]

So you are an atheist.

No. Agnostic.

Seeing is believing to me.

[Bart]

Kids shouldn't be in a church. That should be an adult pursuit.

I actually didn't think critically about it until I was at IUP.

I noticed nobody was going to hell for eating meat on Fridays during Lent.

It took not even a year in college to realize religion and going to church was for the birds.

Every religion is made up.

If people choose them...fine with me...just keep it from making my life miserable and keep it out of the gubmint.

I don't care what they do in their church.

So you are an atheist.

[IUPNation]

Society and parents constantly impose cultural ideas onto young children. The definition of a marriage or Capitalism is good. Sounds like you got a good education and were taught to think critically in that Catholic school because the indoctrination didn't take. Keep thinking, maybe your ideas will change again.

Kids shouldn't be in a church. That should be an adult pursuit.

I actually didn't think critically about it until I was at IUP.

I noticed nobody was going to hell for eating meat on Fridays during Lent.

It took not even a year in college to realize religion and going to church was for the birds.

Every religion is made up.

If people choose them...fine with me...just keep it from making my life miserable and keep it out of the gubmint.

I don't care what they do in their church.

[Bart]

The PA Cult wants to extend an 8000 dollar tax credit so families can either home school (where they remain uneducated, ignorant and unsocialized) ) or for private school (so they can be professionally indoctrinated with utter nonsense like every nonsensical religion class I had in 12 years of Catholic school).

Why should my tax money go to fund this crap?

Society and parents constantly impose cultural ideas onto young children. The definition of a marriage or Capitalism is good. Sounds like you got a good education and were taught to think critically in that Catholic school because the indoctrination didn't take. Keep thinking, maybe your ideas will change again.

[IUPNation]

The PA Cult wants to extend an 8000 dollar tax credit so families can either home school (where they remain uneducated, ignorant and unsocialized) ) or for private school (so they can be professionally indoctrinated with utter nonsense like every nonsensical religion class I had in 12 years of Catholic school).

Why should my tax money go to fund this crap?

[IUPNation]

Their entire state is in turmoil. Already a net importer of tax dollars, they're basically an entire state of middle Pennsylvania. If not for those federal funds, the entire state would be Centralia.

There are more than one house with WVU flags on them in my neighborhood. Why kids from here go there is puzzling when there are better options in PA.

[Fightingscot82]

Hillbilly High is in turmoil. I mean it's not exactly a prestigious place being a flagship university for a state.....not sure why any kids from PA go there other they they like to drink and burn couches.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...4AwLu2IPWR04sw

Their entire state is in turmoil. Already a net importer of tax dollars, they're basically an entire state of middle Pennsylvania. If not for those federal funds, the entire state would be Centralia.

[IUPNation]

Hillbilly High is in turmoil. I mean it's not exactly a prestigious place being a flagship university for a state.....not sure why any kids from PA go there other they they like to drink and burn couches.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...4AwLu2IPWR04sw