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The City League (District 8) is the relic. It should be absorbed by the WPIAL (District 7).

Everyone wants the prestige of the WPIAL but...

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Duquesne will get their ass kicked by, err, play Michigan State in 2027 for several hundred thousand dollars.

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That sounds familiar but it might be something completely separate. I vaguely recall something about kids using some sort of loop hole attending Vo Tech...

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I don't think anything shady is going on. If they were private or a wealthy suburban district, I would be some people would suspect it. But regardless,...

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The PIAA has a rule that forces some successful programs up a classification. The most famous case is Aliquippa, which is 1A in size but elected to play...

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Yes but Philly's unique 3 state metro area has normalized kids attending private school out of state. I mentioned my wife's cousin in Chadds Ford sending...

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The Pittsburgh Trib is reporting that former IUP head coach Tom Beck has died at 93.

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Sorry to clarify, they don't have to share much beyond NCAA specific things like scholarship info. But its common for conferences to help facilitate benchmarking...

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I read the legislation and it appears that all this would do is endorse the PIAA creating a separate playoff system for privates, but doesn't force them...

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Sure looks like its Joe building the program for the long haul beyond his tenure instead of buying mercenaries to go for Gannon's throat. Lots of upside...

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Sometimes, but not always. JoeLo makes more than Tort. At RMU, Andy Toole makes almost double what they pay Bernard Clark. What helps Bazzoli is that...

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The NCAA came out with "emergency legislation" to fix what they view as a D2 football transfer portal issue:...

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Pitt announced that it will waive tuition at its branch campuses for students from households making less than $75,000. The fine print is that this is...

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It could potentially be shared in the university's tax filing, but those are delayed roughly 2 years. Gannon's 2025 tax filing as a non-profit organization...

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I was surprised at how common this is in other states to separate public and private. It's only fair to those boundary districts with limited population...

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Talent evaluation is so piss poor in spite of all the technology and new metrics we've introduced over the last 75 years but we're still largely beholden...

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And if they have prospects beyond college ball, staying put will be used against them. Saw it in several scouting reports for the NFL Draft. Guys passed...

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There is a false assumption inside and outside of PASSHE that WCU's size is largely because WCU "must be doing something right." Yes and kind...

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Exactly. I'm not saying that's the only reason West Chester is the largest PASSHE school, but its a big factor. Not just region, but also exact location....

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I doubt it. The only other internal contender I can think of would be Associate Commissioner Will Adair, but Chesick has a much greater external role...