I don't know what "good enough" is but my kid was a 3 year starter, 1st team All-State, and earned a full scholarship. If any of his teammates were sponsored by members of the church, it wasn't public knowledge and the families didn't talk about it. The school does offer tuition assistance but it is not any official sponsorship involving the church. But I get it, you are speaking from what you were told. I'm speaking from what I know.
The school does offer tuition assistance but…….. you all to funny
It's a private school. It's common practice and public knowledge for private schools to offer tuition assistance. In fact, they are required by law, to offer it if they receive any amount of government funding. That's not some big secret. It's literally on every private school's website.
I wasn’t even going to entertain a reply because he knows what we all know. But thank you for spelling it out
I'm not naive to what those processes look like. It's lengthy and time consuming process on small scale, need lots of folks thinking about all the what ifs. The VHSL was naive and wasn't prepared for a private school to pursue membership via litigation. LCA talked about it for years before they actually pursued, somehow the VHSL didn't prepare any new bylaws that would potentially prevent the situation.
Enjoyed the discussion one man. Naive may not be the best word. Maybe underestimate is a better one. We do not disagree on public versus private but, as I believe our discussion bore out the recruiting allegations are certainly not a straightforward claim as many here believe and there is not one lone ranger as some allege either.
They’re a recruited team spanning multiple school districts. They have an unfair advantage and it shouldn’t be allowed. My suggestion was to not ban them from VHSL play but rather send them to the classes with comparable talent.
It’s wild to me that you’ve been at Hayfield’s neck but you’re willing to “stand on business” and defend LCA. @falcettik attempted to call me out as a hypocrite. @Bucktown434 wasn’t wrong at all for his views on how race impacts y’all viewpoints.
The two situations are different but, I am not surprised you do not understand nor am I surprised you are trying to make it about race.
I call it the way it is.. You’ve been showed your colors.
Are we headed to another back and forth where you once again have to change your username? You are entitled to your opinions but, when you choose to debate you should come prepared to defend your opinion rather than throw out unsubstantiated claims that really just reveal your own agendas.
Most people on this board know who I am when they see me and I don’t have anything to prove to you big guy. I said what I said. You’re a hypocrite, just read the above posts and you going on and on on the Hayfield threads. No back and forth necessary.
And yet here you are going back and forth. Thanks for proving the point. Bit of advice, debate the post not the poster. See the discussion above with one man for an example.
Please don't get defensive as I was not calling you out. I simply asked why your statement about Hayfield ("I hope they make the best out of it and blow everybody out") seemed to contradict what I believe you have been working very hard to do, help young people to grow, develop, and make good decisions. I am sure you have been following this situation closely and you should be aware that there were improprieties in a lot of areas, not only social media (as you pointed out). Racism has no part in formulating my views; never has and never will. My opinions are based on ethics and facts. If I came across differently then I apologize but I was not calling you out.
You’re a good man. No offense taken, I have always respected you as a man and enjoy your posts. Just wanted to point out the hypocrisies in the two situations.
Classifications have nothing to do with talent. Bigger schools don't automatically equal more talent and likewise smaller schools don't automatically equal lesser talent. As a Class 2 school Appomattox between 2015-2018 had some of the most talented teams in the state, regardless of classification. They had multiple FBS, FCS, and DII players during those years. Should they be required to compete in a higher classification? The same can be said for Graham. They are Class 2 but consistently have several players with scholarship offers too. That doesn't mean they should have to compete in a higher division.
If a school hypothetically only had 100 students but they were all d2 level football athletes and because they were allowed to recruit and help those students with tuition and they could pull from 3 to 4 possible counties whose total possible students totaled about 4000-5000 kids, I still don’t think they should be a single a school just because that school only has 100 kids. In that hypothetical situation, what equaled the more talent is their ability to recruit from 4000-5000 students and help them with tuition, even if only 100 are enrolled.
For VHSL eligibility, LCA shares a zone with Heritage High School. So, in theory an LCA student must reside within the Heritage/LCA zone to participate in sports or at least have proof of address withing that zone.
You guys are doing nothing but kidding yourselves. As long as Gideon is on the field, nobody is beating them. It's just reality my friend.
To not try and not believe you have a chance is a loser football team.
I don't think Lafayette will get by Kettle Run this week. I also think Kettle Run matches up well with LCA this year. I still believe LCA wins but it would probably be a 1-2 score game.
I know they pull from more schools, that is true. There is a player that I will wait and see if he plays for LCA next year. He’s not from here
Very sad is all I’m saying. They don’t want to play Phoebus. Yep several of their parents told me that. I wonder why? No way they should be playing 3A
There are so many layers to the LCA conundrum. Long story short, the championship game will be more competitive against Kettle Run.
I would love to play them and that coach again. Still pissed Heritage beat them in 2022
Nah they already that in 2022 when they lost to Dinwiddie in the Class 4 Championship 65-20. They can compete with LCA. They matchup well.
It will be a lot closer than LCA's game today. Probably more like LCA-Lafayette last year. LCA will win but only by 7-14 pts.
I agree that “welcome to states” whooping benefited the Kettle Run program. They will remember.
They played yesterday at 2pm. There hasn't been much in terms of media presence about the game other than the normal little news snippets we get week-to-week over here.
