The point, I suppose, is the fact that those numbers represent an average of 4.5 titles per year, out of 8 opportunities each year. That is 56% of the available championships. At the same time, private schools represent only about 12-1/2% of the high schools that play football in Illinois. So, they win championships at a rate about four times greater than what might be expected based on the number of high schools that are private.
Is that acceptable? It depends on who you ask. The two types of high schools operate under different circumstances when it comes to enrolling student athletes. Also, most public high schools require their coaches to be teachers at the school. Presumably this is done to emphasize the teaching aspect of high school sports, and to not incur unnecessary costs that must be borne by taxpayers (many of whom do not care about high school football). Consequently, many supporters of public high schools feel more aggressive measures are needed to level the results somewhat, with some of the supporters even thinking the two sets of schools should have separate playoffs.
The private school supporters that participate on this message board clearly do not feel the results cited above are extraordinary. They believe the private schools, and particularly the Catholic high schools, simply work harder than their public counterparts and therefore deserve the superior results. Many of the CCL/ESCC supporters, although not all of them, believe the currently existing rules such as the success factor and possibly even the multiplier should be removed. They would like all high schools to operate without restrictions. At least that is my interpretation of what I've read on this board the last several years.
