Play by the same rules.....or split em up. Look at 5A and tell me that a school like LaSalle Peru, Kaneland, Rochelle, Sterling, Freeport, etc has a chance against the recruiting abilities of Montini,St Rita, JCA—- even if those teams were allowed to recruit these are towns with 15,000 total residents and cornfields on all 4 sides. Where the heck can they draw players from? The privates in the city and burb`s have literally millions to draw from. On the field it is 11 vs 11. But who are those 11? A team of 11 studs recruited into a small school will dominate a larger school every time. But progress is being made. I was laughed at on this very forum just a few years ago for saying privates recruited and had an unfair advantage. Now they aren’t even trying to deny it. Some say the high tuition makes up for the ability to recruit. Sure it does. If a kid is a top player he will get in, somebody will make sure of it. See what would happen to the enrollment at those privates if the rules said you had to live in the district or no football. You can still go to the school and get a great education but no sports. Same rules or split em up.