Stay with me on this.....
So IHSA is in a real mess obviously....and I don't see the return of any major prep sports anytime soon. We have a site that covers North Carolina Preps and I'm planning a podcast for early next week to discuss the situation in NC as well as here etc.
Yet in North Carolina as I discovered today....the public schools are sitting out until the spring yet the private schools are playing football as we speak this fall.
So with many private/Catholic schools here in Illinois already back to classes either fully in school or making plans to be back fully....and that aspect being used as a selling point/positive to attract more students could also the return of playing sports be another big positive for the private schools? Again I/we need to learn more about the set-up in North Carolina and how things are done but I know that we have plenty of schools of all shapes and sizes here in Illinois and power league like the CCL/ESCC that is more than capable of putting together a plan? Maybe a backup plan if IHSA doesn't go in the spring?
Again it's all me strictly thinking out loud...but could this end up being something that in this current situation become more realistic? Could the privates do this for a year then come back to IHSA? Or go it alone while still being members of the IHSA? Lots of questions obviously but would love your thoughts on this.
So IHSA is in a real mess obviously....and I don't see the return of any major prep sports anytime soon. We have a site that covers North Carolina Preps and I'm planning a podcast for early next week to discuss the situation in NC as well as here etc.
Yet in North Carolina as I discovered today....the public schools are sitting out until the spring yet the private schools are playing football as we speak this fall.
So with many private/Catholic schools here in Illinois already back to classes either fully in school or making plans to be back fully....and that aspect being used as a selling point/positive to attract more students could also the return of playing sports be another big positive for the private schools? Again I/we need to learn more about the set-up in North Carolina and how things are done but I know that we have plenty of schools of all shapes and sizes here in Illinois and power league like the CCL/ESCC that is more than capable of putting together a plan? Maybe a backup plan if IHSA doesn't go in the spring?
Again it's all me strictly thinking out loud...but could this end up being something that in this current situation become more realistic? Could the privates do this for a year then come back to IHSA? Or go it alone while still being members of the IHSA? Lots of questions obviously but would love your thoughts on this.