Let's change the question. What percentage of state championships would the private schools have to win to cause you to believe they may have an advantage beyond superior coaching?
There are numerous advantages to private high schools in the area of athletics. Period. If you put one non Kansas resident on a kids club wrestling team, everybody is outraged. Put several Missouri kids on a Kansas high school state championship baseball team and all we hear is that they are better coached. Any attempt to question it makes you a democrat, catholic bashing, soft on crime, granola eating, tree hugging hippie.
To be honest, I've never really felt strongly about the issue. I've known there were advantages, but I've never really cared that much. Until this thread, I never realized how significant the disparity in championships actually was.
KC Sportsmom,
I apologize if you think I am discriminating on the basis of a schools religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. I do not have a problem with Catholicism or private schools. If private school was an option for my children, I would seriously consider it. This is not about religion for me.
