6A is tough. And that Clay Chalkville team is not the norm. They beat Thompson this year which is no easy feat.
Gotta pay to get the best Jimmy’s and Joe’s out of Birmingham to put together the best ball team. I wish they would just reclassify the Big time High School program’s that want to do what they do in putting these Elite teams together. Put them all in a league of their own and they can be on a somewhat even playing field together- St. Thomas Aquino’s, IMS, Bishop Gorman, Mater Dai, etc…They can all Big time it together and fly around the country and see who has the best recruiting for their high school’s.
Yeah that way everyone gets a trophy. Not just the good teams that make their program better.
And how do they make it better? By buying players and facilities with rich peoples money. Too easy to just buy a better team. Same thing that has ruined college ball.
I know a lot of the private and city schools around mobile do fundraisers. One thing you have to keep in mind is, at private school… ALL the money is raised. There is no government there handing them money. So the attitude with parents and administrators is different. The parents foot the bill for everything. If they want something, they go make it happen.
Public school attitude is obviously we get what we get and then we complain about it.
