Sniper wrote:BISONFAN18 wrote:What assumption? There have been star athletes transfer to Shiloh and their parents have received employment there. That is a fact. I did not assume any wrong doing. I actually said it was a perk of being in a good location.Pit Bull wrote:BISONFAN18 wrote:Pit Bull wrote:Sniper wrote:District12guy wrote:For some privates it's simply not possible to move up a class. For example, I know for a fact that Bishop Ryan and Our Reedemers aren't big schools enrollment wise, and most of their players have been there for their entire high school careers, so "recruiting" isn't an issue. Plenty of small town schools have more students. Is it really fair to move these schools up a class simply because they are private schools? Or because they are located in Minot? I don't know anything about any of the other privates, all I'm saying is not all of them have an overwhelming advantage as many here seem to believe. In fact, in region 6 the most dominant teams for a few years have been teams like Rugby and Berthold.
I think the “recruiting” associated with private schools is mostly pointed at the amount of students Shiloh has had transfer in over the years, which is a lot and many of them just happen to be good athletes. Also the advantages most people refer to when talking about private schools is living in towns that offer many more opportunities to improve in athletics. You can’t tell me living somewhere that you have little league sports, acceleration programs available, a YMCA, summer camps does not help. And yes schools like Thompson have a similar advantage living near bigger cities that offer this but I would rather have them be the “bad guys” than the schools located within those cities.
Curious who the boys have recruited over the years? Ogbu was a rare exception. So other than him since I'm sure you think he was recruited, who else in their boys program? Just curious since you seem to think it's rampant.
There have been multiple people get jobs at Shiloh whos children happen to be star athletes there. Call it what you wish. It is just one of the perks of the location I guess. Don't pretend it does not happen.
I would estimate that a lot of employees at Shiloh have kids attending the school. It has nothing to do with athletics, but more to do with convenience. Most of these employees could make a lot more money in the Public school system believe me. This assumption is ridiculous.
I am very confused at what Pit Bull thinks we are all assuming. Every school has teachers who’s children go to the school they teach at. I highly doubt every single athlete that I listed who transferred to Shiloh in the past few years transferred because their parents got a teaching job at the school. Let’s face it transferring out of the public schools in Bismarck to Shiloh allows for athletes to continue playing when they might of not made it in the bigger schools. It’s not Shilohs fault for this happening, it’s just an advantage of being located in one of the biggest cities in the state. You cannot deny that Shiloh has had students transfer in recently whether it’s in elementary, middle or high school. It is what it is.
Exactly. The option of transferring out of public schools in the "bigs" to borderless private school districts does not exist in most of class B land without sacrificing eligibility.