How very true. I have coached at a private catholic school for 17 years and how many times have I heard "You stole our girls from us" from fans, coaches and administrators. Couldn't be because a parent may want their child to receive religious instruction, often times a safer environment and possibly what the parents, rightly or wrongly, see as a better educational experience. In my 17 years we have not once recruited a player to come to our program. First day of practice whoever walked through the gym doors was who we had. And managed to win a number of District Championships doing it that way.How many times have the local high school programs gone to players in the catholic grade schools, normally the strongest grade school programs in our area, to recruit a player to come play for their "home town" team.

My problem with the supposed solution will put a program like ours in with all the private schools and academies which do recruit just because we are a private school. That will leave us left with a choice: Never be competitive or go out and recruit so we can be competitive. I know there are many other private school across the state which will face the same choice.