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<blockquote data-quote="weeds" data-source="post: 1048674" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>Oh, and it gets better. The WIAA penalizes small schools who consistently win by kicking them up into the higher division - even if they're winning as one of the smallest school in their conference. The divisions used to be dictated by actual enrollment, and you'll know what I'm talking about since we both went to small schools that were relatively close to each other, limiting the talent pool by "school districts".</p><p></p><p>I could be wrong but my understanding is that now parents can send their kids to whatever school they want to - not necessarily for a better educational experience. You know what I'm getting at....and you need to look no further than schools like St. Mary's Springs out of Fond du Lac - "We don't recruit football players!"</p><p></p><p>When we were in school, there was a "WIAA" for public schools and a "WISSA" for parochial/private schools. I can say point blank that the WISSA schools actively recruited athletes in the mid to late 70's in that Manitowoc had two private/parochial schools that actually offered tuition and travel to and from Manitowoc to come there - to me and two of my grade school teammates (none of us went there), through our religiously "involved" parents to continue our Catholic and Lutheran educations. Those offers weren't made to the smartest kids in school - we were part of a grade school program that was very successful. Needless to say, my father and mother weren't happy with my refusal to go there.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm surprised when a non-private school makes it to the highest level of the playoffs which didn't exist when I was in school with the WIAA. I do remember Roncalli winning a state football championship in the 70's with WISSA but really didn't pay attention to whether they had playoffs or just a "declatory" champion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weeds, post: 1048674, member: 39"] Oh, and it gets better. The WIAA penalizes small schools who consistently win by kicking them up into the higher division - even if they're winning as one of the smallest school in their conference. The divisions used to be dictated by actual enrollment, and you'll know what I'm talking about since we both went to small schools that were relatively close to each other, limiting the talent pool by "school districts". I could be wrong but my understanding is that now parents can send their kids to whatever school they want to - not necessarily for a better educational experience. You know what I'm getting at....and you need to look no further than schools like St. Mary's Springs out of Fond du Lac - "We don't recruit football players!" When we were in school, there was a "WIAA" for public schools and a "WISSA" for parochial/private schools. I can say point blank that the WISSA schools actively recruited athletes in the mid to late 70's in that Manitowoc had two private/parochial schools that actually offered tuition and travel to and from Manitowoc to come there - to me and two of my grade school teammates (none of us went there), through our religiously "involved" parents to continue our Catholic and Lutheran educations. Those offers weren't made to the smartest kids in school - we were part of a grade school program that was very successful. Needless to say, my father and mother weren't happy with my refusal to go there. Now I'm surprised when a non-private school makes it to the highest level of the playoffs which didn't exist when I was in school with the WIAA. I do remember Roncalli winning a state football championship in the 70's with WISSA but really didn't pay attention to whether they had playoffs or just a "declatory" champion. [/QUOTE]
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