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OHSAA’s Competitive Balance Committee to extend study
The Competitive Balance Committee, headed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, decided on Tuesday that it will continue to study the disproportional amount of state championships won by private schools compared to public schools.
The CBC was established in January 2010 after another study was presented to the OHSAA. That study concluded that a majority of titles were being won by non-public schools, even though those schools comprised just 17 percent of Ohio’s high schools.
A referendum was narrowly voted down by membership principals last spring. The proposal addressed school boundary, socioeconomic and tradition factors that would determine divisions for schools.
The committee also addressed a proposed referendum that would separate public and private schools in OHSAA tournaments.
“We had some very healthy, open dialogue,” OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross said in a release on Friday.
“I believe everyone on the committee felt as though we had a chance to review all of the issues and concerns that have come up since last spring’s referendum voting, the August survey that was conducted with over 300 member school principals and recent meetings of both a competitive balance subcommittee and a committee to study the enrollment disparity that exists in Division I. We even addressed how some legislative issues that have been raised could impact Ohio’s schools.”
The CBC will provide an update to the OHSAA Board of Directors at their Feb. 15 meeting. The committee will meet later in February to determine what course of action to pursue following the Board of Directors’ review.
“It is possible a referendum issue dealing with competitive balance could be placed on the ballot for the May voting by the membership,” Dr. Ross said, “but at this point it’s premature to speculate what, if any, proposal the Board of Directors may approve.”
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By null
February 4, 2012 7:12 PM | Link to this
The true problems with the OHSAA will never get resolved because the board is controlled by the Catholic school reps. The catholic and intercity schools will never allow for the ethical moral change that is needed to make a more balanced system for all schools. The Catholic schools want to be able to get the best athletes in their system by recruitment. The intercity schools want that open enrollment so a kid can move from one school to another and never be penalized. Look at Wayne,Dunbar,TM,TW and CJ. They are all guilty of it year after year. If a kid wanted to transfer from public to private they have to sit out a year or move to that school area. Or say I wanted to move my kid from Kettering to Centerville schools I would have to move. The intercity kids just say I want to move to Dunbar from TW and no penalty is enforced by OHSAA.Again thinks will never change for the majority of the public schools until the OHSAA board and reps are removed and a more structured board is put in place.
By OHSAA
February 6, 2012 6:23 AM | Link to this
@null You are an idiot.
By steve K.
February 6, 2012 1:22 PM | Link to this
null do you always make excuses for not winning, or not being successful.You are a idiot.
By tobo
February 7, 2012 11:22 AM | Link to this
Private and inter city schools should at the very least have to play one division up from what thier enrollment dictates. How is it fair for Dayton Jefferson to have all of Dayton to acquire athletes and still play in division iv? Or the religious affilated schools to have no boundaries at all and still play in division iii or iv?