In most other states you will see that HS football divisions are separated into public divisions and private divisions. As you all know that is not the case in California. I believe CIF needs to separate into private and public divisions. 10 years ago it wasn't a big deal but now that private schools have gone the extra mile with recruiting and scholarshipping players creating "all star" teams public schools can't keep up. For instance in D1 the trinity leauge, with the exception of Lutheran pretty much blew through everyone, even C10 who I hold in high esteem got destroyed 48-14 by Mater Dei. In D4 Grace Bretheren did the same thing. In D12 Linfield Christian which is a tiny school beat large public school Artesia 70-32. With exception to D13 where large public schools are beating the tiniest of private schools there is a huge inequity here. Nothing against private schools but it's just not an equal playing field and IMO something needs to change..
CIF needs to have separate public and private division
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It's definitely interesting how California does it compared to other states. I went to a few Texas state playoff games and the state finals last year and it's a totally different model. Most of their talent is at the public schools. MaxPreps has 3 Texas teams in its preseason national top 20, all public. There isn't as much transferring there unlike in California.
A program like North Shore in Houston will open up top 5 in the country. They have 10+ D1 guys and talent on par with Mater Dei/St. John Bosco/etc but they are at a public school.
A program like North Shore in Houston will open up top 5 in the country. They have 10+ D1 guys and talent on par with Mater Dei/St. John Bosco/etc but they are at a public school.
No one said if you cant compete with them you kick them out, I'm talking about separate but equal. We have private schools with 200 kids playing schools 10 times their size and we have private schools three deep with all star talent scholarshipped (paid), and bussed in from five different counties (MD, SJB, Oaks Chr., etc.). Most of the little privates cant keep up with the big private schools and the big public schools cant compete with the big privates anymore. IMO its better for everyone involved.
