They will maybe get 8k in Edmond. Play at Skelly and they’re looking at 20k easily. At $8 a ticket, somewhere in the $96k range easily. No small pittance. Dumb decision by OSSAA.
Same way BTW did it for years prior to the explosion of the suburban districts around Tulsa.
But aren't the private schools forced to play up at least one classification if not 2?
Bishop Kelley can't offer and pass bond issues like the public school districts. Pay attention the next time a bond is offered in Owasso, BA, Jenks, Bixby or Union. They always pass with huge numbers. Smaller towns and districts simply don't have that leverage. Catoosa failed to pass a bond earlier this month. 800 people turned out to vote and it lost by about 80 votes. Funding would have been for a new elementary school to consolidate its campuses and locations, some new buses, etc. The big 5 on the east side ALWAYS pass those votes and the people putting forth the bond issues are very clever in tying athletic facilities and equipment in to classroom upgrades, buses, books, etc. Union's upgrade to Tuttle Stadium is going to be $22.5 million. Union admin sold it to the public as a 40-yr investment (I think that's the current age of the facility without a major renovation or facelift). But that $22.5M was part of a bond issue that covered like $60-80M in other projects. I know most of the elementary schools got new HVAC systems and air handlers. New security doors and cameras. Buses. Union provides all kids entering 9th grade with a brand new laptop to be used while they are there.
Private schools can use loans to support construction, it's not an issue at all. The school where we were (w/ less than 300 students) did a $22m construction project half funded by parent donations (let that sink in, $10m in donations on top of regular tuition and giving at a school of 200 families - on a per student that's the equivalent of $585,000,000 of construction by Union) and half by a mortgage. The mortgage can be secured by the property ($$$) and tuition so they're very low risk and have interest like a bond. Our private school of 200 families raised a lot more in parent donations (on top of tuition) than our son's current 2000 student middle school. Think of what you would donate and add a couple zeros, they're doing ok.
LOL, yeah, just like people buy Ferraris because of the quality and reliability compared to a GM, or a Fendi bag instead of one at Target because it will last longer.
In Nevada the 800 pound gorilla of HS sports is Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas. In Reno it’s Bishop Manogue. Private schools do seem to have a competitive advantage in HS sports.
Right but some of the smaller school classes do play playoff games this weekend as the playoffs for classes 3A and smaller have double the teams in them.
Bishop Gorman is a different best, sort of like the Mater Dei in California. Those giants are probably recruiting the best players to come there. Didn't Snoop Dogg's son go to Bishop Gorman?
Right. I think the original poster was thinking that all of the state championship games in all classes were this weekend.
Because there is an extreme air of pride in small towns that reaches from the schools to every business. Most of the people in those towns all know each other by first name and know that person's family history. TX HS football is definitely like that in smaller classes. Everyone goes to every home game and every playoff game.
