To back up a minute, I think the first post said that it is unfair for MD to be a Class 2A school. However, since they moved up to 3A for team state, the premise of the argument is invalid.
That being said, Indiana is not the only state that deals with the public/private school issue. I graduated from Nordonia HS in Macedonia, OH (a publis school). Some of you may be familiar with the name because we won the D1/AAA (large school) wrestling title in 1977. The year before St. Ed's 10 titles in a row! After our title, private schools won 32 D1 titles in a row before Wadsworth stopped a St. Ed's streak of 13 titles in a row in 2010.
While we did not win state again, we managed to remain competitive despite the fact that we were less than 10 miles from 2 private powerhouses - Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (5x D1 state champ, 3x D2 state champ) and Bedford St. Peter Chanel (4x D2 state champ).
Unfair? Sure, we thought so! We lost some of our best wrestlers to these schools. And any real chance of competing for state along with it.
However, no one can tell me that the kids that went to private school would have received a better education had they stayed at my school. And no one will ever convince me that staying would have increased their chance of succeeding at the college level, either academically or athletically. At the end of the day, the focus should be based on what is best for the kids. Not some "public school wrestling parent/fan's" (of which I am one) perfect world.
The funny thing is, I never went to a match the year we won the title (I was in 6th grade). I never even went to a match while I was in high school. The only reason that I ever went to a wrestling match is that when I got remarried, my stepson was a wrestler. He graduated last year, but I still follow the team (and still follow some of these crazy posts). Wrestlers and their fans/parents are a different breed, and if ever I were going to battle, I would want you all in my corner. REGARDLESS of school affiliation!
Now back to your regularly scheduled rant........