Another Issue with Eligibility

If you are a regular here then you know what I think all of the private schools playing in the NCHSAA.  Since many  students who attend private schools live outside the district that public  schools are restricted to.  To me it is unfair for them to compete in playoffs when many players play against the school where they would be going if they were in public schools.  I don't even want to argue the point today of private school students who go to private schools on scholarships.

More recently Prep schools and charter schools have come under the same scowl from me competing against public schools when they have athletes from all over competing on their athletic fields.  This week at the High School OT basketball tournament in Raleigh another pressure from those wanting to compete in public schools appeared.

There is a team from Texas playing in the tournament that is a team of home schoolers.  This team is from Texas and they have a player being looked at by Carolina. I have no problem with home schoolers playing athletic sports due to the fact I think all children need exercise and sports provides plenty of that.

If  there is a home school team from Texas you know North Carolina can't be far having home school teams too that want to play others within the area they are from.  I think all private schools, charter  and you can add home school teams to the list now need to start their own leagues because they have no boundaries like public schools so everyone needs to play by the same rules.  If public schools have school districts they need to play others who go by the same rules.

The Rocky Mount Gryphons played in Christmas tournament in Wendell yesterday with the girls
playing East Wake and  lost 59-30 while the boys lost toKnightdale 63-59.  The girls  are in action at 3pm Saturday afternoon and the boys at 4:30.

ECU Gets Ten Wins

The 2013 Pirates of ECU became the second team in school history to win double digits with 10 after their Beef O Grady win.  The Pirates finish the season 10-3 second only to the 1991 team that was 11-1 and beat NC State 37-34 on January 1 2012.  You true ECU fans would know this but what team beat the Pirates  in 91.   Does anyone even remember the Peach Bowl game was played on NewYears day.  I don't remember that.

A big difference in 92 over 2013.  59,000 plus were in Atlanta but Tampa only had 20,000. Watching the game on TV I don't know where the 20,000 were.  I think we all understand that the 23rd of December is  a bad day to be in Florida unless you live there.  I have not seen any games played so far that didn't have more empty seats over fannies sitting in them. Regardless of how many were there  the Pirates had a great season winning at both North Carolina and N C State.

Carolina will be in Charlotte  in the Belk Bowl Saturday afternoon The midway point in the season the Tar Heels  had a fantastic finish to get to any kind of a Bowl Game.  Carolina basketball plays tonight.  It will be on TV just don't know what channel.

Don't look now but the NC State women's basketball team is11-1so far this year.We would have to assume that the coaching change has made the difference this year in bringing new life  to a team that hasn't  had great success this century. NC State was the first North Carolina school to embrace Title IX back in the 70's and lead the way up until the 90's when Carolina got good. Then Duke got just as good as Carolina leaving State number three in the Triangle.  It will be interesting to see how the Pack fares when conference play starts.

We kind of expect both the men and women's team at Duke , State and Carolina to be good but over in Greenville both teams there are off to great starts. The ECU women have lost only once and we all saw the game the men gave NC State.

By the way the only lost for ECU in 1991 was opening day when they lost to Illinois 38-31 and then won 11 games  Ina row.