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Not a real question, either. By terming it an “extravagance,” you’ve pre-determined the answer. “Have you stopped beating your wife?”

Certainly a candidate from a few for "contraction", it certainly looks like the Lancer football program has risen from the ashes: http://www.dailyjournal.net/2021/07/12/edinburgh_football_building_momentum_on_off_field-2/?fbclid=IwAR3Dd4apO5XWBpLLB9FI4ejJEhM2pbm_7HKNHRMG5kjeafbOTh9Qfl17LTs#.YOyg-PyTslM.facebook http://indianahsfootball.homestead.com/logs/Edinburgh.htm#loaded

Guess I can see that but you know my stance by now on academic/athletic success. Starts at home. Carmel’s affluence has more to do with that 90+% than anything else.

Allen High School (the one with the mega stadium) is the largest high school in Texas and only has 4800 students.

From those who believe it is money well spent.

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I got the honor of coaching in this game. A lot of folks did not expect us (South) to win. The facts are on Friday July 9th 2021 the South was the better team. Up front it took one possession to see that the South players came into the week in very good physical shape. Additionally as a coaching staff, we had the South kids ready to play. I cannot speak for the North, but we as a staff felt we had a solid game plan for selection of our team, position selection of those who made the team, offensive and defensive install, and subbing/personnel rotations during the game. The North had won the game several years in a row. Our goal was to win the game. Our kids made some great plays and a number of those were not from MIC schools (Centerville, South Dearborn, Bloomington South). AND a late replacement from 1A Covenant Christian was named MVP. I think it is a good format. The South Team won this year.

Admittedly, I have not followed this situation as close as some. Let's say Green Bay calls Rogers' bluff and Rogers doesn't play another snap in the Packers' uniform. Is Green Bay a strong enough organization to rebound from losing their "star" player? I say yes. With that said, I hope Green Bay doesn't cave. Rogers either "admits defeat" and plays for the Packers or is gone. Either way, Green Bay wins.

Dan Egierski from 97.7 WREF is having SIAC team preview shows starting next Monday: JULY 19: 4:00PM – HARRISON - 4:30 PM – CENTRAL JULY 20: 4:00 PM – MATER DEI – 4:30 PM – JASPER JULY 21: 4:00 PM – CASTLE – 4:30 PM – NORTH JULY 22: 4:00 PM – BOSSE – 4:30 PM – MEMORIAL JULY 23: 4:00 PM – VINCENNES – 4:30 PM – REITZ

Thank you for sharing this. Although I'm a big AR-12 fan, I do have to wonder what the market for Aging Diva is.

3 Young Minnesotans Sue the State for Their Right To Bear Arms https://reason.com/2021/06/09/3-young-minnesotans-sue-the-state-for-their-right-to-bear-arms/ Legal and cultural infantilization is right. The right choice is simple: If our society deems that 18 is the youngest age an American citizen can fight or die for his country then that should also be age an American citizen can drink, smoke, or carry a handgun.

Thank you for the reading recommendation. I will see if I can go check this out from the library.

I am fine with every class being represented. There are some good players at lower levels as the game MVP demonstrated. I hardly think one South win, when North had won 5 straight previously, is cause for urgent change. I also did not go, but those I talked to that did thought North had an athletic advantage prior to the game. Uncle Mo jumped on the south side after the pick 6 to open scoring. Then special teams really swung the outcome to make it appear more lopsided.

No, we wouldn't. You need to study the history of our current government K-12 education system. I recommend this starting point: https://www.amazon.com/Underground-History-American-Education-Investigation/dp/0945700040

But at what point does it reach a point of diminishing returns? You can have 4000+ students and have amazing programs in the areas you mentioned but can also do that with two schools of 2000 (tougher in football as I’ve repeatedly stated however). Football aside, how many kids are falling through the cracks/missing out on opportunities at schools of 3500+? Lets take sports like golf, swimming, and cross country for example. Only a dozen or so of athletes in those sports get to compete at a varsity level and at a place like Carmel, these “no cut” type sports have HUNDREDS of athletes participating. I know for a fact that fringe varsity/high level JV athletes in swimming and cross country at Carmel participate at the next level, which is ludicrous when you think about it. Splitting into 2500/2500 is best from both an athletic and participation standpoint in my opinion.

Interesting idea, but there are some things to keep in mind. One, it really is not an all star game. Starting at the region level, each class must be represented in each region. One thing that has been brought up before is maybe having a 1A-3A game, and a 4A-6A game. Another issue is who is available to play. Many DI programs do not want their players participating in the game. Another factor is the way the regions are drawn.....Indianapolis is its own region while regions 6 and 8 surround Indy, and the distance is pretty extreme. Region 6 has North Montgomery down to the area just North of Evansville, and goes to the Indiana border. Maybe split Indy into a North and South region? or even an East and West? I know some of the distance issue is unavoidable; so with that being the case, maybe use sectional groups to vote on players? All that said, in previous years, the North has been able to hold its own in the game. Blowouts are not the norm. I did not go this year, but the previous few years I did go, it is well attended. So, I am not sure there will be much urgency to change things.

Bold prediction: Carmel and CG are out of the MIC sometime before the turn of the decade. Thinking more so in terms of ALL sports, their athletic domination is more of an issue than LC’s non-competitiveness. If I’m not mistaken, CG or Carmel took home 17 of the 20 conference titles across the board this past academic year. With the changing demographics, I still say replace Carmel and CG with Avon and Franklin Central.

Yes DT, by the standards/norms of American society most of them are still defined as children. And IMHO these expense of dedicated strength coaches, turf fields, taj-mahal like stadiums, multiple uniforms, etc. are just extravagances heaped on by adults in a vain attempt to glorify what is really a basic game, a game played by children.

Where does the money come from to pay for such an extravagance in a game played by children?

Pat Underwood (Kokomo) 1976 went 2nd overall pick by the Tigers straight out of high school, he made major league history in 1979 in his pro debut by pitching against his brother Tom who was pitching for the Blue Jays

I don’t think it was played in 2020, but quick question: which side won the previous five? (2015 - 2019)

Mel Brooks: It’s good to be the king.

Canadian Healthcare: A Half Century of Broken Promises https://mises.org/wire/canadian-healthcare-half-century-broken-promises Year after year, “wait times” in Canada tend to increase, not decrease. It seems that politicians and bureaucrats do not embrace the concept of “practice makes perfect,” no matter how much time we give them. Private Healthcare? How Dare You! More than a million Canadians are waiting for the healthcare that the government promised to deliver. And, as we have seen, in 2005, the government, through its supreme court, acknowledged the deadly consequences of its broken promises. The logical solution is to return healthcare to the private sector. However, heartless politicians and bureaucrats ignore this solution, and they cruelly forbid patients on their waiting list from accessing private healthcare options in Canada, thereby condemning many of them to death. Despite the government’s growing incompetence, a more recent court ruling affirmed the government’s position that people must be denied the freedom to pursue private healthcare options in Canada. Last year, the British Columbia Supreme Court “dismissed a court challenge by Dr. Brian Day, former head of the Canadian Medical Association, whose surgical clinic in Vancouver provided medical services to patients failed by the public system, in violation of BC law. Dr. Day argued that the province’s ostensible ban on this type of privately funded healthcare violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While the court ruling acknowledged the plight of thousands of patients on waiting lists, it simultaneously denied them the right to do anything about it.” Shockingly, as Justice John Steeves affirmed the illegality of voluntary exchanges between patients and doctors unimpeded by government conditions, he irreverently declared that this does not violate these individuals’ right to liberty under the Charter. The Charter is part of Canada’s Constitution. Section 7 of the Charter reads: In his ruling, Steeves wrote: “[L]iberty interests under s. 7 are engaged only where the law or state action interferes with a person’s ability to make fundamental personal choices” (para. 1764, emphasis added). That sounds good, but then Steeves wrote: To say that this is a deception seems blatantly obvious. Steeves ignores the fact that “the law or state action” necessarily includes the MPA with its acknowledged constraints. Among other things, these constraints include rules about which medical practitioners may offer their services, which services they may offer, and at what prices they may offer these services. This clearly interferes with people’s (patients and doctors) “ability to make fundamental personal choices.” Yet while this deprivation of liberty is beyond dispute, Steeves denies it. There you have it. Free = Unfree, according to the BC Supreme Court. The courts will continue to support politicians and bureaucrats. The duplicity of these charlatans is painfully clear. For decades, their bureaucracies have feasted on billions of tax dollars while thousands of dead Canadians wait for the healthcare they were promised. They are dead because the government denied them the right to use their own money to save their own lives by purchasing private healthcare from willing providers in the Canadian marketplace. The trail of broken promises will grow longer. The inhumane treatment of Canadian patients will become more widespread, and many more will die. Nothing will change until the masses realize that their health and well-being can be greatly enhanced only through the restoration of their freedoms. Bingo. Yet socialists like Dante still drool over failed health care systems like Canada's.