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<blockquote data-quote="SoCal Illini" data-source="post: 2079752" data-attributes="member: 749359"><p>if you want to see what happens when there is a massive gap between the have and have nots, anyone familiar with Southern California high school football should be familiar.</p><p></p><p>essentially 2 schools play twice a year, with a 3rd or 4th that can make it close with the top 2, who are typically the top 2 nationally or at least in top 5. The other games are foregone conclusions. The talent gap is that large. General interest has fallen substantially. Lacrosse is getting huge, along with country club sports. Players jump from school to school every year, much like college.</p><p></p><p>A lot of public schools with loads of tradition, once competitive with anyone, are now bonafide tier 2 or 3. They don’t try to compete off-field with the big boys because they can’t and have really embraced the ‘kids in the neighborhood’ approach. In other words, reverted to how things were initially, and left the top 2, with 5 or 6 others who still try, to do their own thing. As someone who’s followed SoCal football since I was 5, it’s nowhere near as fun to follow, and I really don’t anymore. Even though I’m an alum of one of the top 2, and coached at a once competitive, but still proud, public program.</p><p></p><p>I, as well as others, see something similar coming on the college level. Will Illinois be one to say, ‘f’ it, we’ll coach whoever we can get that wants to come here and play indianas, Purdues, northwesterns, and not even try to pull a mizzou?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoCal Illini, post: 2079752, member: 749359"] if you want to see what happens when there is a massive gap between the have and have nots, anyone familiar with Southern California high school football should be familiar. essentially 2 schools play twice a year, with a 3rd or 4th that can make it close with the top 2, who are typically the top 2 nationally or at least in top 5. The other games are foregone conclusions. The talent gap is that large. General interest has fallen substantially. Lacrosse is getting huge, along with country club sports. Players jump from school to school every year, much like college. A lot of public schools with loads of tradition, once competitive with anyone, are now bonafide tier 2 or 3. They don’t try to compete off-field with the big boys because they can’t and have really embraced the ‘kids in the neighborhood’ approach. In other words, reverted to how things were initially, and left the top 2, with 5 or 6 others who still try, to do their own thing. As someone who’s followed SoCal football since I was 5, it’s nowhere near as fun to follow, and I really don’t anymore. Even though I’m an alum of one of the top 2, and coached at a once competitive, but still proud, public program. I, as well as others, see something similar coming on the college level. Will Illinois be one to say, ‘f’ it, we’ll coach whoever we can get that wants to come here and play indianas, Purdues, northwesterns, and not even try to pull a mizzou? [/QUOTE]
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