NAVARRE, FLA. — Since we are wrapping up our beach time, we are going to move a little more quickly than the normal mailbag. (EDIT: We had this as our goal, then we went nuts on the first question and tried to be as quick as possible on the rest. But as our high school basketball coach frequently said, “Be quick, not in a hurry.”)
Giddy-up, and wow how about that Tiger Woods? He has our complete attention this weekend after a dazzling Thursday.
Bernard Childress, executive director of the TSSAA.From Stewwie
Question for the mailbag: In regard to Mr. Hargis’ article yesterday, what are your thoughts on how to change/improve the TSSAA classification system and should the multiplier be continued as is, changed, or scrapped?
About 15 years ago, as you know, the TSSAA split the schools that give financial aid to varsity athletes from the ones that don’t. This was a fair split. Then a few years ago, some public high schools began complaining that D1 private schools were winning too many state championships. The multiplier was put in to “fix the problem” but was there really a problem or was it more of a collective case of jealousy from the public schools?