a league wide notice

[Deacs&Rams]

I'm not confusing anything. I can't help that you don't understand that a school whose enrollment is artificially limited due to available seats and a "lottery", is not the same as a school with normal geographic borders in a specific section of the district or county. That is why they shouldn't be classified the same.

What street or road is the cutoff for you to be able to enroll at Corvian? Don't worry I'll look it up.

General Admission Requirements

• • Residency: Students must be a resident of North Carolina. County boundaries or school attendance zones do not restrict enrollment.

 

[Deana_King]

This is a basketball post but how did seven 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-8 and players end up at Queens Grant who went 35-3 and won a 2A title?

 

[Deacs&Rams]

This is a basketball post but how did seven 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-8 and players end up at Queens Grant who went 35-3 and won a 2A title?

Just a random lottery Deana. No big deal. They are just like every other little school across the state.

 

[80prepster]

This is a basketball post but how did seven 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-8 and players end up at Queens Grant who went 35-3 and won a 2A title?

That’s hitting on point. I doubt those players slept at night just down Idlewild Road in a “school zone” from the school. They probably came from all points of Mecklenburg County! Yadkin County won’t allow that.

 

[corviancardinallover]

I'm not confusing anything. I can't help that you don't understand that a school whose enrollment is artificially limited due to available seats and a "lottery", is not the same as a school with normal geographic borders in a specific section of the district or county. That is why they shouldn't be classified the same.

What street or road is the cutoff for you to be able to enroll at Corvian? Don't worry I'll look it up.

General Admission Requirements

• • Residency: Students must be a resident of North Carolina. County boundaries or school attendance zones do not restrict enrollment.

This is a basketball post but how did seven 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-8 and players end up at Queens Grant who went 35-3 and won a 2A title?

obviously a charter school in charlotte would have different boundaries, however, Corvian can’t accept everyone who applies, and it can’t select students based on athletic ability. take your problem about the boundary stuff up with the state, not corvian. we control what we can control and follow all of our rules. once again, if you think we get all this talent for all these big name charlotte programs, we don’t. no new seniors, juniors, sophomores on this team and there were no new seniors in the class of 26. we have ONE player on our entire roster who played varsity football on a 7a/8a team.

i can’t speak on queens grant’s behalf but if those kids went through the same admissions process as everyone else, they’re doing nothing against the rules you can’t accuse a school of recruiting just because they have talented athletes and have success.

 

[FormerWolverine11]

I think your missing the point though its clear some charters recruit for athletics anybody that doubts that is fooling themselves just look at the baseball basketball volleyball soccer wrestling final fours most years are littered with charters thats not a coincidence however the point there making is exactly what you said better athletes and more likely to find a better athlete pulling from Charlotte area even at random its unfair the class behind me in middle school before we went to the all county high school literally had 11 kids in it whats the odds that even 1 of those kids was an elite athlete regardless of weather they have played the game before you can coach up and teach well and I dont doubt your coaches do just that but you can't coach pure athleticism some kids have it and can be molded into elite players and some kids will work there tails off just to be average I think thats the point the odds of you pulling an elite athlete to mold are way way better than at a traditional small county school thats what makes it unfair I could care less if they played the sport before all of us have seen what that one special athlete that comes to a small school can do for multiple sports but we may get one of those every 10 years or so in Charlotte you have a chance to pull multiple elite athletes every year and thats what makes it unfair pure athleticism especially at the small school level can make a huge difference in how well your team does each year because we simply can't produce the same kid of athletes you'll find in a city like Charlotte. Even while following all the rules its an unfair advantage and thats what ruffles everyones feathers especially at the more rural small schools because we get great players hard workers who are dedicated and have good coaching but we can't suddenly make our 5'9 175lbs hard working kid into a 6'3 290 lbs with speed it doesn't work that way thats the difference

 

[OtisDriftwood]

They've gone from recruiting players to recruiting fans. Just when you think you've seen it all.


Look, we get it. You have the ability to pull players from a pool of several million people. You can assemble talent by ways and means that the other 2a schools can't. We all recognize that you have a very talented team. Beat your chest all you want. We just don't respect you. We never will.

I gotta disagree about never respecting them. Corvian came to Murphy last year and was, by all accounts, very respectful before, during, and after the game. No complaints about them from me. They fell behind early and ultimately lost the game, but they never gave up, unlike a lot of other teams who have played against Murphy at the Hill over the years. I understand the argument about them being able to pull from a much larger population, and imho, they should be playing in a much higher classification (or in their own separate classification with other charters) , but right now, they are playing within the rules that the state of NC has put out there. Hate the game, not the player. It’s not their fault.

 

[corviancardinallover]

I think your missing the point though its clear some charters recruit for athletics anybody that doubts that is fooling themselves just look at the baseball basketball volleyball soccer wrestling final fours most years are littered with charters thats not a coincidence however the point there making is exactly what you said better athletes and more likely to find a better athlete pulling from Charlotte area even at random its unfair the class behind me in middle school before we went to the all county high school literally had 11 kids in it whats the odds that even 1 of those kids was an elite athlete regardless of weather they have played the game before you can coach up and teach well and I dont doubt your coaches do just that but you can't coach pure athleticism some kids have it and can be molded into elite players and some kids will work there tails off just to be average I think thats the point the odds of you pulling an elite athlete to mold are way way better than at a traditional small county school thats what makes it unfair I could care less if they played the sport before all of us have seen what that one special athlete that comes to a small school can do for multiple sports but we may get one of those every 10 years or so in Charlotte you have a chance to pull multiple elite athletes every year and thats what makes it unfair pure athleticism especially at the small school level can make a huge difference in how well your team does each year because we simply can't produce the same kid of athletes you'll find in a city like Charlotte. Even while following all the rules its an unfair advantage and thats what ruffles everyones feathers especially at the more rural small schools because we get great players hard workers who are dedicated and have good coaching but we can't suddenly make our 5'9 175lbs hard working kid into a 6'3 290 lbs with speed it doesn't work that way thats the difference

understood but once again, that’s not our fault. teams like murphy out size us, tarboro got insane speed , i can keep going but you get the point. yall think it’s fair to throw corvian in a conference with teams like weddington and have to play teams like grimsley in the playoffs just because we’re a charter school in charlotte? that doesn’t make sense to me. just because we’re in the same metropolitan talent pool as high level charlotte teams doesn’t mean they get in the school. i understand that point you’re trying to make tho.

 

[corviancardinallover]

I gotta disagree about never respecting them. Corvian came to Murphy last year and was, by all accounts, very respectful before, during, and after the game. No complaints about them from me. They fell behind early and ultimately lost the game, but they never gave up, unlike a lot of other teams who have played against Murphy at the Hill over the years. I understand the argument about them being able to pull from a much larger population, and imho, they should be playing in a much higher classification (or in their own separate classification with other charters) , but right now, they are playing within the rules that the state of NC has put out there. Hate the game, not the player. It’s not their fault.

respect brother. y’all will be just as welcomed to the nest if the playoffs shape out that way. hate the game not the player!

 

[FormerWolverine11]

understood but once again, that’s not our fault. teams like murphy out size us, tarboro got insane speed , i can keep going but you get the point. yall think it’s fair to throw corvian in a conference with teams like weddington and have to play teams like grimsley in the playoffs just because we’re a charter school in charlotte? that doesn’t make sense to me. just because we’re in the same metropolitan talent pool as high level charlotte teams doesn’t mean they get in the school. i understand that point you’re trying to make tho.

No id say that wouldn't exactly be fair either I've always been more of a proponent that charters should be in the own classification not necessarily forced to play schools 5x there size I'm not sure there is a great solution either way and I agree not your fault but you can see why it ruffles feathers the wrong way its the hand we are all dealt so we have to deal with it its not a new problem its been happening in all sports besides football the charters are dominating the vast majority of the time the sad thing is not all charters are built equally either so its hard to just loop them together big difference between say a thomas Jefferson and the area they pull from and Corvian and the area they pull from but to pretend that there isn't any difference between a charter and a regular public school is just simply not true I'm not saying its the charters fault its just a crappy system without a good answer at the moment.

 

[corviancardinallover]

No id say that wouldn't exactly be fair either I've always been more of a proponent that charters should be in the own classification not necessarily forced to play schools 5x there size I'm not sure there is a great solution either way and I agree not your fault but you can see why it ruffles feathers the wrong way its the hand we are all dealt so we have to deal with it its not a new problem its been happening in all sports besides football the charters are dominating the vast majority of the time the sad thing is not all charters are built equally either so its hard to just loop them together big difference between say a thomas Jefferson and the area they pull from and Corvian and the area they pull from but to pretend that there isn't any difference between a charter and a regular public school is just simply not true I'm not saying its the charters fault its just a crappy system without a good answer at the moment.

very valid, i’m happy to see an argument that’s different from “corvian is only good because they have kirby smart and recruits 5 stars from all over the country” it’s definitely tricky and i see where the frustration comes from but i hope everyone recognizes that corvian develops talent and has an excellent staff who have been coaching at a high level for years. end of the day just play ball.

 

[OtisDriftwood]

respect brother. y’all will be just as welcomed to the nest if the playoffs shape out that way. hate the game not the player!

Appreciate it man! Hope we are fortunate enough to make it that far again. That QB y’all have is special! Can’t believe he was that good last year…..as a freshman! Unreal.

 

[FlyingHighCardinal]

No. What I believe is that if you are a Charter in Charlotte, and the average Charlotte school is playing 7A, then you should also have to play 7A. If you are in Winston or Greensboro and the average classification of your surrounding school system is 6A, then that is what you should also play. If you have 6A, 7A, 8A population pool, then nobody is impressed that you beat a team with a 2A population. In fact, its downright embarrassing.

Didn’t know winning football games was “downright embarrassing” now that’s just AWFUL

 

[FlyingHighCardinal]

Appreciate it man! Hope we are fortunate enough to make it that far again. That QB y’all have is special! Can’t believe he was that good last year…..as a freshman! Unreal.

Love this energy. Like Cardinal Lover said, wish you guys the best of luck down the stretch and hopefully, we host you guys this time! What a game that turned out to be in the frigid cold.. quite the drive to get out there but made for some amazing memories!

 

[OtisDriftwood]

Love this energy. Like Cardinal Lover said, wish you guys the best of luck down the stretch and hopefully, we host you guys this time! What a game that turned out to be in the frigid cold.. quite the drive to get out there but made for some amazing memories!

Thank you. I wish y’all good luck too and hopefully we meet again. You’re right about the memories. That’s what makes it all worthwhile, and these nights are going by way too fast. Win or lose, gotta make the most of them.