Ok. That’s fair. I get that. But that doesn’t have anything to do with them competing against public schools. Wouldn’t those athletes want to “better themselves” against higher level competition? Not the neighboring high schools that your school just skimmed all the top talent from? Shouldn’t the athletes, coaches, and ADs be advocating for the best competition possible? In the case of wrestling, perhaps that means going to Prep Nationals instead? In the case of SJP football, perhaps that means advocating for a classifications that only includes the other top privates in the state like LaSalle, PCC, Cathedral Prep, McDevitt, etc.? Or , as someone else pointed out, they could join the private league in NJ that includes Don Bosco, etc. But they don’t do that. They are perfectly happy beating up on the District One teams in the playoffs, running up the score, and acting like they really accomplished something. The only real stiff test (sometimes) is when they get to the final game. I was very happy to see LaSalle knock them off their perch last year just to see someone else get a shot even though LaSalle is a private school also. If they (and other privates) want to recruit, fine, have at it, but they should be competing against other schools that recruit too. Just my opinion, you may not agree, and that is ok.
