GDA will allow HS

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Everyone is getting re-classified next year with these points in mind.

I have seen no discussion from them on private schools. Lint Erdem was just allowed 2-3 years ago to participate in FHSAA soccer.

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Everyone is getting re-classified next year with these points in mind.

Explain please.

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Everyone is getting re-classified next year with these points in mind.

What is the talk about rural schools?

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FHSAA is perpetuating giving Private School teams an unfair advantage in winning Florida State Championships.

Source- A New Era of State-Funded Segregation in Private Schools
https://www.southerneducation.org/Ou...Private-S.aspx

Much of the legislation adopted and considered to fund private schools in the Southern states in recent years has been introduced and supported with the stated purpose of improving educational opportunities for low income students, many of whom are students of color, especially Black and Hispanic students.[7] However, an analysis of demographic and enrollment patterns, in addition to the historical uses of such policies, paint a markedly different picture. Across the nation, the demographics of public and private school enrollments across the South and the nation are very different. While public schools in the United States served a student body that was approximately 51 percent white and 48.3 percent children of color **– primarily Hispanic and Black children[8]—nearly three out of every four private school students were white. Comprised of both a wide range of religious schools and a smaller set of independent, nonsectarian schools, the nation’s private schools enrolled over 20 percentage points more white students than the public schools. Despite these trends, black students can still often be found on promotional materials produced by private schools and scholarship organizations.

Most states that have enacted vouchers and tax credit scholarships programs in recent years do not collect or publicly provide reliable data on the race and ethnicity of students who attend private schools with public funding. For this reason, there is no verifiable means at this time to accurately determine the demographic characteristics of private school students whose attendance have been subsidized by state funds across the 19 states. Yet, enrollment patterns in private schools show that they are still overwhelmingly white, even in states where education tax credits and/or vouchers have been implemented.

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Bolles has won the state championship eight total and Saint John’s eleven total. The FHSAA has not changed things over the years.

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FHSAA is perpetuating giving Private School teams an unfair advantage in winning Florida State Championships.

Source- A New Era of State-Funded Segregation in Private Schools
https://www.southerneducation.org/Ou...Private-S.aspx

Much of the legislation adopted and considered to fund private schools in the Southern states in recent years has been introduced and supported with the stated purpose of improving educational opportunities for low income students, many of whom are students of color, especially Black and Hispanic students.[7] However, an analysis of demographic and enrollment patterns, in addition to the historical uses of such policies, paint a markedly different picture. Across the nation, the demographics of public and private school enrollments across the South and the nation are very different. While public schools in the United States served a student body that was approximately 51 percent white and 48.3 percent children of color **– primarily Hispanic and Black children[8]—nearly three out of every four private school students were white. Comprised of both a wide range of religious schools and a smaller set of independent, nonsectarian schools, the nation’s private schools enrolled over 20 percentage points more white students than the public schools. Despite these trends, black students can still often be found on promotional materials produced by private schools and scholarship organizations.

Most states that have enacted vouchers and tax credit scholarships programs in recent years do not collect or publicly provide reliable data on the race and ethnicity of students who attend private schools with public funding. For this reason, there is no verifiable means at this time to accurately determine the demographic characteristics of private school students whose attendance have been subsidized by state funds across the 19 states. Yet, enrollment patterns in private schools show that they are still overwhelmingly white, even in states where education tax credits and/or vouchers have been implemented.

What about charter schools. They have better teams than the public schools also. Just ask Devos!

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CROSSFIRE PREMIER IS ‘ALL-IN’ FOR 2019-20

RICHMOND, VA (February 22, 2019) – The Girls Elite Clubs National League is excited to announce that Crossfire Premier will be an “All-In” club in the league in 2019-20. The club will place the Girls ECNL as the aspirational training and development environment for all female players within the club, at the top of their competitive pyramid.

Crossfire has a long history of supporting the youth game, and is one of only a few clubs in the country to cover all travel expenses for their elite players. Crossfire will continue this commitment for their Girls ECNL teams in the 2019-20 season, fully funding all ECNL travel expenses for their teams.

“We have been committed to the ECNL from the very beginning, and in the ever-changing youth soccer landscape, we believe it’s the program that best serves the interests of our elite female players moving forward,” said Crossfire Director of Coaching Bernie James. “As always, we continue to seek the highest possible level of competition for our teams; putting our players in a demanding game environment is a crucial component of our development model, and we feel the ECNL provides an unparalleled platform for elite competition and player development.”

“Crossfire Premier has been one of the very best clubs in the country for more than a decade, developing players to be stars at every level of the game – in college, internationally, and in professional leagues across the world,” said ECNL President Christian Lavers. “Crossfire has always worked to provide the best possible environment for their players and we look forward to working with Crossfire leadership, supporting the Crossfire club, and providing a fantastic platform for their female players long into the future.”

The ECNL was created to serve players, coaches, and clubs within a holistic development environment that collaboratively raises standards in all areas of the game. Through its programming, the ECNL and its member clubs seek to lead innovation and improvement in youth club soccer, facilitate the development of the next generation of collegiate stars and national team players, and support the success of US Soccer’s national teams.

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CROSSFIRE PREMIER IS ‘ALL-IN’ FOR 2019-20

RICHMOND, VA (February 22, 2019) – The Girls Elite Clubs National League is excited to announce that Crossfire Premier will be an “All-In” club in the league in 2019-20. The club will place the Girls ECNL as the aspirational training and development environment for all female players within the club, at the top of their competitive pyramid.

Crossfire has a long history of supporting the youth game, and is one of only a few clubs in the country to cover all travel expenses for their elite players. Crossfire will continue this commitment for their Girls ECNL teams in the 2019-20 season, fully funding all ECNL travel expenses for their teams.

“We have been committed to the ECNL from the very beginning, and in the ever-changing youth soccer landscape, we believe it’s the program that best serves the interests of our elite female players moving forward,” said Crossfire Director of Coaching Bernie James. “As always, we continue to seek the highest possible level of competition for our teams; putting our players in a demanding game environment is a crucial component of our development model, and we feel the ECNL provides an unparalleled platform for elite competition and player development.”

“Crossfire Premier has been one of the very best clubs in the country for more than a decade, developing players to be stars at every level of the game – in college, internationally, and in professional leagues across the world,” said ECNL President Christian Lavers. “Crossfire has always worked to provide the best possible environment for their players and we look forward to working with Crossfire leadership, supporting the Crossfire club, and providing a fantastic platform for their female players long into the future.”

The ECNL was created to serve players, coaches, and clubs within a holistic development environment that collaboratively raises standards in all areas of the game. Through its programming, the ECNL and its member clubs seek to lead innovation and improvement in youth club soccer, facilitate the development of the next generation of collegiate stars and national team players, and support the success of US Soccer’s national teams.

What was the real reason Crossfire left GDA? Every club with ECNL or DA should find a way to pay for all or part of the elite top team players travel expenses like Crossfire. That would help
with recruit and retain efforts.

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1A Saint Johns CD, 2A Bolles
Who won 3A, 4A, 5A?

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What was the real reason Crossfire left GDA? Every club with ECNL or DA should find a way to pay for all or part of the elite top team players travel expenses like Crossfire. That would help
with recruit and retain efforts.

Most of the clubs that had both have chosen ECNL. The hope of having any cooperation between the two leagues has long since passed. Now it's just a battle over market share. Very few clubs have had free to play GDA because the numbers don't work for clubs. They are businesses first and foremost. If USSF had put some real money behind GDA to help subsidize club expenses that could have helped. But given how many clubs they have there's no way. There's also not much willingness too either. USSF had their chance 10 years ago to do GDA when they rolled out BDA, but they chose not to. They rushed GDA out following a litany of bad press about how unequally the women's NT is treated compared to the men's team.

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Most of the clubs that had both have chosen ECNL. The hope of having any cooperation between the two leagues has long since passed. Now it's just a battle over market share. Very few clubs have had free to play GDA because the numbers don't work for clubs. They are businesses first and foremost. If USSF had put some real money behind GDA to help subsidize club expenses that could have helped. But given how many clubs they have there's no way. There's also not much willingness too either. USSF had their chance 10 years ago to do GDA when they rolled out BDA, but they chose not to. They rushed GDA out following a litany of bad press about how unequally the women's NT is treated compared to the men's team.

Is is possible that USSF only rolled out GDA to stop the bad press and want it to fail?

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1A Saint Johns CD, 2A Bolles
Who won 3A, 4A, 5A?

And the winners are

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Is is possible that USSF only rolled out GDA to stop the bad press and want it to fail?

It was a knee jerk reaction but I don't think they wanted it to fail once they started it. But rather than focus on what would be best for the nation's top players the focus became control and pushing out ECNL. Right idea, way too late, but a seriously flawed execution.

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USSF has the ultimate control, because they have the ability to only put their kids on the national team. Which of course, makes no sense - USSF has been such an abysmal failure for so long no one should listen to it.

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And the winners are

1A, 2A, 3A, 4A Championship won by private school. 1A, 2A, 3A were all private schools in the final. 4A Montverde Private beat public Gulf Breeze. 5A had public schools in final- Palm Harbor U beat Cypress Bay. Every game except 3A ended by one goal difference.