Bill To Eliminate Class Tourney

[tigerfire]

Here it is folks. The state legislature wants the single class tournament back. www.indystar.com/article/20111214/SPORTS02/112150312/Bill-would-eliminate-high-school-class-basketball

What do you think? I am 100% for it. Hated that it ever changed.

Do you think it will pass? Seriously doubt it for some reason.

Does the state house need to be using time on this issue? I think it is great if they did. I was in the state house the day they voted to determine the "state pie". As much as I love pie, seemed crazy that they were wasting time and our money on deciding what our state pie was. Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it first hand. So if they vote on pie, let's let them vote out class basketball.

[khem]

I'd love to go back to one class but it will never happen, too many schools against it. I think it was sad that it changed in the first place. I remember the Princeton sectionals in the old days were more fun than anything else. The local sectionals brought out great local rivalries. I remember how much fun it was to beat Wood Memorial, back then they were always very competitive under coach Harris.

[tigerfire]

I really enjoyed the Princeton sectionals, there were always some upsets. The last couple there were pretty good with Bosse, Memorial, Boonville, and Gibson Southern fielding some competitive teams, but just not the same as it was with Gibson Southern, Wood Memorial, North Posey, Mt.Vernon, and 'lil New Harmony (BTW they are consolidating with NP next year). Last year was the last sectional in the old middle school gym in Princeton. The new Princeton Community High School will be completed by the 2012-2013 season, seating will be around 5000 with a large amount of parking (4200 currently). Great memories of that old gym, but it won't be the same, I've been sitting above entrance "A" for the last 40+ years

[indypack]

No they shouldn't be taking time to mess with this. That said, my goodness I hope they get it passed. Hate class basketball almost as much as my ex-mother-in-law. Never understood why they took the greatest high school tournament in the nation and screwed it up.