More Typical White-Boy S--- From Griffin

Oh, the priorities.

So Sacred Heart-Griffin is suing the ISHA. From the SJ-R online Breaking News section:

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School joined 30 other Illinois private schools in asking a judge to reverse the "multiplier" provision, a tactic the Illinois High School association implemented to try and level the playing field between the state's public and private school athletic programs.

The lawsuit was filed today in Chicago.

The multiplier is a formula that boosts enrollment figures for private "non-boundaried" high schools with more than 450 students by 65 percent. That figure is then used to determine what classes teams should be in for tournaments.

The multiplier was adopted last spring after critics complained private schools were winning a disproportionate share of state titles, especially in football.

Well, the critics are right. The private schools do have an advantage. SHG actively recruits from wherever they damn well please. It isn’t fair. I admit it and I’m a typical white-boy Griffin alum.

I don’t know what this is costing SHG but it’s more than need be spent. I guess they can always raise the price of the mostacholi next March to cover it.

Still, I think this is a reasonable compromise that SHG and the other schools can live with given the advantages they already have.

And, hey, it’s only freakin’ high school sports. Quit cloggin’ up the courts with the same kind of frivolous lawsuits I’m sure many of you typical white-boy Griffin alums like to complain about.