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It depends on your perspective as the same could be said of Metro Title. It's only made up of 8 of 67 counties and one of which is routinely beaten down by suburban programs.

Anything is better than what's going on now. I did not see that coming. I too am all for a reduction in classes.

That would take a lot more than luck, lol.

LOL, it is what it is!

You alley cats should be used to that . At least your whipped for the right reason.

She put that venom in you. I KNEW you were snake bitten.

Leftovers Garfield, leftovers.

Great idea! That's why it won't happen.

You ALMOST said something I can agree with Alley Cat!

Very true. To add insult to injury, that 3rd party which I refuse to name again doesn't have to care because they are willing to pay for and get what they wanted on day 1: EXCLUSIVE EXPOSURE TO THE FLORIDA MARKET! Does anyone think the FHSAA is going to cancel that deal?

Based on the little info I was able to find, the FHSAA is compensated for using MaxPreps, $85,000 a year through June 2022. FHSAA deal with MaxPreps does not require use of rankings - Article is behind a paywall but if you are quick, you know how to read it. That's all I'll say.

Again, that's on the FHSAA and the partnership that was so badly needed, per their public relations specialist: XTRA POINT: FHSAA and MaxPreps reach much-needed partnership If anyone can actually find the FHSAA meeting archives that outline this "need", kudos to you! Interesting enough, the article points out that $100 fines could be leveraged against schools that don't maintain accurate score and team information.

As the governing body for high school athletics, the FHSAA should not have shifted duties to a 3rd party service when it has the capabilities to manage those functions. Create a member portal where AD's are responsible for the accuracy of team schedules. Oh wait! The FHSAA already has a member portal. Create a database that contains team schedules for each sport and use that to cross reference and validate scheduled events. In other words, Team A is scheduled to play Team B on Friday. If Team A enters a date of Thursday while Team B accurately selects Friday, that event is flagged and notifications to confirm and correct are sent. Provide a customer facing portal to us (Parents, students, alumni, media, colleges) in which we don't have to guess or get half-assed, erroneous information regarding team schedules. There are only 2 reasons I can think of as to why this has not/will not happen: Money - nothing is free. Even so, there are relatively inexpensive options to implement and maintain. I know middle schoolers that can hook this up in a day. Lack of interest - Self-explanatory The bottom line is the year is 2022. TOTALY UNACCEPTABLE!

Just cold man, cold.

Sooooo what you're REALLY saying is that STA is like a roach motel? Players check in, but they're not supposed to check out

Damn, you make me feel old, lol. That's certainly a question for Coach Castle as I have not spoken to him since I graduated in '94. We were excited and looking forward to playing in Miami. However from what I remember, Lakeland had to eat the costs of bus rentals (football and band), paid for Cooper City to come up to replace canceled game against Miami, then didn't receive any gate from the game played at Virgil Ramage (Lake Gibson) since Bryant Stadium was booked in anticipation of Lakeland being on the road. Again, that's the short version but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that.

I don't see Lakeland traveling to Miami as long as Coach Castle is there. The one game I remember being scheduled in Miami was canceled due to Hurricane Andrew.

This thread is funny as hell. I LOVE IT!

You know what it is. Another 2006 Lakeland/STA debate, lol. Personally, I think the game sucked but the finish was dynamic to say the least. Apparently other news outlets disagree and put together a 16 minute documentary with coach and player perspectives. You be the judge.

I hate to hear news like this. It's worse when someone young is involved. My prayers are with his family, friends and all that are impacted by this loss. RIP...

I don't care who you play. JUST WIN! Dillard, repeat these actions and you will defeat who the hell ever you play, LOL

I can't promise that anyone walking the earth can lead you to salvation, let alone the young lady in pink. However, I can promise at FAMU with the ratio of women to men at 9:1, you can have a lot of fun finding out, LOL! That's when I was in school in the 90's. I'm sure it's higher now.

Clearwater, Largo, Clearwater Academy and Lakewood.

Just ungrateful. You and the rest of your alley cats Go Home! FAMU runs this! Rattler Envy - A disease of bitterness and jealously caused by years of repeated rattle snake bites where the victim has no to access to anti-venom. Get that treated @Dan in Daytona . BYE BYE...

Crazy, Lakeland doesn't have one Hillsborough school on the schedule (KOC's don't count) but 4 Pinellas schools.