{"id":105936,"date":"2018-08-17T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=105936"},"modified":"2018-08-17T07:16:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:16:37","slug":"random-thoughts-ohsaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/08\/17\/random-thoughts-ohsaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts: OHSAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center around a judge\u2019s decision to issue a TRO against the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s Competitive Balance Plan.<\/p>\n

Roger Bacon vs. OHSAA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cincinnati St. Bernard Roger Bacon, and apparently other schools in the Greater Cincinnati Catholic League\u2019s coed division successfully obtained a temporary restraining order from a Hamilton County judge that essentially halts the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s Competitive Balance Plan, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of why the schools sought a TRO, but based on what I do know, I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

If this absolutely had to be done, why wait until now? It almost seems like OHSAA was blindsided by the judge\u2019s ruling. Was there any dicussion between the schools involved and OHSAA beforehand? We may or may not learn the answers to those questions and more, but I think many people will agree on this \u2013 the timing is really bad.<\/p>\n

When a school joins OHSAA, it agrees to abide by the organization’s rules and by-laws. Competitive Balance is a rule that was approved by the majority of member schools.<\/p>\n

What now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Unless there\u2019s an agreement between the two sides (don\u2019t count on that), some sort of hearing will be scheduled and testimony will be given by both sides. It\u2019ll be up to the judge to decide what happens after that. But time is of the essence.<\/p>\n

While the TRO won\u2019t affect regular season games, it most certainly will have an affect on postseason tournaments covered by Competitive Balance \u2013 soccer, volleyball, football, basketball, baseball and softball. This can\u2019t be dragged out for weeks. It needs to be resolved sooner instead of later, because it affects hundreds of other schools.<\/p>\n

Let them leave?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some people might say Roger Bacon and the other schools involved in this action should just leave the OHSAA, but that\u2019s not going to happen. Why? The main reason is, where would they go? If a school or schools don\u2019t belong to the OHSAA, they don\u2019t play for state titles. Roger Bacon alone has nine state titles in various sports, so they\u2019re obviously not going to pass up a chance to win more.<\/p>\n

So the school isn\u2019t going to leave the organization.<\/p>\n

What if the judge rules in favor of Roger Bacon and the other schools?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say how this will turn out, but if the judge rules against OHSAA, he\u2019ll open a whole can of worms. Divisional and regional assignments for affected sports will need to be refigured in a hurry for 2018-2019, and such a ruling could open the door for other unhappy schools to take OHSAA to court.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying a school shouldn\u2019t stand up for itself if it truly believes it has a legitimate beef. I\u2019m of the mindset that \u201cI don\u2019t like the rule\u201d is a legitimate reason. There has to be more than that.<\/p>\n

Public vs. private<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This could stir the old public vs. private debate again. The only way that would work is if OHSAA oversaw both divisions. If private schools formed their own organization (not a far-fetched possibility), things would most likely be much worse than they are now.<\/p>\n

Bottom line<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re a fan of the OHSAA or not, I think most people will agree there needs to be some sort of governing body that oversees high school athletics. Imagine things without OHSAA \u2013 it would be a free for all. While I don\u2019t agree with absolutely everything the organization has done, but I do think they\u2019ve done many good things.<\/p>\n

I just hope common sense prevails in this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center around a judge\u2019s decision to issue a TRO against the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s Competitive Balance Plan. Roger Bacon vs. OHSAA Cincinnati St. Bernard Roger Bacon, and apparently other schools in the Greater Cincinnati Catholic League\u2019s coed division successfully obtained a temporary restraining order from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 02:55:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}