I’m a Roman/d12 supporter. We just ramped our jersey presence up. I agree it’s an advantage to have kids from a larger geographical area, but how do we measure geographical areas? That’s my issue bc if schools in central pa can have kids from a 30 mile radius, everyone should. Correct ? It just so happens that the state line is within 2 miles from our school. If we’re allowed the same 30 miles this wouldn’t be an issue right now.
What is the population density of the Philly metro area compared to say the Susquehanna Valley or even Pittsburgh metro.
I agree bc 30 sq miles from sjp could get you to about Trenton New Jersey, Wilmington DE , Royersford and a few other places.
According to RCH13 pulling the best kids from 3 different states isn't an advantage it's and excuse. Must suck to have to get the best kids from NJ Philly and Delaware. Looks like it hurts the east region all star team.
Huge advantage, especially when you have an 85 man roster with no kids going both ways.
Of course it is. In the past decade when has st joes prep had a rebuilding year do to graduation. Not only have they not had to rebuild they have been bringing in more and better talent. Next year's team is going to better then this year's. The gap will continue to grow. Who wants to see mercy rules throughout the 6A playoffs? A lot of fans have lost interest in the 6A playoffs because of it.
They are both over 30 and prep pulls athletes further then Trenton and Wilmington.
Name them. Let’s stop assuming and be direct. We have the internet we can all check.
You just wrote a bunch of false accusations. If you think prep can afford to foot the bill off over 150 players to attend a school that cost $27,000 a year you’re delusional. Where are they generating these funds bc without a field I know they aren’t raking in bucks at games.
Highly unlikely that next year's SJP team will be better than this year's. Next year they will be playing a QB with little of no varsity experience, will be replacing all three starting receivers, four of six staring o-linemen, two d-linemen, one lb, and all the defensive backs-plus the kicker. There are some very good underclassmen in those positions--esp. at wide receiver--but hard to imagine them being as good as the guys they would be replacing are this year. They've never had more than a couple of transfers coming in after sophomore year, and in any case they would likely be ineligible for the playoffs--as Stewart is this year.
Why would Philly parents be beating down the door of prep when imhotep is free and minutes away?
It’s an excuse that you’re saying they pull from three different states. When their roster is public. So it’s either an excuse or defense mechanism. Which one?
I'm not on the inside so I can't say how financial arrangements are made, but I highly doubt any "superstars" whose families are not poor are getting full rides. The fact is that most Prep students--not just student athletes--get some help with tuition. If an athlete's family is relatively wealthy, my understanding is the Prep does not reduce the tuition to something like $10,000--regardless of how good the athlete is. (Again, this is my understanding after asking a few questions a couple of years ago.) You also have to factor in that costs other than tuition (transportation, activity fees, etc.) at the Prep are higher than at just about every other PCL school. (You don't think LaSalle and Roman are trying to emulate SJP?) I agree that SJP offers a superior education. Should they be embarrassed about that?
You feel free to do it. List where every player on the roster lives. If you think all the athletes live in Trenton and Wilmington you are delusional.
I never said they live there. The roster shows exactly where they live unless it’s incorrect and western pa have updated rosters.
I don’t know it to be true so I can’t confirm that if they’re price matching tuition they owe Walmart a cut.
The Prep's kicker, Skyler Sholder, lives in Vorhees NJ, about 12 miles from SJP. The backup kicker, Ryan Millier, lives in Springfield--I don't know if that's Delco or Montco.
That's a big change over the last few decades--and not just at SJP. I bet most of the students (not just athletes) at West Catholic and maybe Roman are not Catholics. SJP, like those other schools, could not survive if it enrolled only Catholics. There have been Mormons, and Jews, and many different kinds of Protestants at SJP. And of course many students who come from families that have no religion or that are "lapsed Catholics." That doesn't mean the school itself is not a Catholic school--in certain ways (e.g, the mandatory Kairos retreats) it's more Catholic than when I went there long ago.
As far as a know, the football program does not have the budget to substantially (e.g. at least $10,000 for each kid) reduce tuition and fees for most of the football players or even most of the starters. (Tuition plus fees amount to at least $30,000 a year.)
Well for one, an actual education.
