Meaning schools that don't have to admit everyone and that have controlled admissions can select who comes and who goes. This allwos the school to get like minded individuals which is very beneficial to sports and academics. Whereas public schools must accept anyone in their boundary regardless of their prior behavior, income, or ability to play sports. Its called the Gideon effect/300.
Charlotte Catholic and Cardinal Gibbons 6A
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One big difference between Cardinal Gibbons and Charlotte Catholic is CC has four excellent private schools (Big 4) within eight miles or less of the CC campus. Providence Day has decided to go full throttle on football. Christian has been good for years. Country Day was one of the best programs / teams (privae or public) in the state for years. Latin is probably as good as it gets academically and has had some football success. When Raleigh families look at the best option for education the private school choices will not be as abundant. There are Catholic families that opt to pay more than double (around $33k) to send their children to a couple of the Big Four schools. I think Christian is "only" in the low $20k range.
I can assure you when I was involved with the NCHSAA that the Parochials agreed to allow no tuition assistance for athletes to include any third party or the Parochial Schools programs.
There were cases post 2008 of students leaving CC because of this. It was a hot topic because the funds were available to any Catholic family based strictly on finances.
I do not think they are required to follow this rule since the NCHSAA allowed the transfers within the publics. I am not in tune with these rules now.
I do know that it was enforced by CC very strictly at one time. Student attended Catholic schools system and CC from K through freshman or sophomore year. Left for a year to his home public school (seven miles distance between schools), returned to CC after one year and CC would not allow him to play based on the 365 rule. I did not agree with this, thought he should have been allowed to play.
If you are not as in tune with what is happening now at CC then how can you speak out so strongly about what they are or not doing in your earlier post? I can’t speak on the details of what Catholic does or not do when it comes to admissions but it says on their own website that CC offers financial assistance. I do know that many private and parochial schools “officially” do not provide financial aid to athletes but many of the athletes that do come in from the outside are “directed” on where to find tuition assistance AND what to say to get it.
So far. Bishop Mcguiness hasn't been all that good in football. Not yet. I stated a few years ago that Cardinal Gibbons is getting there. And now they might win 6A State Title. By November and December of this year. People are going to start complaining all over the message boards about a good possible match up between Catholic and Gibbons.
I have not been directly involved with high school sports since the COVID season. I follow from the outside now and not at dug in. I am not affiliated with Charlotte Catholic although they were an opponent at one time.
Charlotte Catholic has had the tuition assistance on their website for as long as I can remember. If you read my posts I go in some detail regarding time frame. A lot of rules have changed the last few years which allowed some changes for the Parochials.
If I post something, it is usually because I have firsthand knowledge and experience with it as I had with the tuition assistance at CC.
What I personally was alluding to was the semantics of saying we don’t provide “athletic scholarships or grants to student athletes” which is different from not providing any type tuition assistance to any students. Most privates say the same thing and technically it is true. I am only saying that particular statement isn’t worth two wooden nickels. Beyond that I haven’t said too much about Catholic. They are a great program. CG also. Do I know personally how both schools operate internally from a tuition standpoint, of course not. I do know enough about both to know the sports teams aren’t completely comprised of little Catholic kids paying full tuition. I remember when it was stated multiple times in here to be exact that kids had to sit out sports if they transferred into Catholic. It may have been true at one time but it definitely isn’t true now. Times and cultures change, Catholic isn’t immune. I lived in Raleigh/Clayton areas and so I know CG to be a whole other monster who definitely has no business in 6A.
