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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prep can't compete with the big boys in football (GC, DM, SJC, GZ).The alums who passionate about their football program are living in the stone ages. This is not the 1970s or 1980s.

Today, in order to compete with the big 4 from the WCAC (GZ's program has even dropped off in recent years), you need to have real institutional support behind you.

Every year Prep certainly has some kids whom would easily start in the WCAC at a DM or a GZ etc. etc. but in order to really compete with those schools, you need a roster of blue chip football recruits.

I don't see Prep going down this route but maybe I am mistaken. [/quote]

Institutional support?

I guess what that includes:

A compliant Admissions Office that allows a special set of academic standards for football “recruits”.

Lots of Financial Aid which is actually de facto football scholarships. The source of this money is alumni who not only contribute but who also steer recruits to the school.

A faculty willing to pass football players regardless of academic ability or interest.

Remedial classes and courses.

School leadership willing to make these investments and turn a blind eye to the corruption of the Admission and Financial Aid processes and whatever behavioral or disciplinary problems rear their heads.[/quote]

Prep already has all of those things in place for football players. IYKYK [/quote]

Show me a private school that doesn't do it to a degree.

Prep would have to do a whole lot more of if they moved to the WCAC where it's replete.

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The schools are about 2x the size of GP. They can afford to give away more education. There's no way GP could keep up without blowing the budget which they are barely ahead of anyway.[/quote]

Actually only Gonzaga and Dematha have a lot more boys per grade than GP in the WCAC.  The others are pretty close to Prep. [/quote]

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