I think that the dynamics of the league have changed so drastically over the last few years really, I believe your point of being stuck in the mud is on point. There was a time when teams were on the same level and could compete with each other. Over time these communities and therefore kids have shifted and they don't look like they did 10 or so years ago. And the idea of "cycle of kids" is not really applicable to certain schools.formerfcfan wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:01 pm …because this league was so deeply stuck in the mud for the longest time in its thinking of “we need to also consider the interests of Tri-Valley and Sheridan” at the level that TV & the Generals were somehow in the same boat as Crooksville, West M, New Lex and Morgan. I have nothing against TV and Sheridan, but their thinking before the MVL split into two that “it would hurt the fabric of the MVL if we left, or if we added Zanesville” and “some of these schools rely on us to make their athletics financially solvent” meant refusing to read the writing on the wall in the process.
The exits for Sheridan are basically closed at this point. They weren’t candidates for either of the two times when the LCL extensively studied and discussed expansion, they never applied to the MSL and both leagues are in dead-end situations now on ability to expand. TV’s prospect to move off the MVL has always required them to be in a package with Newark and Zanesville in the LCL, which died the first go-around because another school ruined the deal in the 11th hour and didn’t get revisited last time because they didn’t apply.
I believe issues are arising because, lets say smallest and biggest schools, Crooksville should ask WHY do I have to play TV in BBK, GBK, VB, BB, SB. TV would respond "Because it gives each of us one less game to look for, and it keeps the integrity of the league!"
So if Crooksville is willing to go look for an opponent they can compete with, but TV says it should be mandatory AND the MVL in turns makes it mandatory who is the league looking out for?
As we have seen most schools will schedule each other outside of the mandatory tags but the root of an issue (If there is actually one) is the MANDATORY part. Is the MVL looking at the benefits of the league as a whole..... AGAIN Crooksville, West, Coshocton and any other small schools agreed to this so it's really on them haha.... That's just how it appears to me and from what i've been told an issue with some schools.