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Mais needs to be dissolved and make them play against other schools and have a real playoffs for a championship
No. It doesn't. It has its purpose which is far different than the original purpose. but very few MAIS programs could compete even in the lower levels. It gives marginal athletes in the smaller communities the opportunity to play sports competitively.
 

M R DAWGS

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Aw yeah, University Christian has come a long way since joining forces with Pinelake.
Money plays.

Too bad their BIG money donor pulled his boy and is now at MRA.
 

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The MAIS needs to stop being scared of offending people and go back to the original name, MPSA.
 
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Trojanbulldog19

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No. It doesn't. It has its purpose which is far different than the original purpose. but very few MAIS programs could compete even in the lower levels. It gives marginal athletes in the smaller communities the opportunity to play sports competitively.
Join the club with a lot of the public school kids. Mais or whatever is like conf USA or when UCF went undefeated and was beating their chest. Winning a weak conference and winning 2 games to win a state championship is like claiming to be the tallest midget. Play against some real competition and more than 8 same schools. Do like most states. Step it up and get better playing against public schools
 

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Mais needs to be dissolved and make them play against other schools and have a real playoffs for a championship
The top MAIS teams are better than they used to be. They're investing a lot in football and recruiting more than ever. Looking at MS Scoreboard's Metro Elite 11, Hartfield had like 4 players on it (who don't look like the overwhelming majority of Hartfield students). I watched Prep play West Jones last year and came away pretty impressed with Prep. Put them in 4A MHSAA (about where they'd be based on size) and they'd be strongly competing for championships.
 
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The top MAIS teams are better than they used to be. They're investing a lot in football and recruiting more than ever. Looking at MS Scoreboard's Metro Elite 11, Hartfield had like 4 players on it (who don't look like the overwhelming majority of Hartfield students). I watched Prep play West Jones last year and came away pretty impressed with Prep. Put them in 4A MHSAA (about where they'd be based on size) and they'd be strongly competing for championships.
They need to do that. They do in AL and many other states.. The top MAIS division is a joke, and we all know it. It's like a travel ball tournament between the same 6 teams over and over. Can you imagine Trinity in Louisville, KY only playing private school ball? UMS Wright in Mobile? IMG?

Of course, that's what modern day Jackson Metro parents and kids have grown up doing, so maybe they think they've accomplished something.
 
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Pick a school. Any school any classification from Alabama. You will get your *** beat.
They need to do that. They do in AL and many other states.. The top MAIS division is a joke, and we all know it. It's like a travel ball tournament between the same 6 teams over and over. Can you imagine Trinity in Louisville, KY only playing private school ball? UMS Wright in Mobile? IMG?

Of course, that's what modern day Jackson Metro parents and kids have grown up doing, so maybe they think they've accomplished something.
The private schools in Alabama have a huge advantage. They can recruit, yes recruit, the whole state. Whereas public schools can not. They do to some extent within their local community but not enough to risk getting in trouble with the AHSAA.

It’s infuriating. We’ve had to deal with UMS in the past and now we’re dealing with Montgomery Catholic. Not a level playing field at all.
 
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